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April 18, 2019

France investment firm AXA IM divests from Israel arms manufacturer

A French investment firm has partially divested from Elbit Systems following pressure from the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement and a number of international NGOs. AXA IM –...

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April 18, 2019

Turkey, Qatar military officials meet in Doha

Qatar’s Chief of Staff Lieutenant-General Ghanim Bin Shaheen Al-Ghanem yesterday met with Turkey’s Colonel Mustafa Aydin in Doha, the Qatari Ministry of Defence said in a statement. The two officials discussed bilateral military relations as...

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April 18, 2019

America’s tactic in Syria

For several months now, the Syrian issue has witnessed a political and military stalemate. The Idlib front has been the same since last September’s Sochi agreement between Russia and...

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April 18, 2019

Car accidents in Egypt down by 24% in 2018

The number of reported car accidents in Egypt fell by nearly a quarter last year, according to new figures from the Central Agency for Public Mobilisation and Statistics (CAPMAS)....

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April 18, 2019

HRW: Torture continuing in Iraq jails

A Human Rights Watch statement today accused Iraqi officials of allowing torture to continue in Mosul detention facilities. “If the Iraqi government ignores credible reports of torture, it’s no...

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April 18, 2019

Oil prices rise to 2019 high

Oil prices rose to a record high for 2019 reaching above $72 a barrel yesterday, thanks to China’s economic growth and an unexpected decline in US inventories. By 11.30...

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April 18, 2019

Syria fuel crisis worsens as opposition and international coalition block illegal oil transfers

Areas under the control of the Syrian regime are facing a serious fuel crisis after an Iranian credit line was halted six months ago, intensifying the impact of international...

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April 18, 2019

US Congresswoman proposes cutting Israel aid

US Congresswoman, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, has proposed the US cut military and economic aid worth $3 billion a year from Israel in response to the re-election of Benjamin Netanyahu as...

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April 18, 2019

Egypt politician who supported coup, opposes constitutional amendments

An Egyptian politician who is known for having supported the bloody coup which ousted the country’s first freely elected president in 2012, has expressed his opposition to the constitutional...

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April 18, 2019

Israel detained 1,600 Palestinians, 230 children in 2019

Israel has detained 1,600 Palestinians in the first few months of 2019, including 230 children and 40 women. According to a new report by the Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO)’s...

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