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April 29, 2018

At least 15 migrants die after boat sinks off Algerian coast

At least 15 African migrants died on Sunday when their boat trying to reach Europe capsized off the Algerian coast, a coast guard official said. Coast guard and civil...

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April 29, 2018

Syrian army says captured villages from US-backed forces

The Syrian army said on Sunday it had captured a string of villages from US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) east of the Euphrates river near the border with Iraq...

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April 29, 2018

Iran arrests British-Iranian academic on security charges

Iran confirmed on Sunday that it had arrested a British-Iranian academic on security charges, state media reported, the latest in a string of arrests of dual nationals in the...

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April 29, 2018

Rivals see ruse in Palestinian political forum to be convened by Abbas

Political rivals accused Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Sunday of pushing ahead with a rare and disputed national decision-making meeting to tighten his grip on power and sideline them....

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April 29, 2018

Lebanon army says Israel ‘abducted’ citizen on border

Lebanon’s army said late on Saturday that an Israel border patrol had seized a Lebanese woman in the Shebaa area and taken her across the frontier. “On April 28...

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April 29, 2018

Saudi Aramco appoints first woman to its board

Saudi Aramco, the world’s top oil company which is preparing to go public, said on Sunday it has appointed new members to its board including a female executive, a...

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April 29, 2018

Hamas blames Palestinian Authority men for PM assassination attempt

Gaza’s ruling Hamas group blamed Palestinian Authority officials on Saturday for the attempted assassination in the enclave of Palestinian Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah on March 13. Finger-pointing over the...

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April 29, 2018

Saudi man killed in missile salvo from Yemen

Yemen’s Houthi movement fired ballistic missiles at what it called “economic and vital targets” in the southern Saudi province of Jizan on Saturday, and Saudi authorities said a man...

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April 29, 2018

Turkey’s Erdogan starts campaigning for snap June elections

Turkey’s Tayyip Erdogan unofficially kicked off his re-election campaign on Saturday, vowing to defeat the secularist opposition in “historic” snap elections that he has called for June. Although yet...

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April 29, 2018

Egyptian court jails policemen over wages protest

A Cairo criminal court on Saturday sentenced 13 policemen to between three and five years in prison for breaking an assembly law when they gathered to demand higher wages...

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