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July 8, 2018

Swedish activist granted Palestinian citizenship

Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas granted Palestinian citizenship Friday to Swedish activist Benjamin Ladraa, who has been walking from Sweden to Palestine to raise awareness on human rights violations. “This...

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July 8, 2018

Iraq VP says parliamentary polls were ‘farce’

Iraqi Vice-President Iyad Allawi on Saturday described the May 12 parliamentary polls as a “farce” after the results of manual recount unveiled a massive fraud. “Fraud unveiled by the...

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July 8, 2018

Mohamed Jabaly on the 51-day war on Gaza

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July 8, 2018

Remembering the 2014 Israeli offensive against Gaza

On this day in 2014, Israel launched one of its deadliest military offensives against the Gaza Strip in recent history. The conflict left 2,251 people dead, with more than...

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July 7, 2018

Al Shabaab fighters attack Somalia police HQ after twin bombings

Militants from Somalia’s al Shabaab group stormed a government building housing the security and interior ministries on Saturday after twin bombings wounded at least 17 people nearby in central...

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July 7, 2018

French shipping firm pulls out of Iran due to US sanctions threat

French shipping group CMA CGM has decided to pull out of Iran following the Trump administration’s decision to renew sanctions on companies operating in the country, its chief executive...

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July 7, 2018

Pope says walls, occupation, fundamentalism block Mideast peace

Pope Francis said on Saturday that building walls, occupying territories and religious fanaticism would never bring peace to the Middle East. Speaking at the end of a summit of...

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July 7, 2018

Iranian oil minister calls Trump’s order to OPEC insulting

Iran’s oil minister on Saturday accused US President Donald Trump of insulting OPEC by ordering it to increase production and reduce prices, adding that Iranian output and exports had...

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July 7, 2018

French say cockpit fire likely caused 2016 EgyptAir crash, contradicting Egypt

A Paris-Cairo EgyptAir flight crash that killed everyone on board in May 2016 was likely to have been caused by a cockpit fire, but Egyptian authorities have not appeared...

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July 7, 2018

At religious summit, pope decries ‘murderous indifference’ in Mideast

Pope Francis led a summit of religious leaders demanding peace in the Middle East on Saturday, condemning a “murderous indifference” he said is fanning violence, reports Reuters. Francis convened...

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