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February 2nd – 6th

Monday, 2nd February 2015 EGYPT – “Al Jazeera” journalist Peter Greste said it was a great relief to be freed from prison in Egypt, but that he felt…

January 26th – 30th

Monday, 26th January 2015 EGYPT – The sons of deposed Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak were released from prison, a move that could fuel tension after the…

January, 19th – 23rd

Monday, 19th January LIBYA – Libya’s internationally-recognized government has recalled retired general Khalifa Haftar, a former general under Gaddafi, to…

January 12th – 16th

Monday, 12th January 2015 TURKEY – Turkish President, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, accused the West of hypocrisy for its stance over the attack on satirical journal…

January 5th – 9th

Monday, 5th January 2015 LIBYA – A Libyan warplane from forces loyal to the internationally recognized government bombed a Greek-operated oil tanker…

December 15th – 19th

Monday, 15th December 2014 TURKEY – Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan defended weekend raids on media outlets close to a U.S.-based Muslim cleric as a…

December 8th – 12th

Monday, 8th December 2014 TURKEY – A high-level delegation from the European Union has arrived in Turkey to press Turkish officials to do more to help…

December 1st – 5th

Monday, 1st December 2014 RUSSIA – The President of Russia, Vladimir Putin, said Moscow will stop pursuing Gazprom’s South Stream pipeline project that would…

November 24th – 28th

Monday, 24th November 2014 IRAN – Iran and six powers failed on Monday for a second time this year to resolve their 12-year stand-off over Tehran’s nuclear…

November 17th – 21st

Monday, 17th November 2014 ROMANIA – Opposition candidate, Klaus Iohannis, has won a surprise victory in Romania’s Presidential election, defeating PM…

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