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January 3, 2018

Israel ‘killed’ peace process by approving United Jerusalem Bill, says Abbas

Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas said on Tuesday that the Israeli approval of the United Jerusalem Bill has “killed the peace process” and “initiated war on the Palestinian people,”...

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January 3, 2018

Knesset approves bill to reduce chance of ceding part of Jerusalem to Palestinians

Israel’s parliament, the Knesset, has passed the “United Jerusalem Bill” which makes it necessary for at least 80 MKs to agree to future changes in the status of the...

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January 3, 2018

Trump tells Israel that embassy will be moved this year

US President Donald Trump has told Israel that he is planning to move the American Embassy to Jerusalem this year, Israeli website Wallah revealed on Tuesday. Trump is apparently...

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January 3, 2018

Egypt defies African Commission and executes detainees

Egyptian authorities executed five detainees on Tuesday despite the African Commission of Peoples and Human Rights (the African Commission) requesting Egypt suspend the sentences pending its investigation into their...

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January 3, 2018

France voices concern over arrests, casualties in Iran

France on Tuesday expressed concern over the “large number” of arrests and casualties during the ongoing protests in Iran, Anadolu reports. According to a statement by the Foreign Ministry, France is...

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January 3, 2018

US threatens to withhold aid cash to Palestinians

US President Donald Trump said in tweets on Tuesday that the United States may withhold future aid payments to Palestinians, accusing them of being “no longer willing to talk...

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January 3, 2018

As protests rage in Iran, Trump's Iran policy faces sanctions test

US President Donald Trump has signalled support for anti-government protests in Iran, but in two weeks he faces a decision on US policy toward the Islamic Republic that suddenly...

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January 3, 2018

US judge orders government to release Iraqis or grant bond hearings

A US judge ordered the government on Tuesday to either release Iraqi immigrants it arrested last year or grant them bond hearings, in the latest judicial curb on the...

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January 3, 2018

Syrian army preparing assault to end rebel siege of base east of capital

The Syrian army backed by Russian jets escalated bombing of the last rebel bastion on the eastern outskirts of Damascus as they prepared to break a siege of an...

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January 3, 2018

Egypt’s external debt rises by 41%

Egypt is expected to pay off over $12 billion of its foreign debts in 2018, the Central Bank of Egypt (CBE) announced today. The current external debt value amounts...

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