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May 7, 2018

Israeli minister threatens Assad over any Iranian attacks from Syria

An Israeli security cabinet minister said on Monday that Israel could kill Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad and topple his government if Iran used Syrian territory to carry out attacks...

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May 7, 2018

Egypt's finance minister: Public debt increased fivefold in last 5 years

Egypt’s Minister of Finance Amr Al-Garhi has confirmed that his country’s public debt has risen fivefold in the last five years and is expected to continue to rise in the foreseeable...

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May 7, 2018

Rouhani says plans in place for any Trump decision on nuclear deal

President Hassan Rouhani said on Sunday Iran had plans to respond to any move by US President Donald Trump on the 2015 nuclear agreement and the United States would...

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May 7, 2018

Khaled Mohieddin, last member of Egypt's Revolutionary Command Council, dies

The last member of the military council that ruled Egypt after army officers overthrew the monarchy more than six decades ago died on Sunday, a member of his National...

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May 7, 2018

Iran jails 16 women for joining Daesh in Syria

Sixteen women who went to Syria to join Daesh have been jailed in Iran, a Tehran prosecutor said on Sunday. The women were also ordered to pay back any...

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May 7, 2018

Rights group asks UAE for whereabouts of Dubai princess

Human Rights Watch (HRW) has called on United Arab Emirates (UAE) authorities to reveal the whereabouts and condition of a daughter of Dubai’s ruler, following reports that she had...

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May 7, 2018

No secret chambers behind ancient Egypt's young king Tutankhamun

Researchers at Italy’s Turin Polytechnic University have found no evidence of the existence of any hidden chambers behind the walls in the tomb of ancient Egypt’s boy-king, Tutankhamun, the...

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May 7, 2018

Trump CIA nominee sought to withdraw over interrogation role

President Donald Trump’s nominee to lead the CIA, Gina Haspel, sought to withdraw over concerns about her role in the agency’s interrogation program, The Washington Post reported on Sunday,...

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May 7, 2018

Polls close in Lebanon's general election

Voting has ended in Lebanon’s first parliamentary general election in nine years, according to local media reports Sunday. Polling stations opened at 7 a.m. (0400 GMT) and closed at...

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May 7, 2018

Tunisia's Ennahda claims victory in landmark local elections

Tunisia’s Islamist Ennahda party claimed victory late on Sunday in the country’s first free municipal elections, a key step in a democratic transition marred by economic disappointment. After polling...

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