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January 28, 2018

Egypt, Ethiopia and Sudan to meet on Monday for Nile dam talks

The leaders of Egypt, Ethiopia and Sudan will meet on Monday in a bid to break a deadlock in negotiations over a hydroelectric dam Addis Ababa is building along...

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January 28, 2018

Connecticut church's interfaith group detained by Israel for holding Palestine flag

Church leaders say the annual trip is a chance to walk in the footsteps of Jesus, while exploring the Holy Land...

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January 28, 2018

Heavy fighting resumes in Syria's eastern Ghouta

Heavy fighting resumed in Syria’s eastern Ghouta on Sunday after a short period of relative calm following reports that a ceasefire had been agreed there late on Friday, Reuters...

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January 28, 2018

Syrian government says Turkish shelling damaged ancient temple

The Syrian government and a war monitor said on Sunday that Turkish shelling of the Kurdish-held Afrin region of Syria had seriously damaged an ancient temple. Ain Dara is...

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January 28, 2018

UN concern over bodies dumped in east Libyan cities

The United Nations has said it is “appalled” by apparent retaliatory killings in Libya following reports of eight bodies found in the eastern cities of Benghazi and Derna. Five...

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January 28, 2018

Prominent member of halted Egyptian opposition campaign attacked and injured

A leading member of an opposition campaign which was until this week challenging Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi in upcoming elections was attacked outside his home on Saturday in...

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January 28, 2018

South Sudan, facing humanitarian crisis, waives some fees for aid groups

South Sudan has temporarily abandoned some of the fees it charges foreign and local non-governmental organisations (NGOs) in a bid to encourage groups to help with a humanitarian crisis,...

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January 28, 2018

Turkey says US has promised to stop arming YPG

The United States has pledged to stop supplying weapons to a Kurdish militia in Syria, Reuters reports Turkey as saying on Saturday, calling on Washington to immediately remove its...

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January 28, 2018

Yemen government bans protests in Aden ahead of separatist deadline

Yemen’s internationally-recognised government said on Saturday it had banned public gatherings in Aden ahead of a deadline given by southern separatists to President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi to dismiss the...

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January 28, 2018

Friendly fire kills 11 in Iraq air strike

Friendly fire from the US-led coalition fighting Daesh killed 10 members of the Iraqi security forces and a local official in an air strike west of Baghdad on Saturday,...

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