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US will recognise Jerusalem as Israel’s capital, says Trump

US President Donald Trump delivers a statement on Jerusalem from the Diplomatic Reception Room of th..

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ANALYSIS: The last GCC meeting? Probably not

A man walks past the flags of the countries attending the Gulf Cooperation Council summit at Bayan p..

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Russian air attacks kill 21 in Syria, as government boycotts Geneva

Russian air strikes have killed 21 people in the east of Syria as the Syrian government boycotted a ..

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Sanctions buster Reza Zarrab goes from ‘hero’ to ‘crook’ in Turkey

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is previously thought to have personally tried to intervene o..

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Egypt arrests Mubarak’s interior minister, say security sources

Former Egyptian interior minister Habib al-Adly has been arrested after failing to attend his senten..

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UK must learn lessons from spate of militant attacks, new report says

Police walk past a huge message of support following the Manchester attack, outside the Manchester A..

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EU blacklists UAE, Bahrain and Tunisia as tax havens

Oxfam activists mimic wealthy people hiding their money in a tax haven nearby the EU meeting on Tues..

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Yemenis cheer death of Saleh, as others flee Houthi backlash

SANAA – Thousands of Yemenis thronged the streets of Sanaa on Tuesday to celebrate the death of the ..

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ANALYSIS: ‘Huge implications’ for moving US embassy to Jerusalem

Moving the embassy is a 'fundamental change in the American negotiating position,' experts..

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ANALYSIS: Reasons behind Trump’s Jerusalem embassy move

In March 2016, Trump promised AIPAC that he would “move the American embassy to the eternal capital ..