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  • June 27, 2018

    Pay No Heed to the Rockets: Palestine in the Present Tense

    If this book had to be described succinctly, it is a perfect example of the different components that construct an implosion. Marcello Di Cintio’s “Pay No Heed to the...

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  • June 27, 2018

    Iraq approves $19m reconstruction plan for Mosul’s Old City

    The Iraqi government yesterday approved a project to reconstruct Mosul’s Old City at a cost of 20 billion Iraqi dinars ($19 million). “The ministerial committee composed of several ministries...

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  • June 27, 2018

    The problematic relations between Hamas and Moscow

    Hamas is not the first to move towards Moscow as Fatah, the PA leadership and the PLO did this before, when it rushed to open up to Moscow and...

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  • June 27, 2018

    70% of people in UAE have no savings

    Some 55 per cent of residents of the UAE have credit card loans while 69 per cent of the population has no financial plans to support their retirement, a...

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  • June 27, 2018

    US church with 1.5m members votes unanimously to support BDS

    The Presbyterian Church (USA), which represents 1.5 million Americans, has voted overwhelmingly in support of the international Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions Campaign (BDS). Members took part in a vote...

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  • June 27, 2018

    US: Gulf Crisis only ‘benefits Iran’

    US President Donald Trump wants the Gulf Crisis to be resolved as it “benefits Iran”, the Anadolu Agency reported a senior American official saying yesterday. Mike Pompeo, US’ secretary...

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  • June 27, 2018

    Algeria abandons 13,000 migrants in Sahara Desert

    Algeria has abandoned more than 13,000 people in the Sahara Desert over the past 14 months, including pregnant women and children, an investigation by the Associated Press has revealed....

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  • June 27, 2018

    Iraq PM calls for disarming PKK, other groups

    Iraqi Prime Minister Haidar Al-Abadi demanded the “terrorist” Kurdish group the PKK be disarmed, the Anadolu Agency reported. Speaking during his weekly press conference following the cabinet meeting yesterday,...

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  • June 27, 2018

    Gaza: 1,000 UNRWA employees to lose their jobs

    Deputy Head of UNRWA’s Workers Union, Amal Batch, warned yesterday that up to 1,000 employees are expected to lose their jobs due to the financial crisis hitting the international...

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  • June 27, 2018

    45,000 Syrians flee their homes after Assad strikes Daraa

    At least 45,000 Syrians have fled their homes in Syria’s south-western Daraa province after the resumption of regime strikes in the area, the United Nations said in a statement....

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