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In Jerusalem’s Old City, conflict means buyer and seller beware
JERUSALEM: In an alley in Jerusalem’s Old City, a three-story building has become a symbol of Palestinian fears they are losing precious ground in the historic area.Adeeb Joudeh Al-Husseini says he did nothing wrong,
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Yemeni government questions exclusion from meeting in Germany
LONDON: Yemen’s internationally recognized government expressed reservations about Germany’s decision to hold an international conference on Yemen without consulting or coordinating with it. Wednesday’s conference, hosted by Germany’s Foreign Ministry, brought together senior officials
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Arab coalition targets Yemen’s Houthi drone capabilities in Sanaa
KHARTOUM: Sudanese police fired tear gas on Sunday at protesters ahead of a planned march on parliament in Omdurman, the twin city of Khartoum, witnesses said. Demonstrators chanting “freedom, peace and justice” began gathering
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Syrian air defence repels Israeli attack in south: State media
The Syrian military has thwarted an Israeli attack on Sunday, shooting down several missiles in the south of the country, state media and Russia's Ministry of Defense have said. "Our air defence systems thwarted
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Pro-Russian clerics resist official pressure to join new church
Kyiv, Ukraine - "It wasn't a search, it was a sacrilege," Father Anatoly Kaplyuk said, describing how police and intelligence officers interrupted service in his church in the northern Ukrainian town of Ovruch. In
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Israel, Chad renew diplomatic ties, says Benjamin Netanyahu
Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said his country has renewed its ties with Chad during a trip to the central African country. "We renew the diplomatic relations between the countries!" Netanyahu posted on
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Israel plans to close UNRWA schools in occupied East Jerusalem
The United Nations refugee agency for Palestinians said Israeli authorities did not inform the group of a plan regarding shutting down UNRWA-run schools in occupied East Jerusalem. Israeli media reported that the state's National
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Hungarians continue protest over ‘slave law’
Thousands of Hungarians went to the streets on Saturday to protest against a controversial laboor law, dubbed "slave law", which increases the amount of overtime that employers can request from 250 to 400 hours.
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Iran denies allegations of spying on German army
TEHRAN: Iran has dismissed allegations by German prosecutors that an army employee was spying for Tehran.The semi-official ISNA news agency quoted Foreign Ministry spokesman Bahram Ghasemi as saying that “enemies” were aiming to “sour
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Israeli leader heads to Chad to restore relations
An explosion was heard Sunday in the south of the Syrian capital Damascus, with preliminary reports suggesting it was a "terrorist act", state television said."Explosion heard around the southern highway in Damascus area, first


