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September 7, 2015

Mother of slain Palestinian toddler succumbs to injuries

Riham Dawabsheh, 28, the mother of 18-month-old Ali Dawabsheh who was burnt to death in an arson attack in July by suspected Jewish extremists, died today of injuries sustained...

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September 7, 2015

Fatah nominates 3 to PLO’s Executive Committee

Palestinian secular movement Fatah said that it is to nominate three candidates to the PLO’s Executive Committee, Palestinian newspaper Al-Resalah reported yesterday. Amin Maqboul, secretary-general of Fatah’s Revolutionary Council,...

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September 7, 2015

Abbas: Israel should accept Palestinian refugees coming from Syria

Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmoud Abbas on Saturday called for the international community to put pressure on Israel to accept Palestinian refugees fleeing Syria, Quds Press reported. A statement...

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September 7, 2015

Finnish PM offers his home to Syrian refugees

Finland’s Prime Minister Juha Sipila said on Saturday that he would offer his home to Syrian refugees fleeing the war, Jordan’s Al-Sabeel newspaper reported. Sipila told a local television...

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September 7, 2015

47 Egyptian fishermen detained for violating Libyan territorial waters

Some 47 Egyptian fishermen have been arrested by Libyan authorities after violating the country’s territorial waters, local fisherman leader Abdo Nasser said. Nasser told Turkey’s Anadolu Agency: “The Libyan...

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September 7, 2015

UNICEF: Over 100,000 child refugees in Europe in 2015

Nearly 106,000 children have applied for asylum in Europe this year, UNICEF has revealed yesterday, calling on European countries to assume their responsibilities towards them. The organisation said in...

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September 7, 2015

EU will soon label products from Israeli settlements

The European Union is finalising its guidelines on the labelling of products made in Israeli settlements in the occupied Palestinian territories, EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini said. “The...

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September 7, 2015

Tripoli GNC accuses UN of violating Libyan sovereignty

President of Tripoli’s General National Congress GNC, Nuri Abu Sahmain has criticised an invitation by the head of the UN Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) Bernardino León to a...

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September 7, 2015

UK donates $10m to fund humanitarian work in Sudan

Britain has donated an additional $10 million to support the Sudan Common Humanitarian Fund (CHF), the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) has revealed. This is...

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September 6, 2015

Brotherhood’s Qaradawi referred to Egypt military court

Egypt’s prosecutor-general has referred Egyptian-born Muslim scholar and Muslim Brotherhood leader Yusuf Qaradawi – who has long been based in Qatar – and several other Brotherhood leaders to a...

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