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12 December 2018
OPEC output down 11,000 barrels per day in November
The Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) announced on 12 December that its crude production dropped by 11,000 barrels per day (bpd) in November....
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12 December 2018
UNHCR: 250,000 Syrian refugees could return to their homeland in 2019
After 37,000 refugees returned to Syria this year, according to UNHCR figures some more 250,000 could return to their homeland Syria in 2019 despite all difficulties they may face....
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11 December 2018
Salvini’s controversial visit to Israel
Italian Deputy Prime Minister Matteo Salvini visited Israel on 11 and 12 December, where he met with Benjamin Netanyahu despite causing great controversy in Israel....
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11 December 2018
EU, Finland and Spain to provide €12.6 million for the payment of social allowances to Palestinian Families
The EU, Finland and Spain have made a €12.6 million contribution (€10 million, €1.6 million, and €1 million respectively) to the Palestinian Authority payment of social allowances to poor families in the Palestinian territories of West Bank and the Gaza Strip....
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10 December 2018
Libya: Council adopted conclusions
The European Foreign Affairs Council adopted conclusions on Libya reiterating EU’s commitment to the stabilization of Libya in the spirit of the Paris and Palermo Conferences....
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10 December 2018
Global Compact for Migration Agreed in Morocco despite major withdrawals
The UN Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration was agreed on 10 December at an intergovernmental conference held in Marrakech, where leaders from more than 150 countries agreed to sign this non-binding pact....
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7 December 2018
Spain to remove blades from Ceuta and Melilla fences
Spanish Interior Minister announced that he will bring to the Council of Ministers in January a project to remodel its borders to remove the wire of blades of the fences of Ceuta and Melilla, covering them since 2005....
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6 December 2018
Western Sahara round table in Geneva
After 7 years of freeze negotiations, the first round table on Western Sahara, convened by UN envoy to Western Sahara, gathered representatives from Morocco, Mauritania, Algeria, and the Polisario Front....
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6 December 2018
UN Assembly rejects US-drafted resolution condemning Hamas
The resolution, strongly backed by Israel, didn't mention the military occupation, the siege of Gaza, nor Israel's attacks against Palestinians in Gaza and the West Bank, and thus, failed to pass as it needed a two-thirds majority....
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