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Protesters reject creation of UAE military base in Somaliland

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Protesters reject creation of UAE military base in Somaliland

 Dozens of people protest outside the UAE Embassy in London, UK, against the creation of an Emirati military base in Somalia   Scores of people demonstrated outside the UAE embassy in London today in protest against the establishment of an Emirati military base in Somaliland. Protesters carried banners in Arabic and English calling for an […]

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UN: 4000 civilians flee Mosul each day amid fighting

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UN: 4000 civilians flee Mosul each day amid fighting

Over 28,000 have been forced from their homes since operation to retake western Mosul started on February 19, says UN. The total number of people displaced since the battle for Mosul started exceeds 176,000, the UN says [Zohra Bensemra/Reuters] Intense battles between Iraqi security forces and ISIL fighters in Mosul are causing increasing numbers of […]

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Trump’s ‘bromance’ with Russia’s Putin appears to be cooling

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Trump’s ‘bromance’ with Russia’s Putin appears to be cooling

   WASHINGTON (Reuters) – With his administration on the defensive over investigations into alleged Russian meddling in last year’s election, U.S. President Donald Trump is no longer tweeting praise for his Kremlin counterpart.  Less than five weeks after he took office, the chances of a spring thaw in relations between Washington and Moscow – once […]

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MOGADISHU, March 2 (Xinhua) — Somalia has opened a rehabilitation center for former Al-Shabaab combatants in the southern port city of Kismayo. The United Nations Mission in Somalia (UNSOM) said in a statement on Thursday that the center which is the fourth to be established in the Horn of Africa nation is part of Somalia’s […]

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Museveni wants end to R.Nile deal deadlock

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Museveni wants end to R.Nile deal deadlock

Arrival. President Museveni receives Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn upon arrival at State House Entebbe yesterday. PHOTO BY STEPHEN WANDERA President Museveni yesterday, in the company of Ethiopian premier Hailemariam Desalegn, capitalised on the opportunity to express displeasure with the impasse over the new framework that seeks to replace colonial agreements on sharing and usage […]

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Syrians make up majority of foreign brides

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Syrians make up majority of foreign brides

File Photo. Host to one of the largest Syrian refugee populations in the world, Syrian nationals made up the majority of foreign brides marrying locals in Turkey last year. Figures released by the Turkish Statistical Institute (TurkStat) on Thursday indicated that foreign brides constituted 3.8 percent of the total number of marriages last year, with […]

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China to take first step for manned space outpost

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China to take first step for manned space outpost

CHINA will launch a space station core module next year as the first step in completing the country’s first space outpost, a senior engineer with China Aerospace Science and Technology Corpsaid yesterday. The core module of the space station, named “Tianhe-1,” will be launched on board a new-generation Long March-5 heavyweight carrier rocket, said Bao […]

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One out of six Norwegians has an immigrant background

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One out of six Norwegians has an immigrant background

One out of six Norwegians has an immigrant background, new data from Statistics Norway showed on Thursday, while also noting that the Nordic country in 2016 received the lowest percentage increase of immigrants in 15 years. Last year, a total of 26,400 people immigrated to Norway, representing an annual rise of 3.8 percent – the […]

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Why Sweden is bringing back the draft

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Why Sweden is bringing back the draft

Swedish Armed Forces recruits in Enköping. Fredrik Sandberg/TTFor readers from countries that haven’t had the draft since the mid 20th century like the UK or US, the idea that young Swedes can now be called up for obligatory military training may sound archaic. So what’s the background to Sweden bringing back conscription? Here are four […]

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Dangerous phenomenon’: Israeli man charged with trying to join ISIS

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Dangerous phenomenon’: Israeli man charged with trying to join ISIS

Facebook Twitter Email Print An Israeli man has been arrested for allegedly trying to join the ranks of the Islamic State in Syria, the Israel Securities Authority announced on Wednesday. SYRIAN REFUGEES SELLING ORGANS FOR THE CHANCE TO REACH EUROPE Valentin Vladimir Mazalewski, a 40-year-old Belarus-born father of five from the Arab town of Shibli […]

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