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  • April 11, 2017

    Haftar announces 'Muslim Ban' in Libya

    Citizens of six Muslim-majority countries have been banned from entering Libya following a decision by the Chief Commander of forces loyal to the Tobruk-based parliament, Major General Khalifa Haftar,...

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  • April 11, 2017

    Israel tightens decade-long siege on Gaza

    Israeli occupation authorities have tightened the more than decade-long Israeli siege on the Gaza Strip and cancelled hundreds of travel permits given for merchants, Israeli rights group Gisha revealed...

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  • April 11, 2017

    Sudanese official defends decision to have CIA office in Khartoum

    The leader of the ruling National Congress Party in Sudan, Rabie Abdelati, has defended his country’s decision to allow the American Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) to open an office...

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  • April 11, 2017

    Rouhani: Iran ready for better relations with Saudi Arabia

    Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said his country is ready to establish good relations with all neighbouring countries, including Saudi Arabia. “What happened in front of the Saudi embassy in...

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  • April 11, 2017

    Trump aid uses napkin to propose splitting Libya into 3

    An aide close to American President Donald Trump reportedly showed how Libya could be divided into three states by drawing a map on a napkin, according to the Guardian....

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  • April 11, 2017

    Remembering Somalia: Guns, poverty and hospitality

    As my plane descends over the town of Baidoa the plains of Somalia’s dune like landscapes make clear there is something terribly wrong. ...

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  • April 11, 2017

    UAE praises Haftar’s fight against the ‘disease’ of terrorism

    UAE Crown Prince Sheikh Mohamed Bin Zayed Al Nahyan has praised Libya’s Field Marshall Khalifa Haftar for his forces’ fight against terrorism during a meeting with the military strongman...

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  • April 11, 2017

    Sudan, Kuwait begin investment talks

    Sudanese President, Omar Al-Bashir, begins a two-day visit to Kuwait in the hopes of achieving a substantial increase in Kuwaiti investments in the East African State, the Sudan News...

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  • April 11, 2017

    Libya: $1.7bn shortfall in oil revenues for 2017

    Libya suffered a 30 per cent drop in oil revenues in the first quarter of 2017, Libya’s Ministry of Finance revealed yesterday. According to official statistics, there was a...

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  • April 11, 2017

    PA: One third of Palestinians live below poverty line

    One third of Palestinians are living below the poverty line, Quds Press reported the Palestinian Authority (PA) Minister of Labour Mamoun Abu Shahla saying yesterday. The unemployment rate stands...

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