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June 26, 2015

Vatican signs first treaty with State of Palestine

The Vatican has signed its first comprehensive treaty with the “State of Palestine” on Friday, thus recognizing its statehood. The historic accord inked on Friday at the Vatican Apostolic...

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June 26, 2015

France: One dead, two injured in attack on factory

At least one person has been killed and two injured in an attack on an industrial-gas factory in Saint-Quentin-Fallavier, in south-east French, French President Francois Hollande said today. Reports...

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June 26, 2015

UNRWA launches early retirement scheme to ease financial crisis

The UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) announced on Thursday that it will apply the Early Voluntary Retirement initiative, which allows employees who meet the requirements...

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June 26, 2015

Kuwait: 24 killed in suicide attack on Shia mosque

Twenty-four people were killed and scores were injured in a suicide bombing targeting a Shia mosque in the Kuwaiti capital during Friday prayers. Thabet Al-Muhanna, governor of Kuwait City,...

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June 26, 2015

350,000 Muslims pray second Ramadan Friday prayer at al-Aqsa

Around 350,000 Muslims prayed the second Friday prayers of the holy month of Ramadan at Al-Aqsa Mosque. Worshippers from Jerusalem and the West Bank started flocking to Al-Aqsa Mosque...

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June 26, 2015

UN calls on Netanyahu to prove his commitment to two-state solution

The Secretary-General of the United Nations Ban Ki-moon called on the Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to translate his words into action regarding his commitment to a two-state solution....

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June 26, 2015

27 killed in attack on Tunisian hotel

Attack on a Tunisian hotel in Sousse, east of the country, has left at least 27 dead and injured six others, with figures likely to rise. Two gunmen opened...

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June 26, 2015

Why can’t I be a Sushi? New film project challenges the stereotypes of sectarianism

“Sectarianism” has fast become the buzz word of the 21st century Middle East politics; rolled out and dusted off every time a journalist or political analyst wants to make...

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June 26, 2015

US Congress members demand end to Israel’s detention of Palestinian children

American Democratic Congress members demanded yesterday that their Secretary of State pressure Israel to stop detaining Palestinian children in its military prisons. In a press release, Minnesota’s Congresswoman Betty...

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June 26, 2015

Morocco rejects Iranian accusations

The Kingdom of Morocco has expressed its anger at the report published a few days ago by Iranian Fars news agency accusing Morocco of executing an “Israeli agenda”. The...

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