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December 25, 2017

4.9% of Iraqi population are child labourers

Some 4.9 per cent of the Iraqi population are working children, the Iraqi Planning and Development Cooperation Ministry revealed on Sunday. At the beginning of this month, Iraq’s federal...

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December 25, 2017

Sudan, Turkey to set up ‘strategic cooperation council’, boost trade ties

Turkey and Sudan have agreed to set up a “strategic cooperation council” to strengthen economic ties, their presidents said at a news conference in Khartoum on Sunday after the...

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December 25, 2017

South Sudan army, rebels clash hours after ceasefire

South Sudan’s army clashed with rebels in an oil-producing region early on Sunday, both sides said according to Reuters, shattering a ceasefire hours after it came into effect. Both...

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December 25, 2017

Mubarak’s lawyer: My client has no assets abroad

Farid al-Deeb, the lawyer of the former Egyptian president, Muhammad Hosni Mubarak (1981-2011), has disclosed that his client does not own any assets of any kind abroad. In a...

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December 25, 2017

Pentagon must give access to American detained in Iraq – US judge

A federal judge has ordered the Trump administration to give the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) access to an American suspected of fighting for Daesh and held in secret...

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December 25, 2017

Profile: Ahmed Ben Bella, first president of Algeria (25 December 1916 – 11 April 2012)

Ahmed Ben Bella’s intelligence, ambition and love of his country marked him as a natural leader. Born on 25 December 1918 in the Algerian town of Marnia to Moroccan...

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December 25, 2017

Qatar says won’t compete in Saudi chess tournament

Qatar will not compete in the World Rapid and Blitz Chess Championships hosted by Saudi Arabia in Riyadh from 26-30 December. According to the Qatar Chess Federation, their top...

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December 25, 2017

Tunisia bans Emirates flights after women denied entry

Tunisia suspended all flights of the Emirates Airlines on Sunday, a United Arab Emirates (UAE) owned airline, said the Tunisia Transport Ministry. “The Ministry of Transport has decided to...

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December 25, 2017

Guatemala plans to move Israel embassy to Jerusalem

After a phone call with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Guatemalan President Jimmy Morales on Sunday announced that Guatemala will “return” their Israel embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem....

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December 25, 2017

Trump retaliates against Abbas

Debkafile, an Israeli website close to the military intelligence, has reported that the Trump administration has decided to take a series of punitive measures against the Palestinian Authority (PA)...

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