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May 22, 2019

Oman novelist become first Arabic book to win Man Booker International Prize

A novelist from Oman has become the first Arabic writer to win the prestigious Man Booker International Prize. Author Jokha Alharthi won the award for her novel Celestial Bodies...

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May 22, 2019

Fire engulfs agricultural land across Iraq

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May 22, 2019

Official: By attacking Iran, US in danger of repeating mistakes of 2003 Iraq War

Senior members of the Trump administration and Republican representatives of Congress are in strong favour of escalating tensions with Iran despite deep scepticism amongst Democrats over the intelligence presented...

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May 22, 2019

Netanyahu reaffirms West Bank annexation, despite ex-security officials’ petition

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has doubled down on his commitment to annexing the occupied West Bank, after almost 300 former security officials signed a petition urging him to...

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May 22, 2019

Brotherhood calls on Jordan to boycott Bahrain ‘peace conference’

The Islamic Action Front (IAF), the largest opposition party in Jordan, yesterday called on the kingdom not to take part in the US-brokered economic conference in Bahrain. Mounir Rashid,...

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May 22, 2019

Iraq seeks to ease Iran-US tensions

Iraqi Prime Minister Adel Abdul-Mahdi yesterday said his country would launch an official initiative to “end tensions” between Iran and the United States (US), Baghdad Today reported. A senior Iraqi...

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May 22, 2019

Israel Attorney General delays Netanyahu corruption hearing

Israel’s Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit has agreed to delay Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s indictment hearing until October, bowing to months of pressure from the latter’s legal team. Mandelblit announced...

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May 22, 2019

Syria exhumes 670 corpses from mass grave in Raqqa

Some 670 corpses were exhumed in Syria’s northern city of Raqqa yesterday, according to Iran’s semi-official Fars News Agency. The head of the rescue team, Yasser Al-Khamis, confirmed that...

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May 22, 2019

Germany’s decision to equate BDS with anti-Semitism is ‘immoral’

Germany’s decision to equate the boycott of Israel with anti-Semitism “violates international law”, “international legitimacy” and is “immoral”, the Boycott Campaign – Palestine said in a statement today. “This...

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May 22, 2019

Canada court hears lawsuit challenging Israel settlement wine labels

A Canadian court is hearing a lawsuit against a decision to allow wines made and manufactured in Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank to be labelled “Product of...

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