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May 12, 2015

Egyptian activist Mahinour El-Masry re-arrested

A court in the Egyptian city of Alexandria yesterday ordered the arrest of human rights lawyer Mahinour El-Masry, during an appeal for a two-year sentence handed down to El-Masry...

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May 12, 2015

Senior Hamas leader refutes claims over movement’s split

A senior member of the political bureau of Hamas, Izzat Al-Risheq, denied claims that there are differences between the movement’s military and political leadership, describing such reports as baseless...

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May 12, 2015

Freed reporter to sue Al-Jazeera over Egypt imprisonment

Al-Jazeera journalist Mohamed Fahmy said yesterday that he will sue his employer for $100 million in compensation for the “psychological harm” he sustained during nearly a year spent behind...

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May 12, 2015

Beyond the Sunni-Shia narrative in Yemen

Over the past few weeks, much of the coverage on the Yemeni conflict has reduced it to a simple case of sectarianism. Sunni and Shia are words plastered over...

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May 11, 2015

A Rugby League World Cup in the UAE would be both political and criminal

The idea that sporting events should be apolitical is an excuse used by nasty people to get away with doing nasty things that they shouldn’t be doing to people...

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May 11, 2015

The Killing of Osama bin Laden

It’s been four years since a group of US Navy Seals assassinated Osama bin Laden in a night raid on a high-walled compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan. The killing was...

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May 11, 2015

Turkey: No government official at funeral of coup leader

There will be no attendance from Turkish government officials to the state funeral of 1980 coup leader Kenan Evren, said the Turkish Prime Ministry on Monday. Mastermind of the...

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May 11, 2015

French judges oppose agreement with Morocco over human rights violations

French judges have called on parliament to oppose an agreement which the government intends to sign with Morocco over the trial of those involved in human rights violations. The...

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May 11, 2015

Saudi ruler to skip US-Gulf Camp David summit

The King of Saudi Arabia, Salman Bin Abdulaziz, will not attend the proposed summit at Camp David between the United States and allied Gulf leaders, a senior official has...

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May 11, 2015

Syrian mothers hope to visit kids’ graves on Mother’s Day

No mother should bear witness to the untimely death of her children. This is the solemn message that Syrian mothers want to give to the world on Mother’s Day,...

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