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June 7, 2018

Red Cross pulls 71 foreign staff out of Yemen amid insecurity, threats

The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) said on Thursday it had pulled 71 international staff out of Yemen because of security incidents and threats, moving them to...

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June 7, 2018

Egypt repatriates stolen artifacts from France

Egypt says it has repatriated nine illegally smuggled artifacts, including statuary and coffins, from France. Thursday’s statement by the Foreign Ministry says French authorities had seized the artifacts at...
June 7, 2018

Trump requested Saudi oil support before Iran nuclear decision – sources

A day before US President Donald Trump withdrew from the Iran nuclear deal, one of his senior officials phoned Saudi Arabia to ask the world’s largest oil exporter to help keep...

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June 7, 2018

Israel’s red card and own goal

Rotem Kamer, the vice president of the Israeli Football Association, has accused Palestinians of waging “football terror” after Argentina called off a friendly match in Jerusalem. Argentina’s move came...

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June 7, 2018

Putin says Russia not planning to withdraw from Syria yet

President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday that Russia was not planning to withdraw its forces from Syria for now, and would keep them there for as long as it...

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June 7, 2018

Israel minister seeks to nix funding for gallery over ‘Nakba in Hebrew’ book launch

Israeli Culture Minister Miri Regev is seeking to cancel state funding for Barbour Gallery in Jerusalem, in light of the institution’s forthcoming hosting of a book launch event on...

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June 7, 2018

Medical Aid for Palestinians attacked by pro-Israel lawyers’ groups

UK charity Medical Aid for Palestinians (MAP) has described allegations of anti-Semitism made by two pro-Israel advocacy groups as an “appalling smear”. According to a report in the Jewish...

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June 7, 2018

Israel soldiers harassing Palestinian students at Al-‘Arrub campus for past 6 months

Israeli occupation forces have been harassing Palestinian students outside a Hebron region university for the past six months, Israeli human rights NGO B’Tselem reported this week. In December 2017,...

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June 7, 2018

Syria: 10 civilians killed as air strike hits Idlib province

At least ten civilians were killed and dozens wounded in an airstrike conducted by the Assad regime hit Idlib Province in north-west Syria yesterday. The Soviet-made Su-22, still kept...

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June 7, 2018

Jordan’s lesson: we should stop beating ourselves up

We beat ourselves up two months ago when we asked ourselves how the Armenians could oust their Prime Minister, Serzh Sargsyan, after just 11 days of continuous demonstrations, while...

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