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December 20, 2017

Minister: Egypt, Saudi power grids to begin work in 2021

The first phase of a project linking Egypt’s power network with that of Saudi Arabia will begin operating in 2021, Egypt’s energy minister said on Monday. Mohammed Shaker explained...

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December 20, 2017

Daesh claims responsibility for air base attack in Egypt’s Sinai

Daesh has claimed an attack on an Egyptian military airport that killed one officer and wounded two near the town of Arish in North Sinai yesterday, the group’s Amaq...

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December 20, 2017

Increase in US drone strikes in Yemen, Somalia under Trump

US drone strikes in Somalia double and tripled in Yemen in the first year of Donald Trump’s presidency, the Bureau of Investigative Journalism (TBIJ) reported. “In Somalia, the Obama...

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December 20, 2017

Qatar to export 505 buses to Sudan

Doha will supply Khartoum with 505 buses as part of a trade agreement, the Qatari Ministry of Transport and Communications announced yesterday. The ministry said in a statement that...

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December 20, 2017

#SolidarityWithKarim: The Syrian baby without an eye

An image of a Syrian baby injured by government forces in the province of Eastern Ghouta has prompted social media activists to voice their condemnation via the hashtag #SolidarityWithKarim....

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December 20, 2017

Saudi forecasts 2018 unemployment rate to fall to

Saudi Arabia’s unemployment rate is expected to fall to nearly 12 per cent next year, down from 12.8 per cent recorded at the end of the second quarter of...

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December 20, 2017

Yemen’s Hudaydah to reopen for aid, Saudi Arabia says

The Saudi-led coalition announced today that it will be re-opening the port of Hudaydah for 30 days, Saudi Press Agency reported. In continuation of the keenness by the coalition...

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December 20, 2017

Right-wing Israel rabbi performs Talmudic prayers at Al-Aqsa Mosque

Extremist Israeli Jewish Rabbi Yehuda Glick yesterday performed Talmudic rituals in front of Al-Aqsa Mosque, Jordan’s news agency Petra reported. General Director of the Islamic Endowments and Al-Aqsa Mosque...

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December 20, 2017

Egypt: Colonel jailed for announcing he will run for president

Colonel Ahmad Konsowa was sentenced to six years in prison by an Egyptian military court yesterday after announcing his intention to run against Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi in...

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December 20, 2017

Global rights groups urge Palestinian Authority to reform law

Human Rights Watch (HRW), Amnesty International, Avaaz and 7amleh: The Arab Centre for the Advancement of Social Media have urged the Palestinian Authority (PA) to amend its controversial cybercrime...

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