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August 3, 2015

UAE to try 41 on terror charges

The United Arab Emirates Public Prosecutor has referred 41 people of various nationalities, including Emiratis, to the Federal Supreme Court on charges of setting up a terrorist organisation to...

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August 3, 2015

US warns Egypt that human rights abuses can hurt fight against terrorism

The United States warned Egypt on Sunday that human rights abuses and restricting freedoms can hurt the country’s fight against terrorism. “The success of our fight against terrorism depends...

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August 3, 2015

Israel welcomes PA help to reduce tensions in West Bank

Israeli and Palestinian Authority (PA) security services have conducted intense contacts over the weekend in order to stop any potential retaliation after a Palestinian toddler was burnt alive in...

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August 2, 2015

Turkey: HDP leader urges government, PKK to cease fire

Turkey’s pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) co-chairman Selahattin Demirtas has urged the Turkish government and armed members of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) to cease fire immediately. Addressing the...

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August 2, 2015

UNRWA funding crisis strikes fear into Gaza’s refugees

The UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) is suffering a severe financial crisis that has apparently forced it to cut costs, worrying Palestinian refugees in the...

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August 2, 2015

Amid mounting tension, Israel seals off Al-Aqsa compound

Israeli police on Sunday sealed the gates of occupied East Jerusalem’s Al-Aqsa Mosque compound amid calls by Jewish extremist groups to storm the holy site. “Israeli police have stepped...

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August 2, 2015

For second time, Egypt court delays verdict in Al Jazeera journalists’ trial

An Egyptian court has postponed its verdict in the retrial of two Al Jazeera television journalists charged with “broadcasting false news” to August 29, a local judicial source said...

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August 2, 2015

Houthis, pro-Hadi forces clash in Yemen’s Taiz

Five Shia Houthi militants were reportedly killed Sunday in Yemen’s Taiz province – and dozens injured – during clashes with forces loyal to the country’s president-in-exile, Abd Rabbuh Mansour...

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August 2, 2015

After 6-year hiatus, US, Egypt resume strategic talks

Egypt and the United States on Sunday resumed strategic dialogue talks after a six-year hiatus, following U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry’s arrival to the country one day earlier....

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August 2, 2015

Israel orders Duma attackers placed in admin detention

Israeli Defence Minister Moshe Yaalon on Sunday ordered that the Jewish extremists believed to be responsible for the death on Friday of a Palestinian infant be placed in administrative...

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