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UN study tackles violence against women in Arab region using economic model

UN study tackles violence against women in Arab region using economic model

Left to right: Dr. Khawla Mattar (ESCWA), Dr. Naglaa Al-Adly (Egypt’s National Council of Women), Minister Haifa Agha (Palestinian Ministry of Women’s Affairs), Dr. Nata Duvvury (National University of Ireland), Dr. Mehrinaz Elawady (ESCWA Centre for Women). Photo: ESCWA/Daniela Abraham 6 October 2017 – An economic model to estimate the costs of intimate partner violence […]

Trump expected to decertify Iran nuclear deal, official says

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Trump expected to decertify Iran nuclear deal, official says

Trump is expected to roll out a broader US strategy on Iran that would be more confrontational. (Reuters) President Donald Trump is expected to announce soon that he will decertify the landmark international deal to curb Iran’s nuclear program, a senior administration official said on Thursday, in a step that potentially could cause the 2015 […]

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Somalia Months Away From Having New Currency

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Somalia Months Away From Having New Currency

FILE – A money changer counts local currency notes at a local bureau where $100 US dollar exchanges for 750,000 Somaliland shillings in Hargeysa. Share  The Somali Minister of Finance says the International Monetary Fund (IMF) is taking the lead in helping Somalia with a grant to print new currency before the end of this […]

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EU, Russia reiterate support for Iran nuclear accord

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EU, Russia reiterate support for Iran nuclear accord

AP The European Union and Russia on Friday threw their support behind a landmark agreement struck with Iran in 2015 over its nuclear program, saying the international was working and all sides should stick to their commitments. “We are following very closely all the developments on the deal… reminding that it is a non-proliferation deal, […]

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German arrested after security alert at Gothenburg-Landvetter airport

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German arrested after security alert at Gothenburg-Landvetter airport

File photo of Landvetter Airport. Photo: Thomas Johansson/TT A man in his 20s was arrested at Gothenburg’s Landvetter Airport after a suspicious object was found in his luggage. Parts of a departure hall at Landvetter Airport was cordoned off by police on Thursday after security screening detected the suspicious object. The bomb squad was called […]

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Anti-nuclear weapons group wins Nobel Prize(BBC)

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Anti-nuclear weapons group wins Nobel Prize(BBC)

Berit Reiss-Andersen, the Nobel committee chair, announces the winner.  Media captionBerit Reiss-Andersen, the Nobel committee chair, announces the winner. The Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded to the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (Ican). Berit Reiss-Andersen, the Nobel committee chair, said it was due to the group’s “groundbreaking efforts to achieve a treaty prohibition” […]

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Spain’s constitutional court suspends key Catalan parliament session

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Spain’s constitutional court suspends key Catalan parliament session

Protesters hold pro-independence Estelada flags during a general strike in Catalonia on October 3rd. Photo: AFP Spain’s Constitutional Court on Thursday ordered the suspension of a planned session in Catalonia’s parliament which separatist leaders have called for the region to declare independence. Judges “ordered the suspension of the plenary that has been called for on Monday in […]

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Russian subs hit terrorist targets with ‘Kalibr’ cruise missiles in Syria

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Russian subs hit terrorist targets with ‘Kalibr’ cruise missiles in Syria

FILE PHOTO: The Russian submarines Kolpino and Veliky Novgorod launch Kalibr © Vadim Savitskii / Sputnik Russian submarines have fired Kalibr cruise missiles from the Mediterranean hitting terrorist targets in Syria, the Defense Ministry said. The strikes were to support Syrian troops waging ground offensive in Deir-ez-Zor province. The submarines ‘Veliky Novgorod’ and ‘Kolpino’ launched 10 missiles on Thursday […]

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