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December 3, 2016
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Diana Alghoul
To those familiar with Arab culture, it is no secret that the topic of disability remains a taboo. When speaking about disability in the Arab world, generally, the topic...
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Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas yesterday met with Fatah members from Lebanon and Syria during Fatah's 7th conference in Ramallah. The Syrian delegation informed Abbas of the difficult circumstances faced...
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Libya's outgoing UN ambassador has launched a scathing attack on the international community for its interference in his country's internal affairs. Ibrahim Dabbashi protested to UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon...
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Tunisia and the UK have yesterday signed an agreement to fund the building of two multidisciplinary hospitals in the Tunisian cities of Gabes and Beja. The agreement was signed...
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UN Envoy to Yemen Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed arrived in the temporary Yemeni capital Aden yesterday to meet with President Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi. His visit comes after the...
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The United Nations Assistance Mission in Iraq (UNAMI) has described casualty figures it released on the ongoing battle for Mosul as "staggering". Figures for November showed that 1,959 members...
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Tunisian President Beji Caid Essebsi is meeting European Union officials in Brussels to discuss ways to boost his country's economy. "The first visit by a Tunisian president to European...
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Marking the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People, the World Health Organisation has issued a report on health access, highlighting "how the Israeli permit system and physical...
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Oil prices surged 4 percent on Thursday, with Brent crude at its highest in about 16 months, extending gains after OPEC and Russia agreed to restrict output to reduce...
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The United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) Commissioner General Pierre Krenpol holds a press conference during his visit in Gaza.
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The Turkish Foreign Ministry this morning announced that it would not recognise the new government formed by Yemen's Houthi movement. The ministry said the formation of a "national salvation"...
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Coca-Cola has announced yesterday that it has opened the doors to its first factory in Gaza, in a move that could create hundreds of jobs in the besieged Palestinian...
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Human Rights Watch (HRW) has called on the military prosecutor to drop charges against two journalists "impugning" the reputation of the army. The organisation said in a statement that...
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Bahraini authorities have put a prominent human rights lawyer on trial for charges that include inciting against Sunni Islam, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said today, in a further crackdown...
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Oil prices increased to its highest in months after the Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) agreed to curb production for the first time since 2008. In a...
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Blog
December 1, 2016
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Ramona Wadi
Another symbolic international day for Palestinian rights has degenerated into the usual stale observations and recommendations that do little other than try to impart a semblance of balance between...
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Article
December 1, 2016
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Diana Alghoul
The International Campaign to Ban Landmines-Cluster Munition Coalition (ICBL-CMC) has released a report highlighting the human cost of landmines last year. The ICBL-CMC is a global network of various...
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November 30, 2016
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Jospeh Benzekri
When Fidel Castro died on Friday, it seemed for a moment that Donald Trump's America would revert back to being a voice on democracy and human rights. Trump's Vice...
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The Palestinian Ambassador to the United Nations (UN), Riyad Mansour, condemned Israeli policies he described as "entrenching a one-state reality of an apartheid nature", in remarks to mark the...
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Human Rights Watch has condemned the Houthis' persecution of members of the Baha'i faith in Yemen. "Arresting someone on the basis of their religious beliefs or compelling them to...
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More than 100,000 immigrants from the Horn of Africa have crossed the Gulf of Aden, on their way to Yemen, despite the violent conflict in the country, the United...
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OPEC countries are close to clinching a deal to limit oil output, despite their differences. If a deal is reached, it will be OPEC's first production cut in eight...
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November 30, 2016
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Asa Winstanley
It came out last month that Israel has been using the cover of the war in Syria to entrench its colonial occupation of the south-west of the country by...
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The United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund (UNICEF) said that about half a million children in Syria are living under siege amid escalating violence in the country. The agency...
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The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) and the Arab League Council rejected and condemned on Tuesday the declaration by Yemen's Houthis and former president Ali Abdullah Saleh of the so-called...
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A US military investigation has concluded that a series of "unintentional human errors" led to a 17 September coalition air strike that killed fighters aligned with the Syrian government...
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French Foreign Affairs Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault today called for an immediate United Nations Security Council meeting to discuss the situation in the Syrian city of Aleppo, which has been...
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Human Rights Watch has urged Egypt's President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi to not approve a draft bill that will further regulate civil society, the group said in a statement yesterday. Egypt's...
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Saudi Arabia donated $67 million for projects to be implemented in Gaza, West Bank and Jordan by the UNRWA, the Anadolu Agency reported yesterday. According to a statement issued...
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November 29, 2016
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Ramona Wadi
In this fast-paced narrative of diplomatic events, John Quigley illustrates the extension of Zionist colonial violence and manipulation at an international level. The International Diplomacy of Israel's Founders: deception...
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Article
November 29, 2016
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Dr Ramzy Baroud
The Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions Movement (BDS) has designated the week, November 25 to December 3, as the 'Biggest-Ever Campaign' aimed at boycotting Israeli products and those of companies...
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Benjamin Netanyahu expressed his hope on Monday that outgoing US President Barack Obama does not support a UN Security Council resolution against the Israeli occupation during his remaining time...