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  • January 10, 2019

    Israel forces arrest 18 Palestinians during raid

    Israeli forces rounded up 18 Palestinians in overnight raids carried out across the occupied West Bank, the Palestinian Prisoners Association, an NGO, said Thursday, reports Anadolu Agency. “Israeli occupation...

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  • January 10, 2019

    Israel to seek reparation from Middle East nations

    Israel is seeking hundreds of billions of dollars in compensation from Middle Eastern countries where Jewish people fled or were expelled from. The Jewish state has hired an unnamed...

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  • January 10, 2019

    In Cairo, Pompeo blasts Obama's Middle East policies

    US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Thursday accused Barack Obama of sowing chaos by abandoning the Middle East to Islamist militants and Iranian influence in a blistering critique...

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  • January 10, 2019

    Miss Algeria responds to racist backlash following win

    Khadija Ben Hamou made history over the weekend when she beat 16 other hopeful contestants to take home the Miss Algeria 2019 crown, becoming the second black woman to...

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  • January 10, 2019

    Lebanese director's film scores a BAFTA nomination

    Congratulations are in order for Nadine Labaki. It’s been announced that the Lebanese director’s Capharnaüm is up for another prestigious award. The politically-charged film, which already took home the...

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  • January 10, 2019

    Is Saudi Arabia on the road to ending child marriage?

    Saudi Arabia is trying to ban child marriage through new regulations, but loopholes are leaving young girls in the deeply conservative kingdom unprotected, campaigners said on Thursday, reports the...

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  • January 10, 2019

    Turkey imposes tax on use of plastic bags

    and people have been finding creative ways around the new charge...

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  • January 10, 2019

    Saudi ignores UK demand to visit detained women activists

    Saudi Arabia has ignored calls by British parliamentarians and lawyers to allow a delegation to visit Saudi female activists held in prison, following allegations of torture during their detention....

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  • January 10, 2019

    The problem with Sisi and that CBS interview

    For African strongmen with an unflinching and violent proclivity for distorting, suppressing or disregarding the truth, US President Donald Trump is the gift that keeps on giving. In his...

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  • January 10, 2019

    Israel to seize 34 acres of land in Ramallah for settlement

    Israel’s Ministry of Finance has authorised a plan to illegally annex part of the Palestinian village of Deir Dobwan, east of the West Bank’s administrative city of Ramallah. The...

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