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Tunisia calls Erdogan comments on president’s decree unacceptable interference
Tunisia’s foreign ministry said on Tuesday that comments by Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan on Tunisia’s leader dissolving parliament was “an unacceptable interference” in internal affairs.
On Monday, Erdogan criticized President Kais…
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Pope Francis to visit crisis-hit Lebanon in June
Pope Francis will visit Lebanon in June in a long-awaited trip that comes amid a spiraling financial and political crisis.
The pope, who has received Lebanon’s president and prime minister at the Vatican in the past few months, had…
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UAE ends need for physical residency visa, Emirates ID will be used instead
Residents in the UAE will no longer need a visa sticker in their passport, instead the Emirates ID card will serve as proof of residency, the Federal Authority for Identity, Citizenship, Customs, and Ports Security has said.
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Second fuel ship docks at Hodeidah as fresh Houthi violations shake truce
A second fuel ship docked in the port of Yemen’s western city of Hodeidah on Monday as the Houthis intensified attacks on government troops in the province of Marib.
Essam Al-Motawakel, spokesperson for the Houthi-controlled oil company,…
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UN Security Council urges Houthis to abide by terms of truce
The UN Security Council on Monday strongly condemned the cross-border terrorist attacks by the Houthi militia against Saudi Arabia last month.
The Iranian-backed Houthis struck critical civilian infrastructure in the Kingdom on March 20…
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Iran blames US for halt to Vienna nuclear talks
The United States is responsible for the pause in talks between Tehran and world powers in Vienna aimed at reviving their 2015 nuclear deal, an Iranian foreign ministry spokesperson said on Monday.
“America is responsible for the halt of…
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Israeli defense minister urges Palestinians against violence during Ramadan
Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz has urged the Palestinians to reject violence during Ramadan, telling them that Israel “cannot tolerate” a surge in terror attacks that it will oppose with “might and with determination.”
His message…
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“Forced” .. the Lebanese in the month of Ramadan in front of a harsh diet
For many Lebanese, the month of Ramadan this year is unlike what they were accustomed to before. They feel compelled to abandon traditional axioms at breakfast tables, and that governments' mismanagement of economic crises is forcing them…
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In war-torn Syria, a charity offers hope to kids with cancer
At the children’s cancer ward in a hospital in the Syrian capital of Damascus, children walk down brightly painted corridors, hooked up to IV needles delivering critical treatment into their bloodstream.
Nurses tend to babies and…
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US sends home Algerian held nearly 20 years at Guantanamo
An Algerian man imprisoned at the Guantanamo Bay detention center for nearly 20 years has been released and sent back to his homeland.
The Department of Defense announced Saturday that Sufiyan Barhoumi was repatriated with assurances…
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