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February 14, 2018

Moroccan minister rules out accession to ICC in near future

Morocco’s Minister of State for Human Rights, Mustafa Al-Ramid, ruled out on Tuesday that the current government would approve its membership of the International Criminal Court (ICC) any time...

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February 14, 2018

Israel report: Sunni Arab states seek nuclear power to equal Iran’s capabilities

Sunni Arab countries are pursuing nuclear energy in response to Iran’s nuclear programme, an Israeli report said. Entitled “The Sunni Arab cuntries going nuclear”, the report was released by...

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February 14, 2018

Saudi official rejects politicisation of Hajj

Saudi Arabia’s Ambassador to the Arab League, Ahmed Qattan, reiterated on Tuesday his country’s rejection of efforts to “politicise and internationalise” the annual Hajj — pilgrimage — which is...

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February 14, 2018

US: ‘Algeria is an important partner for us’

In a visit to Algeria, the Deputy State Department Counter-Terrorism Coordinator Alina Romanowski reiterated the quality of the “partnership” between Algeria and the United States in the fight against...

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February 14, 2018

24% of Israeli Jews believe West Bank annexation is main government objective

Around 24 per cent of Israeli Jews believe that the main political objective of their government is to annex the occupied Palestinian West Bank and continue controlling the whole...

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February 14, 2018

Jordan in recession as living costs rise, income stagnate

The National Society of Consumer Protection (NSCP) in Jordan has warned that the domestic market’s demand has declined to an unprecedented level. Consumer purchasing power fell significantly because of rising living...

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February 14, 2018

Truck driver strike in Gaza

Private companies which transport goods in to the Gaza Strip have gone on strike for two days in protest of the difficult condition which they are operating under as...

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February 14, 2018

Kuwait pledges $2bn to Iraq reconstruction

The Emir of Kuwait, Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, has pledged $2 billion to the reconstruction of Iraq. Speaking at the International Conference for the Reconstruction of Iraq currently...

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February 14, 2018

US report: Syria groups incapable of overthrowing Assad

The war in Yemen will continue for the “foreseeable future” as both the Houthis and Saudi-led coalition which intervened in March 2015 “remain far apart on terms for ending...

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February 14, 2018

Britain’s collective memory should look beyond Europe to understand the Middle East

Exactly a hundred years ago, a famine which had been growing slowly across Iran suddenly hit the whole country. The disaster would go on to claim anywhere between a...

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