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February 26, 2019

Canadian citizen detained in Egypt jails, says foreign ministry

Canada is “aware” that a Canadian citizen has been arrested by the Egyptian authorities and detained in the country’s local prisons, Canadian foreign ministry announced yesterday. In an official...

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February 26, 2019

The Munich Security Conference and the international situation

The Munich Security Conference was supposed to be an occasion for important countries to present their strategies and to identify the most critical challenges and threats to global security...

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February 26, 2019

Iran’s Foreign Minister Zarif, architect of nuclear deal, resigns

Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, the urbane, US-educated architect of its 2015 nuclear deal with world powers, announced his resignation unexpectedly on Monday on Instagram, Reuters reports. “Many thanks...

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February 25, 2019

Assad meets Khamenei in first Iran visit since Syrian war began

Syrian President Bashar al Assad made his first public visit to his closest regional ally Iran since the start of Syria’s war in 2011, meeting Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali...

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February 25, 2019

Sisi defends death penalty at summit with Europe

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi defended the death penalty at a summit between Arab and European states on Monday, saying the two regions had “two different cultures”, reports Reuters....

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February 25, 2019

Rami Malek’s relatives in Egypt celebrate his Oscar victory

Rami Malek’s relatives in Egypt huddled around a TV set at home as if cheering the national soccer team, but they were celebrating his first best actor Oscar for...

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February 25, 2019

Street unrest breaks down taboo in Algeria: talk is of politics at last

Until last week the number one topic that Algerian engineer Mohamed Aissiou and his mates would discuss over coffee was soccer. Specifically, local star Riyad Mahrez and his English...

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February 25, 2019

Turkey, Britain raise China’s treatment of Uyghurs at UN rights forum

Turkey and Britain voiced concern on Monday at China’s alleged mistreatment of Uyghurs and other Muslims in its Xinjiang region, with Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu calling on Beijing...

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February 25, 2019

Germany wants to extend Saudi arms export halt despite UK-French pressure

The Social Democrats, junior partners in Germany’s ruling coalition, want to extend a freeze on arms exports to Saudi Arabia beyond March 9, despite pressure by Britain and France...

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February 25, 2019

Iraqi antique collector turns his house into a museum

There is more than a century of Iraqi history in Sheikh Yousif Akar’s house, a modest home in the holy city of Najaf which the retired teacher has crammed...

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