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August 2, 2018

40 migrants arrive in Tunisia after 20 days at sea

A boat carrying 40 African migrants arrived in Tunisia, Wednesday, after spending more than 20 days in the sea aboard a ship which belongs to an international oil company. It...

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August 1, 2018

Morocco’s King sacks minister of finance

Morocco’s King Mohammed has sacked Mohamed Boussaid as minister for the economy and finance, according to a statement from the Royal Cabinet on Wednesday. The decision was taken in...

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August 1, 2018

Detained Palestinian journalist stages hunger strike

A Palestinian journalist has begun an open-ended hunger strike in protest of his detention by Israeli forces, a Palestinian NGO said on Wednesday. Alaa al-Rimawi, 40, the director of...

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August 1, 2018

Erdogan: US threatening language will not benefit anyone

The threatening language of the United States will not benefit anyone, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Wednesday, as relations between the NATO allies soured over the case...

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August 1, 2018

Iraq protesters prevented from storming petrol facility

Security forces in Iraq’s southern Basra province prevented demonstrators from storming a major petroleum facility on Wednesday, according to a military source. “A joint force stopped dozens of protesters...

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August 1, 2018

NATO intervention in Libya resulted in civilian deaths and an environmental disaster

Did NATO use lethal depleted uranium (DU) during its seven-month air campaign against Libya while intervening to support the groups who rebelled against the government of Muammar Gaddafi in...

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August 1, 2018

Trump’s Gulf dream

Since the American president was elected, his many dreams were revealed. I say “dreams” because most of them are not based on a realistic vision of international politics. They...

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August 1, 2018

Returning migrant boats to Libya could ‘breach’ international law, says UN

An Italian boat returning 108 migrants from the Mediterranean to Tripoli could be in breach of international law, according to the United Nations. On Monday, oil vessel Asso 28...

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August 1, 2018

Booking.com lists united Jerusalem as city in Israel

Global brands tend to tread carefully in protecting their image. Sleepwalking into a political row is the last thing they’d do but not so it seems with a popular...

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August 1, 2018

Saudi Arabia arrests 2 more women’s rights activists

Saudi Arabia has arrested two more women’s rights activists, the latest in a government crackdown on activists, clerics and journalists, an international rights group said today. Human Rights Watch...

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