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September 20, 2018

Egypt’s Suez Canal revenues rise to $3.8bn

Egypt’s Suez Canal revenues rose 12 per cent during the first eight months of 2018, reaching $3.819 billion compared to $3.408 billion during the same period last year, the...

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September 20, 2018

In first, Israel judge bases verdict on new Jewish nation state law

In the first ruling of its kind, an Israeli judge has issued a verdict based on the recently-passed Jewish nation-state law, reported Haaretz. At Jerusalem District Court on Monday,...

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September 20, 2018

Israel Supreme Court backs army’s refusal to prosecute killer of Palestinian activist

Nine years after a Palestinian activist was killed by Israeli occupation forces in a West Bank village, the Israeli Supreme Court has rejected a final appeal against the army’s...

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September 20, 2018

The UN is failing Libya every step of the way

Since the revolt that led to NATO intervention in Libya in 2011, the UN Security Council has passed almost 30 different resolutions and issued half-a-dozen presidential statements on the...

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September 20, 2018

New report documents ‘torture in the heart of Jerusalem’

A new report by Palestinian prisoners’ rights group Addameer claims that Israeli officials “routinely” carry out the “practice of torture” at a key interrogation facility in occupied East Jerusalem....

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September 20, 2018

Six Palestinians killed in 24 hours shows Israel’s ‘utter disregard for right to life’, says Amnesty

Amnesty International yesterday responded to Israeli forces’ killing of six Palestinians within a 24-hour period by accusing Israeli authorities of demonstrating an “utter disregard for right to life”. The...

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September 20, 2018

Saudi Arabia completes joint military drills with US, Sudan

Saudi Arabia announced yesterday that it had completed military drills with the US and Sudan that started separately on 9 September, the Anadolu Agency reported. The Saudi-US drills, Defensive...

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September 20, 2018

Egypt academic: Netanyahu pushing US to start war against Iran

Egyptian Professor of Political Sciences at Cairo University Hassan Nafaa warned that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu might drag the US to start a war with Iran, Almesryoon reported...

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September 20, 2018

Deputy Daesh leader receives death sentence

An Iraqi court yesterday sentenced Ismail Al-Ithawi, Daesh’s deputy leader, to death, Iraqi and international media reported. Judge Abdel-Sattar Al-Birqdar, the official spokesperson for the Iraqi High Judicial Council,...

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September 20, 2018

Israel air force chief to visit Russia amid Syria row

A delegation led by Israeli Air Force (IAF) Commander Amikan Norkan will visit Moscow later today to discuss the downing earlier this week of a Russian military plane by...

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