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March 21, 2018

Cervical cancer to double across Middle East without vaccines

Deaths from cervical cancer will double in the Middle East and North Africa by 2035 unless conservative nations vaccinate young women and tackle sexual taboos, a study said on Wednesday. The Tunisian...

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March 21, 2018

Egypt’s middle class faces hardship as austerity bites

Teacher Abdelrahman Ali wonders if he will be able to afford diapers for the second child his wife is expecting. He can no longer put meat on the dinner...

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March 21, 2018

Khamenei: Iran played significant role in defeating Islamic State in region

Iran played a significant role in defeating Islamic State in the Middle East and has brought stability to most of the region, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said on Wednesday....

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March 21, 2018

Detained African migrants stuck in limbo in war-torn Yemen

Anxious and hungry, hundreds of African migrants lie cramped together on the ground of an open-air warehouse in the southern Yemeni port city of Aden. Most are from desperately...

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March 21, 2018

Gaza tailors generate work by staying connected

Tailors in Gaza are sown together as the skill is passed on from one generation to the next. Fifty-seven-year-old Nashat Al-Ashi runs a sewing and repair shop in the...

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March 21, 2018

Israel’s chief rabbi calls Afro-Americans ‘monkeys’

Israel’s chief Rabbi, Yitzhak Yosef, has stoked controversy by describing Afro-Americans as “monkeys” during one of his weekly religious lessons. The remark, which will prompt further discussion about entrenched...

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March 21, 2018

Syrian opposition agree to evacuate town in Ghouta

Syrian opposition groups will evacuate a besieged town in eastern Ghouta, sources, officials and a military media unit run by the government’s ally Hezbollah said today, the first such...

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March 21, 2018

Over 100 arrested in Somalia security sweep

Somalia’s security forces have executed an operation in northern Mogadishu, imprisoning several criminal suspects since yesterday, Garowe Online reported. The security sweep comes after a Somali soldier was killed...

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March 21, 2018

Trump: Saudi-US relations ‘strongest ever’

Saudi Crown Prince Mohamed Bin Salman began his three week tour of the US with a reception at the White House with US President Donald Trump yesterday. The 32-year-old...

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March 21, 2018

2 Yemen ministers resign in 24 hours

Two high-ranking Yemeni ministers have resigned in the past two days without offering an explanation. Minister of State Salah Al-Sayadi announced his resignation today from the Saudi capital Riyadh,...

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