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September 12, 2018

Anti-BDS Trump appointee re-opens case over alleged anti-Semitism on US campus

A vociferous anti-Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions campaigner appointed by President Donald Trump to head a top civil rights organisation has re-opened a seven-year-old case over alleged anti-Semitism in an...

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September 12, 2018

French-Algerian Rai Star Rachid Taha dies at 59

Algerian-born singer Rachid Taha has died of a heart attack at home in Paris aged 59, his family said. Taha was born on Algeria’s north-west coast in 1958 and...

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September 12, 2018

New poll: Majority of Israeli Jews believe they are ‘chosen people’

The majority of Israeli Jews — 56 per cent — believe that they are the “chosen people” according to a poll conducted by Haaretz. That figure is considerably higher...

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September 12, 2018

Sudan, Turkey sign $100m investment deal

Turkey has signed a $100 million agreement to invest in oil exploration and production in Sudan, Turkish Minister of Agriculture and Forestry Bekir Pakdemirli revealed yesterday. The announcement came following...

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September 12, 2018

Gaza hospital to close due to fuel shortfall

The Abu Yusuf Al-Najjar Hospital in the southern Gaza Strip will cease functioning within nine days due to a lack of fuel needed for its electricity generators, Gaza’s Health...

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September 12, 2018

Working group established for Syria constitution

Delegations from Turkey, Russia and Iran have agreed to establish a Joint Working Group to set up a constitutional committee for Syria in Geneva, diplomatic sources said today. The...

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September 12, 2018

Israel foreign fighter found dead in Ukraine

An Israeli who volunteered to fight with the Ukrainian army against the country’s separatist movement has been found dead in his apartment. Bar Bonen, a 36-year-old who volunteered to...

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September 12, 2018

International coalition starts final battle against Daesh in Syria

The international coalition against Daesh in Syria, alongside the US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), have begun what is expected to be the last battle with militants in the eastern...

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September 12, 2018

Save the Children: 500,000 children could die in war zones this year

More than half a million children under the age of five could die of starvation in conflict zones this year, Save the Children International warned on Monday. “4,500,000 children...

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September 12, 2018

Official: UAE convinced Yemen’s Saleh to ally with Houthis

A spokesman for the late Yemeni president Ali Abdullah Saleh has revealed that the United Arab Emirates convinced him to ally with the Shia Houthi group. “Everyone contributed to...

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