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June 18, 2018

Preparations begin in Tunisia for legislative and presidential elections

The Independent High Authority for Elections in Tunisia has announced that it has started to prepare for the legislative and presidential elections due to be held next year. A...

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June 18, 2018

World Cup: Salah’s return lifts Egypt ahead of Russia test

Russia got their World Cup campaign off to a dream start with a 5-0 thumping of Saudi Arabia but face an entirely different beast in the form of Egypt,...

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June 18, 2018

Turkey arrests suspect as puppy torture case shifts election agenda

Turkish police have arrested a man suspected of torturing a puppy after shocking images emerged online of the maimed animal in a case that has outraged the country and...

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June 18, 2018

Group of Egyptian lawmakers slam Sisi’s fiscal reforms

A group of Egyptian lawmakers on Sunday criticised recent fiscal reforms enacted by President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi’s government, especially subsidy cuts to fuel and electricity. The 25-30 Alliance, a...

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June 18, 2018

Saudi-led coalition conducts air strikes on Yemen’s Hudaydah airport

Houthi forces fought to keep control of the airport in Yemen’s main port city of Hudaydah on Sunday as Saudi-led coalition air strikes struck the compound, in an offensive...

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June 18, 2018

Israel frees Palestinian prisoner after he goes blind

Israel on Sunday released 18-year-old Palestinian detainee Hassan Tamimi who was “subjected to medical negligence” following which he lost his sight. Abdunnasir Tamimi, the victim’s uncle, told Anadolu Agency his...

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June 18, 2018

US bombs Syrian positions, Syrian military source tells state media

Syrian state media, citing a military source, reported early on Monday that US-led coalition aircraft had bombed “one of our military positions” in eastern Syria, leading to deaths and...

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June 17, 2018

Sudan’s Al-Bashir may be President for life despite major challenges

This week’s cabinet decision to put forward a new election law appears to support the view that some members of Sudan’s ruling National Congress Party (NCP) are planning to...

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June 17, 2018

Israel targets rights groups with bill to outlaw filming of soldiers

Israel moved on Sunday to snap the lens shut on rights groups that film its troops’ interactions with Palestinians by introducing a bill that would make it a criminal...

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June 17, 2018

Suu Kyi is actively attempting to manipulate the UN

In the first meeting on June 13 between Myanmar State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi and Christine Schraner Burgener, the Burmese urged the freshly-minted Special Envoy on Myanmar for...

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