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April 10, 2019

Pompeo: US looking ‘very closely’ at Qatar-Air Italy deal

The United States is scrutinising state-owned Qatar Airways’ acquisition of a 49 percent stake in Air Italy, which has been flying to US destinations since June in a move...

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April 10, 2019

NATO chief calls on all sides in Libya to end fighting

NATO is “deeply concerned” by the raging violence in Libya, its chief said on Wednesday, Anadolu reports. In a statement, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg called on all sides...

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April 10, 2019

Trump congratulates Israel’s Netanyahu on election victory

US President Donald Trump phoned Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday to congratulate him on his re-election, and Netanyahu said he thanked his ally for “tremendous support for...

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April 10, 2019

US: Omar condemns TV host’s dual-loyalty remark

Congresswoman Ilhan Omar called out a conservative TV talk show host’s “dangerous” comments that questioned her loyalty to the US, Anadolu reports. “This is dangerous incitement, given the death...

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April 10, 2019

Saudi cadets get UK training amid Yemen abuse reports

More than 40 Saudi military cadets have been receiving training in British military colleges amid human rights abuse reports against the Gulf state’s forces in Yemen, local media reported...

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April 10, 2019

In leaky White House, Trump team keeps Middle East peace plan secret

In a White House where no secret is safe for long, one development has remained stubbornly confidential – the contents of a Middle East peace plan authored by President...

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April 10, 2019

Pompeo: American F-35s, Russian S-400 cannot operate together

American-made F-35 fighter jets cannot operate in the same airspace as the Russian S-400 missile system, said the US’s top diplomat Wednesday, Anadolu reports. “It is not possible to...

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April 10, 2019

US lawmakers introduce bill to end Trump’s ‘Muslim ban’

US Senator Chris Coons and Congresswoman Judy Chu introduced legislation Wednesday to end President Donald Trump’s ban on immigration from five Muslim-majority countries, Anadolu reports. The No Ban Act...

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April 10, 2019

Sudanese demonstrators maintain Khartoum sit-in

Hundreds of Sudanese protesters on Wednesday maintained their sit-in outside army headquarters in Khartoum for the fifth day in a row amid continued calls for President Omar al-Bashir to...

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April 10, 2019

Weasel words and chutzpah can’t sustain the myth of democratic Israel, but nobody cares

The word “chutzpah” has its roots in the old Hebrew “ḥutspâ” and, as adopted by Yiddish, basically means “audacity bordering on downright cheek”. We’ve seen and heard plenty of...

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