French labor reform protesters denounce Macron’s ‘assault on workers’ rights’
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Several hundred activists have taken to the streets of a Paris suburb, protesting against new labor reforms which will make it easier for companies to hire and fire workers, and accusing President Emmanuel Macron of failing to…
RT says ‘Youth gangs openly sell drugs, carry guns in Swedish no-go zones’ – local shopkeepe
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Swedish police have recently expanded their list of so-called “vulnerable areas,” where crime and extremism run rampant. RT talked to locals and observers about the problems in these troubled areas, widely known as “no-go…
50,000 stranded on Jordan-Syria border: UN
The United Nations (UN) says roughly 50,000 Syrians are stranded on Syria’s border with Jordan, expressing concern about their situation.
The refugees reportedly comprise an estimated 4,000 people at the Hadalat border crossing and…
15 Palestinian patients die after Israel blocks exit from Gaza: Rights group
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At least 15 terminally ill Palestinian patients have died since the beginning of the year after Israel denied them permits to travel out of the besieged Gaza Strip for treatment, says a human rights group.
The al-Mezan…
US-led airstrikes blocks evacuation of terrorists from Lebanon border
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US-led warplanes have struck a road being used by a convoy of Daesh terrorists and their families to reach eastern Syria in an apparent attempt to torpedo an agreement between Lebanon and the militant group aimed at cleansing…
Nasrallah dismisses Iraq’s criticism on militant evacuations
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The secretary general of the Lebanese resistance movement Hezbollah, Seyyed Hassan Nasrallah, has dismissed claims that Hezbollah and the Lebanese government were exposing Iraq to greater security risks by evacuating hundreds…
Millions of Muslim pilgrims performing annual Hajj rituals and Saudi uses it as political tools
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Over two million Muslims from all over the world are performing the multi-stage Hajj pilgrimage at Islam’s holiest sites in Saudi Arabia.
In one of the first rites of Hajj, which formally started on Wednesday, white-clad…
Trump urges Salman to find solution to standoff with Qatar
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US President Donald Trump has called on Saudi King Salman and “all the parties in the Qatar dispute” to find a diplomatic solution to the regional standoff, according to the White House.
Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Egypt, and…
Iraq, Jordan reopen border-crossing that was closed for over three years
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Jordan and Iraq on Wednesday reopened their only border crossing, saying security had been restored three years after the "Daesh", backed by Saudi Arabia, group seized control of frontier areas.
In a joint…