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April 2, 2019

Iraq’s Al-Sistani, Lebanon’s parliament speaker discuss ‘regional challenges’

The speaker of the Lebanese parliament, Nabih Berri, yesterday met with Iraq’s senior Shia cleric Grand Ayatollah, Ali Al-Sistani, in the Iraqi southern city of Najaf, Moscow-based Russia Today...

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April 2, 2019

Morocco: Politicians warn against passing a law targeting Arabic language

Moroccan politicians stressed that the body responsible for determining the nature and course of the “framework law” on the teaching of scientific materials in French is in the hands...

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April 2, 2019

US considering additional Iran sanctions, perhaps in May

The US government is considering additional sanctions against Iran that would target areas of its economy that have not been hit before, a senior Trump administration official told reporters...

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April 2, 2019

Traces of racial exception: racialising Israeli settler colonialism

In today’s twisted, double-speak in political accusation, some principles stay upheld. Ronit Lentin, the Trinity College Dublin sociologist, has long specialised in race relations and this book excavates Israel’s...

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April 2, 2019

Algeria bans private jets from taking off or landing

Algeria banned, on Sunday, all private planes from taking off or landing at the country’s airports until the end of April, following reports about the escape of state officials...

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April 1, 2019

Child’s body found in Tigris after Mosul ferry accident

Turkish rescue teams found the body of a child in Iraq’s Tigris River on Monday, some 10 days after a ferryboat accident that left at least 100 people dead,...

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April 1, 2019

The Road to Knesset: Likud Party #Israelex19

Benjamin Netanyahu (Bibi) is Israel’s current prime minister who is seeking his fifth term in office. If he wins, he will become Israel’s longest serving prime minister. Netanyahu has...

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April 1, 2019

Turkey’s ruling party contests Istanbul ballot results

The Istanbul provincial head of the ruling Justice and Development (AK) Party on Monday said voting in the city during Sunday’s local ballot had seen documented irregularities that could...

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April 1, 2019

Saudi ban on Boeing MAX flights to continue for near future

Saudi Arabia has no immediate plans to allow Boeing 737 MAX aircraft to operate in the kingdom, its transport minister said on Monday, as state airline fly deal potentially...

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April 1, 2019

Killed by cholera, Yemeni doctor knew he was fighting ‘disastrous’ epidemic

Yemeni doctor Mohammed Abdul-Mughni described the surge in cholera cases he was treating as “disastrous” in a country battered by years of war and short of medical staff, reports...

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