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The United Nations has warned that the social and economic conditions in the Gaza Strip "are deteriorating" as a result of the Israel blockade of the Gaza Strip. The...
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The Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) has said that only 11 per cent of Syria's stockpile of chemical weapons has been taken out of the country...
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Discussions of a draft resolution on the access of humanitarian aid to Syrian cities besieged for several months are underway by the United Nations Security Council. French UN Representative...
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Australia's ABC station aired a televised report on Palestinian children detained by the Israeli army, angering Israel. The report said children are treated with brutality when they are arrested...
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US President Barack Obama warned on Tuesday that Russia will be blamed if a UN Security Council resolution demanding to lift the siege imposed on Homs and to facilitate...
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The director of US National Intelligence, James Clapper, testified in Washington on Tuesday before the Senate Armed Services Committee that there are at least 7,500 fighters from 50 different...
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An Israeli journalist specialising in intelligence affairs has revealed that Tel Aviv has allowed the US National Security Agency (NSA) to establish a large intelligence facility in occupied Jerusalem,...
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Fewer than 70 per cent of Jews in Israel are confident that US President Barack Obama is able to protect their national interests, US Time magazine revealed on Friday....
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Iran's Foreign Ministry's spokeswoman Marzieh Afkham has strongly criticised US Secretary of State John Kerry for his remarks on Wednesday saying "the US is trying to impose a negative...
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The US will send experts to Iraq to help it protect the infrastructure of its oil production facilities, officials said on Wednesday. Iraq's oil production facilities and pipelines have...
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An independent inquiry must be launched in to allegations of torture in UAE prisons, a UN representative said. The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Independence of Judges and...
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US National Intelligence Director James Clapper told Congress on Tuesday that the agreement concluded last year to dispose of Syria's chemical weapons has strengthened President Bashar Al-Assad. The chances...
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The US administration has expressed "deep concern" about freedom of expression in Egypt and the interim government's detention of journalists and academics. White House Press Secretary Jay Carney told...
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The IHS Jane's Annual Defence Budgets Review has released a new report predicting that global defence spending will rise in 2014 to reach $1.547 trillion, compared to last year's...
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Government estimates forecast Egypt's energy crisis will worsen in the next fiscal year with the failure of gas production to accommodate the growing domestic demand, Reuters news agency reported...
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The International Quartet support the creation of a Palestinian state based on the 1967 borders with East Jerusalem as its capital, a Palestinian official has said. The official, who...
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Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has proposed to US Secretary of State John Kerry that a state of Palestine would be demilitarised, protected only by a police force. Speaking to...
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Western countries are going to increase the pressure on the Syrian regime for guarantees about getting humanitarian aid into the country, especially to the besieged city of Homs. A...
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The US denied claims by Syrian Foreign Minister Waleed Al-Moualem that America suggested conducting direct talks with the Syrian delegation in Geneva, Aljazeera.net reported on Sunday. US State Department...
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The New York State Senate has overwhelmingly passed a bill that targets the American Studies Association (ASA) for supporting an academic and cultural boycott of Israeli institutions. The bill...
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The Palestinian chief negotiator, Saeb Erekat, said on Sunday that his meetings with US Secretary of State John Kerry in Washington last week did not achieve any tangible progress...
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The US State Department has accused the Syrian regime of dragging its feet on destroying its chemical weapons stockpile and called upon President Bashar Al-Assad to hand over his...
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The US State Department's lead envoy to the Palestinian-Israeli negotiations, Martin Indyk, has revealed that the proposed US framework agreement will allow 70-80 per cent of the Israeli settlers...
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US actress Scarlett Johansson announced that she has quit her role as an ambassador for Oxfam, an international organisation that fights against poverty, after insisting on promoting an Israeli...
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Mohamed El-Erian, the former chief executive of US-based global investment management firm Pacific Investment Management Company, known as Pimco, is rumoured to become a key economic advisor to Egyptian...
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has indicated that he will continue talking with the Palestinians based on the framework deal proposed by US Secretary of State John Kerry. At...
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The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) has announced its support for Malaysia's candidacy to occupy Asia's non-permanent seat in the UN Security Council for 2015 and 2016. Kuwait's diplomatic attaché...
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Senior Muslim scholar Shaikh Yusuf Al-Qaradawi has called upon Saudi Arabia to stop subsidising the military coup in Egypt. He said that the government in Riyadh "committed a mistake"...
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Israel Hayom newspaper reported on Monday that 134 out of 435 members of Congress have signed a letter criticising the American Studies Association's (ASA) decision last month to boycott...
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Israel's chief negotiator has said that the aim of the peace talks is to serve Israel's interests, not the Palestinians' or America's. "The peace negotiations with the Palestinians do...
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US Secretary of Defence Chuck Hagel phoned Egypt's Defence Minister General Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi on Monday to discuss Egypt's political transition and to emphasise the strong relationship between the...
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The Chairman of the Palestine Committee in the Jordanian Parliament, Yahya al-Saud MP has urged the Jordanian government to reveal the details of the peace plan proposed by U.S....