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December 29, 2017

Algeria to introduce electronic elections in 2022

The Algerian Administration will be able to organise electronic elections as early as 2022, the interior ministry announced yesterday. “We will be ready as an administration, to organise electronic...

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December 29, 2017

Report: Abu Dhabi non-oil trade falls 5.3% in 10 months

The value of Abu Dhabi’s non-oil foreign trade fell by 5.3 per cent in the first 10 months of the year, a new report revealed yesterday. According to the...

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December 29, 2017

Iran: Protests over soaring cost of living

Hundreds of Iranians protested in the north of the country against rising living costs, unemployment and poverty, Iran’s IRNA news agency reported. The “no to high prices” demonstration raised “death to...

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December 29, 2017

Israel gives Nauru $72,000 ‘gift’ ahead of UN vote on Jerusalem

Israel bought a sewage treatment system for the small island of Nauru in the Pacific just two weeks before it voted against a UN General Assembly resolution on Jerusalem....

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December 29, 2017

Israel settlers raid Nablus-area school

Two Palestinian students were injured yesterday after more than 20 armed Israeli settlers raided a Palestinian school in southern Nablus in the northern occupied West Bank yesterday. Ghassan Daghlas,...

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December 29, 2017

Hip hop and children’s voices: In Paris, migrant artists craft new future

In a bright white room in a building north of Paris, Syrian musician Karam Al Zouhir impatiently clicks a mouse as he presses his headphones against his ears, the...

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December 29, 2017

Iran says no more arrests for breaking dress code

Police in Iran’s capital said Thursday they will no longer detain women who violate the Islamic dress code, local media reported. Tehran police chief Gen. Hossein Rahimi said “those...

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December 29, 2017

Anger and denunciation after Emirati media expert tweets offended Al-Bashir

Tweets published by an Emirati media expert, which included racist statements against Sudanese President Omar Al-Bashir, sparked anger and resentment among many social media websites’ users. The comments of...

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December 29, 2017

Here’s what Washington should do about Yemen

Ambassador Nikki Haley pulled no punches at her 14 December media conference in a US Air Force hangar at Anacostia-Bolling. Taking what she called the “extraordinary step” of displaying...

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December 29, 2017

Israel and Jordan secretly resume negotiations on Dead Sea Canal project

According to the Israeli Broadcasting Corporation, Israel and Jordan are conducting negotiations to move the “Bahrain Canal” project despite the unresolved diplomatic crisis between the two countries in the...

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