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June 30, 2017

France: Action needed now use of sarin gas confirmed in Syria

France said today that a report by the world’s chemical weapons watchdog that nerve agent sarin was used in an April attack in Syria was “unequivocal” and that the...

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June 30, 2017

Israel violates Oslo Accords in Area B, reports Haaretz

The Israeli army’s civil administration in the occupied West Bank has repeatedly violated the Oslo Accords in recent months by carrying out various work in areas supposedly under the...

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June 30, 2017

Saudi Arabia releases 7 Iranian fishermen – Iranian TV

Seven Iranian fishermen detained by Saudi Arabia’s coastguard over a year ago had been returned to the country amid heightened tension between the regional rivals, Iranian TV reported yesterday....

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June 30, 2017

UK banks stop trading Qatari riyals

Britain’s Lloyds Banking Group said today that it has stopped trading Qatari riyals and that the currency is no longer available for sale or buy-back at its high street...

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June 30, 2017

UN: Demand for Qatar to close down Al Jazeera ‘unacceptable’

A demand by Saudi Arabia and three other Arab nations for Qatar to close down its Al Jazeera TV channel is an “unacceptable attack” on the right to freedoms...

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June 30, 2017

Israel demands $2.9m compensation for soldiers’ deaths

A Palestinian family is being taken to court in an effort to force it to pay 10 million shekels ($2.86 million) compensation after four Israeli soldiers were killed in...

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June 30, 2017

‘Israel responsible for patients’ deaths in Gaza’

Israel must immediately lift the siege imposed on the Gaza Strip and refrain from politicising the lives of civilians, a statement released by the organisations working for Palestine in...

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June 30, 2017

Pro-Qatar graffiti appears on Saudi monument

A video released online appears to show pro-Qatari graffiti which has been sprayed onto a Saudi landmark in the Qassim region of Saudi Arabia. The words “All of us...

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June 30, 2017

27% rise in crime rate in Israel

The crime rate in Israel has increased by 27 per cent since the start of the year until the month of May compared to the same period of 2016,...

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June 30, 2017

Qatar: Arab boycott is a ‘declaration of war’

A “declaration of war without blood” has been made against Qatar by the countries which have imposed a siege on the Gulf state, Minister of State for Defence, Khaled...

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