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European companies have asked Israeli farmers in the Jordan Valley to clearly label their produce as coming from “the occupied territories”, Israel Hayom newspaper reported. Also read: Netanyahu: EU...
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Turkey’s president on Monday criticized delays in the payment of a $3.3 billion EU support package for refugees. Under a deal signed in November, Turkey agreed to step up...
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The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) in Jordan has ended its contract with British security giant G4S, following a campaign by Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) activists. UNICEF’s decision...
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Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu is to discuss the refugee crisis with European officials in Brussels today, the Anadolu Agency reported yesterday. The meeting will discuss the issue of...
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The United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said on Sunday that he has asked his envoy for the disputed Western Sahara territory to meet the Polisario independence movement and Morocco...
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The Palestinian sports ministry yesterday called on FIFA to put pressure on the Israeli occupation to stop its violations against Palestinian sportsmen and athletes, Quds Press reported. Speaking to...
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UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon expects there to be major difficulties in sending refugees back to Syria, Masralarabia.com reported on Friday. Could you make it as a refugee? Since...
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Food marketing chains in Germany and the Netherlands have asked farmers in Israel to label settlement products exported to Europe. Israeli Radio today reported that “Israeli farmers in the...
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There is a marked increase in the number of women who travel to Iraq and Syria to join Daesh, Italy’s intelligence service revealed in its annual report. According to...
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Economic agreements signed over the past 20 years between Tunisia and the EU do not support development in the African country; the Anadolu Agency reported a former senior official...
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Foreign military intervention in Libya will only exacerbate the war-torn country’s already dire humanitarian crisis, according to UN deputy envoy to Libya Ali al-Zaatari. ā In an exclusive interview...
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UNICEF Special Representative in Libya Ghassan Khalil has said that Libyan children are living under “catastrophic conditions”, which are becoming more difficult over time. Khalil made his remarks to...
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The Japanese government yesterday donated $38.21 million to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA), the Anadolu Agency reported. In a statement, UNRWA said that...
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Article
February 29, 2016
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Alastair Sloan
A man who may have ordered footballers in his own country to be tortured runs for the presidency of the most important footballing organisation in the world, and the...
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Arab Inter-parliamentary Union (AIPU) has called on the European Parliamentary Union (EPU) to withdraw a motion banning its members from selling weapons to Saudi Arabia, the Anadolu Agency reported...
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Syrian opposition has accused the Syrian regime and its allies of killing 29 people in attacks following the recently agreed cessation of hostilities agreement. In a letter sent to...
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Article
The trouble with dictators, despots and royalty across the world is that they surround themselves with fawning fools who are too afraid or too servile to tell their masters...
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At least 15 people were killed in Syria on the first day of a cessation-of-hostilities agreement between the Assad regime and opposition forces, a UK-based monitoring group has said....
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UNICEF’s Special Representative in Libya, Dr Ghassan Khalil, has commended the decision of Al Zintan’s Municipal Council for the release, rehabilitation and reintegration of any child under 18, involved...
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High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Federica Mogherini said on Friday that the EU is ready to provide clarification and assurances to Morocco...
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Morocco has suspended contact with European Union institutions over the European Court of Justice’s decision to invalidate their farm trade accord. “We regret that we must suspend contact with...
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The European parliament has called on the EU to ban arms sales to Saudi Arabia. Members of the parliament (MEPs) said that Britain, France and other EU governments should...
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Human Rights Watch (HRW) yesterday stressed that Egyptian courts are being exploited to punish political opponents. This, the group said, is exemplified in the life sentence handed down, apparently...
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Sweden has announced an increase in its annual contribution to UNRWA’s budget to $40.6 million. UNRWA said in a statement that “this 15 per cent increase follows the past...
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Austrian Chancellor Werner Faymann rejected an offer from the Portuguese Prime Minister Antonio Costa for the country to accept 5,800 more refugees than its quota of 4,500, Anadolu reported...
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The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has condemned Italy for what it says was the "abduction" of an Egyptian Imam by the CIA from a Milan street in...
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Refugee arrivals in Europe in 2016 have already exceeded 100,000, International Organization for Migration (IOM) said in a statement Tuesday. "Greece alone had received some 102,547 arrivals since the...
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Libya "stands on the brink of a humanitarian crisis," the Deputy Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General, Ali Za’tari, warned yesterday. During a press conference held in the Egyptian...
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The Syrian Network for Human Rights said on Monday that the Syrian regime has dropped at least 19,947 barrel bombs on areas controlled by the opposition since the adoption...
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Article
February 22, 2016
Basel Al-Haj Jasem
The UN Security Council convened on Friday in a closed session for deliberations on Syria. Russia requested the emergency session to demand that Turkey stop its strikes on the...
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Education Aid for Palestinians (EAP) in Britain today announced the opening of its first clean water project in a school in the Gaza Strip. The project, the first in...
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Turkey's minister of customs and trade has accused European states of committing an "injustice" against Turkey by calling on the country to do more while they struggle to cope...