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June 20, 2018

Thousands of prisoners to tackle Baccalaureate exams in Algeria

Around 4,400 prisoners in Algeria are expected to sit for the Baccalaureate examinations next Wednesday, the Ministry of Justice has announced. The move, which has been approved by the...

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June 20, 2018

Iran to reject Saudi-Russia proposal to increase oil production

Iran’s representative to the Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) said that his country as well as Iraq and Venezuela will reject any proposal from Saudi Arabia and...

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June 20, 2018

Egypt to get $2bn from IMF in July

Egypt is set to be given the fourth $2 billion tranche of the $12 billion International Monetary Fund (IMF) loan, Finance Minister Mohamed Maait has announced. The money will...

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June 20, 2018

Turkey determined to purchase Russian S-400 despite US pressure

Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu said his country will go ahead with purchasing Russian S-400 missile defence systems, despite the US decision to exclude Turkey from participating in the...

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June 20, 2018

Macron’s embrace of Israel is a throwback to France’s imperial past

The President of France, Emmanuel Macron, has, to an extent, changed his country’s foreign policy towards Israel, making it more favourable. This is part and parcel of Macron’s neoliberal,...

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June 20, 2018

Iran says Saudi-led coalition forces defeated in Hudaydah port

The commander of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), Major General Mohammad Ali Jafari, said yesterday that resistance forces in Yemen have defeated European and Saudi forces in the...

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June 20, 2018

Misconceptions around refugees are a threat to a tolerant society

Figures released by UN refugee agency make for grim reading. According to the UNHCR the number of displaced people worldwide is estimated at 65.6 million, of which 22.5 million...

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June 20, 2018

Aram Rawf, the first asylum seeker to join St. John Ambulance

Aram Rawf, a Kurdish refugee who fled Iraq in 1999, became the first asylum seeker to join St. John Ambulance in a bid to “say thank you to my...
June 20, 2018

Canada mosque shooter could serve life in prison

Alexandre Bissonnette, who murdered six people at a Quebec City mosque last year, should spend the rest of his life in prison, the prosecution said Tuesday. Thomas Jacques told...

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June 20, 2018

UN chief regrets US exit from rights council

United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres on Tuesday voiced regret over the decision by the US to unilaterally withdraw from the UN Human Rights Council (HRC). “The Secretary-General would...

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