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August 3, 2018

Tunisian Chess Federation backtracks on its refusal to receive Israeli contestant

The Israeli newspaper The Jerusalem Post claimed, Wednesday, the Tunisian Chess Federation will allow Israel to participate in the World Chess Championship in Tunisia. This move comes after Tunisian authorities backtracked...

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August 2, 2018

Saudi-led coalition says Houthis behind Thursday’s attack in Hudaydah

The Saudi-led coalition denied any responsibility behind the air strikes on a fishing port and fish market that Yemeni medical sources said it killed 26 people in Hudaydah on...

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August 2, 2018

State Media: Syrian air defences destroy hostile target near Damascus

Syrian state media said late on Thursday that air defences had destroyed a “hostile target” west of the capital Damascus, Reuters reports. “Our air defences confronted a hostile target and...

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August 2, 2018

Egyptian church suspends isolation after bishop’s death

Egypt’s Coptic Orthodox Church on Thursday suspended the practice of “aetikaf” (self-imposed isolation) for a one-year period after a clergyman died under suspicious circumstances in a monastery earlier this...

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August 2, 2018

Coalition strikes on Hudaydah fishing port kill 26

Twenty-six people were killed and 35 others were wounded in Saudi-led coalition air strikes on the fishing port and fish market in the Yemeni city of Hudaydah, Yemeni medical...

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August 2, 2018

Palestinian gov’t appoints new deputy PM, info minister

Palestinian presidential spokesman Nabil Abu Rudeina on Thursday was appointed both deputy premier and information minister in the Ramallah-based government of PM Rami Hamdallah. According to Palestine’s WAFA news...

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August 2, 2018

The three Rs of Iran’s future

Three issues stand out when discussing Iran’s future: revolution, regime change and reform. US President Donald Trump’s volte face offering to speak with Iran suggests that the first two...

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August 2, 2018

Israel bans entry of gas, fuel in to Gaza

Israeli Defence Minister, Avigdor Lieberman, issued an order banning the entry of fuel and gas into the besieged Gaza Strip through the Kerem Shalom (Karm Abu Salem) crossing from...

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August 2, 2018

Italy releases ex-Egypt minister detained at behest of Sisi

Former Egyptian minister of legal and parliamentary affairs under President Mohamed Morsi, Mohamed Mahsoob, was released today after spending one day detained in Italy at the request of the...

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August 2, 2018

Tamimi’s mother: Support for Ahed is based on racism

Ahed Tamimi’s mother said that the media attention and worldwide solidarity that her daughter received following her arrest by Israeli occupation forces was rooted in racism. “Frankly it is...

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