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November 5, 2018

Qaradawi steps down as head of Muslim scholars’ group

Sheikh Yusuf Al-Qaradawi on Saturday declared that he will be stepping down from his position as president of the International Union of Muslim Scholars (IUMS). Speaking at the opening...

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November 5, 2018

Bahrain sentences Shia opposition leader to life in prison

The Bahraini Court of Appeals yesterday sentenced prominent Shia opposition leader Ali Salman to life imprisonment on charges of “colluding” with Qatar. In June, the Bahraini High Court of...

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November 5, 2018

The Great War and the Remaking of Palestine

Offering an insightful account of a period often neglected by historians, Salim Tamari’s book The Great War and the Remaking of Palestine provides a window into the lost world...

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November 5, 2018

Iran official to Trump: Your end will be like Saddam Hussein

The US President Donald Trump is “too little to force the Iranian people to obey his instructions,” the Iranian parliament’s speaker, Ali Larijani, said yesterday. “Today the Iranian nation...

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November 5, 2018

Saudi king to make week-long domestic tour amid Khashoggi crisis

Saudi Arabia’s King Salman will embark on a week-long domestic tour on Tuesday, a senior government official told Reuters, as the absolute monarchy faces its worst political crisis in...

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November 5, 2018

Iraq rejects US Embassy’s statement on its relation with Iran

The Iraqi Foreign Ministry rejected on Saturday a statement issued by the US embassy in Baghdad in which it called on Tehran to “respect the sovereignty of the Iraqi...

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November 5, 2018

Minister: Oman had to invite Israeli minister to conference

Oman’s Minister of Transport and Communications, Dr Ahmed Mohammed Al-Futaisi said Sunday that his country; “the host state” of an international transport conference had to invite Israeli Minister of...

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November 5, 2018

Saudi authorities allow wife of detained Islamic scholar to visit him

The Prisoners of Conscience Twitter account said the Saudi authorities have allowed the wife of Sheikh Safar Al- Hawali to visit him in prison for few minutes. 🔴 BREAKING...

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November 5, 2018

Iraq army says 25 Daesh militants killed in Kirkuk, north

The Iraqi army announced on Sunday that 25 members of the Daesh militant group also known as Daesh had been killed and a number of the group’s sites and...

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November 5, 2018

Britain pushes for UN Security Council action on Yemen crisis

British foreign minister Jeremy Hunt said on Monday he would push for new action at the United Nations Security Council to try to end hostilities in Yemen and find...

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