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Ten bodies found in migrant boat off Libya
Ten people were found dead in an overcrowded ship carrying migrants off the coast of Libya, and were believed to have suffocated, the Doctors Without Borders charity has said.
The charity said late on Tuesday that its Geo Barents rescue…
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Arab coalition strikes Iran Revolutionary Guard, Hezbollah experts in Yemen
Airstrikes took out a secret hideout in Yemen housing experts belonging to the Iran Revolutionary Guard and Hezbollah, the Arab coalition said on Thursday.
The capital, Sanaa, as well as locations in the governorates of Dhamar, Saada,…
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Japan extends dispatch of personnel to Egypt-Israel monitoring team
Japan on Tuesday decided to change its Sinai Peninsula International Peace Cooperation Business Implementation Plan and extend the dispatch period in Egypt.
Japan has contributed personnel to the Multinational Force and Observatory (MFO)…
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Syria reports Israel attack south of Damascus, no casualties
Syria’s state-run media said Israel carried out an attack on the country’s south early Wednesday with two missiles targeting an empty house and causing no casualties
The missiles came from the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights and aimed at…
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Saudi interior minister meets Qatari envoy in KSA
Saudi Arabia’s Interior Minister Prince Abdulaziz bin Saud bin Naif met Bandar Mohammed Al-Atiyyah, Qatar’s ambassador to the Kingdom, in Riyadh on Monday. During the meeting, they discussed issues of common interest.
On Sunday, Prince…
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Japan has no plans to reopen embassy in Syria
The Japanese government has no plans at the moment to reopen its embassy in Syria’s capital Damascus, foreign minister HAYASHI Yoshimasa said citing security reasons.
“The resumption of the embassy’s operations in Damascus will be…
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UN Security Council praises Iraq for ‘well-managed, peaceful’ election
The UN Security Council on Monday praised Iraqis for their commitment to democracy in the face of “dynamic security challenges,” and congratulated the Iraqi government and Independent High Electoral Commission for what it termed “a…
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Morocco says hundreds of migrants assisted off coast
Moroccan coast guards have assisted more than 300 migrants in difficulty aboard various craft since Friday, the official MAP news agency reported on Monday.
Most of the 331 were from sub-Saharan Africa, the agency said, citing a military…
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Iraq to start repatriating citizens in Belarus Thursday
The Iraqi government said it was organizing a repatriation flight this Thursday for its citizens stuck on the Poland-Belarus border on a “voluntary” basis.
“Iraq will carry out a first flight for those who wish to return voluntarily on…
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Son of former Libyan ruler Gaddafi runs for president
Saif Al-Islam Gaddafi, son of Libya's former leader Muammar Gaddafi, registered on Sunday as a presidential candidate for the Dec. 24 election, an official from the electoral commission said.
Gaddafi is one of the most prominent figures…
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