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  • February 5, 2020

    Sudan protesters reject secret meeting with Israel

    Scores of Sudanese people yesterday protested outside the government’s headquarters in the capital, Khartoum, after revelations that a secret meeting was held between Chairman of the Sovereignty Council of...

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  • February 5, 2020

    EU: US ‘peace deal’ won’t pass ‘unchallenged’

    EU High Representative and Vice-President, Josep Borrell, yesterday rejected the US-drafted Middle East “peace” proposal to resolve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict commonly known as the “deal of the century”, saying...

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  • February 5, 2020

    At least 5 killed in avalanche in eastern Turkey

    At least five people are dead and others are feared trapped following an avalanche in eastern Turkey’s Van province, authorities said Tuesday. “Seven people were rescued during the search....

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  • February 5, 2020

    Israel strike Hamas targets in Gaza

    Israel said Wednesday that it launched air strikes targeting positions of the Palestinian resistance group Hamas in the Gaza Strip, reports Anadolu Agency. Positions belonging to the Izz ad-Din...

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  • February 5, 2020

    Palestinian president, top EU diplomat speak by phone

    Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and European Union foreign policy chief Josep Borrell spoke by phone Tuesday on the latest developments in the region, reports Anadolu Agency. Abbas reiterated his...

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  • February 5, 2020

    Iraqi Kurdistan agrees with Baghdad on 2020 budget share

    The government of Iraq and the semi-autonomous region of Kurdistan have reached an agreement on Erbil’s contribution to the 2020 federal budget, state news agency INA reported on Wednesday....

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  • February 5, 2020

    Tunisia: Fakhfakh’s government hindered by Ennahda Veto

    Leader of Ennahda Movement, Rached Ghannouchi, did not attend a meeting with Prime Minister-designate Elyes Fakhfakh, Monday. Rather Noureddine Bhiri, party’s bloc in the House of Representatives, attended on his...

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  • February 5, 2020

    Israel aspires to operate flights in Sudanese airspace

    Israeli sources revealed that the outgoing Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu,  asked the President of the Sudanese Sovereignty Council, Abdel Fattah Al-Burhan, during a two-hour meeting in Uganda, to open...

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  • February 5, 2020

    Sudan: Al-Burhan meeting with Israeli PM 'bold and brave'

    The head of Sudan’s National Umma Party, Mubarak Al-Fadil Al-Mahdi, yesterday hailed the meeting of the Sudanese sovereignty council, Abdel Fattah Al-Burhan, with the Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu,...

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  • February 5, 2020

    Draft UN resolution condemns Israeli annexation in Trump peace plan

    A draft United Nations Security Council resolution on Tuesday condemned an Israeli plan to annex its settlements in the West Bank in a rebuke of President Donald Trump’s pro-Israel...

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