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September 24, 2015

A number of EU member states criticised for not respecting right of asylum

The European Commission criticized 19 EU member states, including France and Germany, for not respecting asylum rights. Al Jazeera correspondent said that there is a tendency at an emergency...

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September 24, 2015

Sisi pardons 100 young detainees, thousands more still in prison

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi has issued, on Wednesday, an amnesty for 100 young detainees, including Al-Jazeera journalists Mohammed Fahmy and Baher Mohamed, and 16 democracy activists, notably Yara...

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September 24, 2015

Over 100 Pilgrims killed in Hajj stampede

At least 100 pilgrims were killed in a crush at Mina, outside the Muslim holy city of Makkah, where some two million people are performing the annual Hajj pilgrimage,...

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September 23, 2015

Putin reassures Netanyahu

In a rare move, Benjamin Netanyahu recently took two generals with him on his visit to Russia: Chief of General Staff of the Israel Defence Forces Gadi Eizenkot and...

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September 23, 2015

What does Hadi’s return to Yemen say about the country?

Just a day after the first anniversary of the Houthi takeover of Sana’a, Yemen’s President Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi has returned to Aden after six months of exile in...

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September 23, 2015

World Bank transfers $25 million to Palestinian Authority

The World Bank announced yesterday that it has transferred $25 million to the Palestinian Authority (PA) from the Palestinian Reform and Development Plan Trust Fund (PRDP-MDTF), a multi-donor budget...

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September 23, 2015

UNRWA secures funding to rebuild 1,100 destroyed homes in Gaza

The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) has announced it has obtained the funds to rebuild 1,1000 homes completely destroyed during...

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September 23, 2015

Al-Sisi pardons jailed Al-Jazeera journalist

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi pardoned Al-Jazeera journalist Mohamed Fahmi on Wednesday. The Canadian national had been slapped with a three-year jail term earlier this month for “spreading false...

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September 23, 2015

Egyptian authorities arrest teenage son of senior Brotherhood official

The Egyptian authorities arrested 16-year-old Khaled Al-Beltagy on Tuesday. The teenage son of leading Muslim Brotherhood official Mohamed Al-Beltagy was arrested at his family home in the Cairo neighbourhood...

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September 23, 2015

‘Fighting in Libya threatens prospects for a solution to the dispute,’ warns Ennahda

Tunisia’s Ennahda Party has condemned the “escalation and fighting in Libya” which has resulted in casualties and has “terrorised civilians”. A statement issued by the movement on Tuesday said...

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