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May 24, 2018

Yemen appoints new minister of foreign affairs

Yemeni President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi has appointed Khaled al-Yamani as foreign minister, replacing Abdel-Malek al-Mekhlafi, according to a statement posted on Thursday by state news agency SABA. Mekhlafi will...

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May 24, 2018

Emir of Kuwait: We will stand with Palestinians in Marches of Return till the end

The Emir of the State of Kuwait, Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, has that his country will support the Palestinian Marches of Return “till the end.” The statement came during...

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May 23, 2018

US in contact with former enemy, Sadr, after his surprise election win

The United States has contacted members of a political bloc in Iraq led by a former foe, the Shi’ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr, after his election win put him in a...

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May 23, 2018

Palestine demands apology for Swiss FM’s UNRWA comments

A senior Palestinian official on Wednesday called on the Swiss government to issue a formal apology for remarks made by Swiss Foreign Minister Ignazio Cassis in which he criticized...

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May 23, 2018

Controversy over Dutch TV parody of Israel’s Eurovision winner song

A Dutch parody of Israeli Eurovision winner Netta Barzilai has caused a diplomatic stir after Israel’s Embassy in the Netherlands lodged a formal complaint to the Dutch TV channel...

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May 23, 2018

Egypt arrests prominent activist and blogger Wael Abbas

Prominent Egyptian activist and blogger, Wael Abbas, was been arrested by Egyptian authorities in the early hours of the morning. Abbas was taken during a 4am raid on his...

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May 23, 2018

UAE to grant foreigners full ownership of companies

The UAE is seeking to pull itself out of the economic doldrums with a new initiative that will strengthen foreign ownership and residency rights of expats. Earlier in the...

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May 23, 2018

Why are Russia and Iran avoiding a war with Israel?

Israel can do anything to Syria that it considers necessary to protect its own security and interests without fear of reactions beyond the predictable, or reactions that it can...

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May 23, 2018

Irish council to light up buildings in support of Gaza

A Northern Irish Town will light up the city building in support of Palestinians in Gaza despite strong opposition against a public display of solidarity by local pro-Israeli politicians....

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May 23, 2018

Remote control repression: Israel tested its latest weapons against the Great March of Return

Over the course of the Great March of Return protests which started on 30 March, 115 Palestinians were killed and a further 13,000 were injured. Many were shot by...

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