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Congresswoman-elect Rashida Tlaib to lead delegation to Israeli-occupied West Bank

December 9th, 20180 WASHINGTON, D.C. — Due in large part to the abundance of pro-Israel lobbying from organizations like AIPAC, Congressmen and Congresswomen in the United States have...

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U.S. fails to win enough support at U.N. to condemn Hamas

December 7th, 20180 UNITED NATIONS — A U.S. attempt to get the United Nations to condemn the Palestinian militant group Hamas for the first time failed on Thursday because the draft...

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America mourns the 41st president, George H. W. Bush

December 7th, 20180 WASHINGTON, D.C. — St. Martin's Episcopal Church was the site of Wednesday's memorial service for former President George H. W. Bush, a Republican and father of six,...

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Lebanese man fined $50 million, sent to prison for helping Hezbollah

December 7th, 20180 WASHINGTON — A Lebanese businessman sanctioned by the U.S. Treasury Department for being an important financial supporter of Hezbollah pleaded guilty on Thursday to...

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Francis to become first pope to visit Arabian peninsula

December 7th, 20180 VATICAN CITY — The first visit by a pope to the Arabian peninsula will take place in February when Pope Francis travels to Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates, the...

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Israel asks Lebanon to destroy tunnel allegedly dug by Hezbollah across border

December 7th, 20180 Israel asked Lebanon’s army and U.N. peacekeepers on Thursday to destroy a tunnel it said had been dug by the Hezbollah group across the border into what it called its...

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King of Malaysia marries former Miss Moscow

December 2nd, 20180 MOSCOW —Photos surfaced on Facebook revealing that 49-year-old King of Malaysia Muhammad V of Kelantan married the 25-year old former Miss Moscow. The photos and a...

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From Gaza to Dearborn: Mohammed Abu Hussein lost his leg, but not his hope

December 2nd, 20181 DEARBORN – The Palestinian struggle carries countless stories of suffering and injustice. Such is the case with Mohammed Abu Hussein, a young Palestinian boy who lost...

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The mother of all Arabic dictionaries makes its debut online

December 1st, 20180 WEST BANK — A computer science professor at Birzeit University has built an online tool called Arabic Ontology that is both a comprehensive dictionary of Arabic and a...

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Senate votes 63-37, advances measure to end U.S. support for Saudi war on Yemen

November 30th, 20180 WASHINGTON — While Secretary of State Mike Pompeo was lobbying senators on Capitol Hill not to "pack up and abandon" the U.S. role in the Saudi-led coalition war on...

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Mattis: Yemen peace talks likely in early December

November 24th, 20180 WASHINGTON — Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said on Wednesday that peace talks between Yemen’s warring parties are likely to take place in early December in...

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Trump praises Saudi Arabia amid mounting pressure to sanction ally

November 23rd, 201812 WASHINGTON — On Wednesday, President Trump praised Saudi Arabia for helping to lower oil prices as pressure intensified for the U.S. to impose tougher sanctions on its...

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Iran sticking to nuclear deal, rules out renegotiation with U.S.

November 22nd, 20180 Iran has no intention of renegotiating the 2015 nuclear deal, as demanded by the U.S., Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said. Speaking at an...

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U.S. deals another blow to Palestinians, merges consulate in east Jerusalem with embassy

November 22nd, 20180 WASHINGTON — The Trump administration is merging the U.S. Consulate General in Jerusalem into the new U.S. Embassy there, a move critics say is the latest U.S. slap at...

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Nissan to fire Ghosn after arrest for alleged financial misconduct

November 19th, 20180 Nissan Motor Company Chairman Carlos Ghosn was arrested on Monday for alleged financial misconduct and will be fired from the board this week, a dramatic fall for a...

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Fewer Arab students head for U.S. to study, report shows

November 19th, 20181 WASHINGTON — Fewer Arab students are choosing to study at universities in the U.S. than in the previous year, according to a report published on Tuesday, while the...

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Former Bahraini minister warns of joint Arab-Israel conspiracy against Palestine

November 18th, 20180 Former Bahraini Minister Mohammad Ali Fakhro, a board member of the Arab Anti-Corruption Organization, criticized the Arab world’s normalization with Israel, blaming...

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U.S. senators seek clampdown on Saudis over Yemen, journalist’s murder

November 16th, 20180 WASHINGTON — Republican and Democratic U.S. senators introduced legislation on Thursday seeking to strike back at Saudi Arabia over the death of a Saudi journalist at...

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Yemeni father mourns baby girl who died of starvation

November 16th, 20180 SANAA, Yemen — Saleh al-Faqeh held the wasted arm of his baby daughter as she took her last breath on Thursday at the malnutrition ward of the main hospital in...

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Trump nominates retired general John Abizaid as U.S. ambassador to Saudi Arabia

November 16th, 20180 WASHINGTON — President Trump announced his intention to nominate retired general John Abizaid as U.S. ambassador to Saudi Arabia, after two years of the position being...

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U.S. imposes sanctions on Saudi officials for Khashoggi killing

November 16th, 20180 WASHINGTON — The United States imposed economic sanctions on 17 Saudi officials on Thursday for their role in the killing of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, as Saudi...

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‘Everything is a target’: Gaza residents decry indiscriminate Israeli strikes

November 16th, 20180 GAZA — Ahmed Abu Saif struggles to maintain a straight face as he looks at the amorphous pile of rubble of what used to be a five-story building he owned. The...

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Five reasons why Trump’s Iran sanctions will fail

November 4th, 20180 The next round of economic sanctions on Iran, which will start going into effect on Nov.4, will mainly target the country’s oil and gas industries. These sanctions...

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Mysterious deaths of Saudi sisters found bound with duct tape in Hudson River

November 2nd, 20180 NEW YORK — New York City investigators believe that the two sisters from Saudi Arabia whose bodies were found bound together with duct tape floating along the Hudson...

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ISIS claims responsibility for attack on Shi’a pilgrims in Iraq

October 30th, 20180 BAGHDAD - ISIS has claimed responsibility for a bomb attack on Shi’a Muslim pilgrims in Iraq on Tuesday, the Islamist militant group’s news agency Amaq...

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Woman blows herself up in central Tunis; nine wounded

October 29th, 20180 A 30-year old woman blew herself up in the center of the Tunisian capital Tunis on Monday, wounding nine people including eight police in what the Interior Ministry...

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