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April 7, 2019

Morocco court upholds prison sentences against Rif protesters

A Casablanca appeals court confirmed late on Friday the 20-year prison sentence against Nasser Zefzafi, the leader of protests that shook the northern Rif region in late 2016 and...

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April 7, 2019

Erdogan says Turkey continues S-400 payments to Russia, criticises US stance

President Tayyip Erdogan said on Friday that Turkey was continuing to make payments under its deal with Russia to buy S-400 missile defence systems and the United States had...

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April 7, 2019

Sudanese protesters enter army headquarters

Hundreds of protesters entered the army headquarters in capital Khartoum on Saturday in one of the biggest anti-government demonstrations in the last four months. Security forces tried to disperse...

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April 7, 2019

Netanyahu vows to annex West Bank after Israeli polls

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Saturday that he would annex Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank if he wins another term in office, a last-minute pre-election promise...

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April 6, 2019

France to send aid to flood-hit Iran regions

France will airlift 12 tonnes of humanitarian aid, including 114 pumps, to flood-hit regions in Iran, the French foreign ministry said yesterday, as reported on Reuters. Exceptionally heavy rains...

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April 6, 2019

Italian man held hostage in Syria since 2016 freed

An Italian man held hostage in Syria since April 2016 has been freed and is returning home says Italian prime minister, as reported on Reuters. Sergio Zanotti, a businessman...

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April 6, 2019

Finely painted Ptolemaic tomb unveiled in Egypt

Archaeologists unveiled a well preserved and finely painted tomb thought to be from the early Ptolemaic period near the Egyptian town of Sohag as reported on Reuters. The tomb...

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April 6, 2019

Egypt says Libya crisis cannot be resolved through military means

Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry said the crisis in Libya could not be resolved through military means, but added the security situation in the country had long been a...

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April 6, 2019

Greek police clash with migrants, block access to border route

Greek police clashed with migrants camped close to the country’s northern border hoping to cross into Europe, witnesses said, as reported on Reuters. Riot police fired teargas at dozens...

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April 6, 2019

Iran threatens to blacklist US army

Iran threatened to add the US army to its terrorism list if Washington designated the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) as a terrorist group. Writing on Twitter, Heshmatollah Falahatpisheh,...

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