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October 4, 2017

190 Qatari students were banned from entering Egypt

Egyptian authorities have banned some 190 Qatari students enrolled in Egyptian universities from pursuing their studies following the government’s imposition of new visa requirements, the Qatar-based National Human Rights Committee...

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October 4, 2017

Kuwait asks UN to give Iraq time to pay Gulf War compensation

Kuwait yesterday asked the United Nations Compensation Commission to grant Iraq a grace period to review options proposed by Baghdad to pay the remaining $4.6 billion in Gulf War...

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October 4, 2017

Egypt: Morsi’s ‘espionage’ trial postponed to 15 October

An Egyptian criminal court has postponed the trial of former President Mohamed Morsi and a number of other defendants in a court case in which they are accused of...

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October 4, 2017

Egypt’s Sisi pledges support for Palestinian reconciliation

Egyptian President Abdul Fattah Al-Sisi has said that his country will offer all forms of support available to achieve Palestinian reconciliation, Quds Press reported yesterday. In a recorded message...

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October 4, 2017

Draft UN blacklist names Saudi coalition for killing children in Yemen

A confidential draft United Nations blacklist seen by Reuters on Tuesday names a Saudi Arabia-led military coalition for killing and maiming children in Yemen, though it notes that the...

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October 4, 2017

Verdict reached in Tunisia’s case of the atheist teacher

Five people were handed jail terms of five months each after being found guilty of assaulting a primary school teacher who they claimed was an athiest, a court in...

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October 4, 2017

US Defense Secretary Mattis suggests sticking with Iran nuclear deal

US Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said on Tuesday the United States should consider staying in the Iran nuclear deal unless it were proven that Tehran was not abiding by...

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October 4, 2017

Britain’s Boris Johnson jokes about dead bodies in Libya

British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson quipped on Tuesday that Libya can become a new Dubai if it can clear the dead bodies away, the latest gaffe by Britain’s top...

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October 3, 2017

US drone shot down in Yemen

A US military MQ-9 Reaper drone was shot down over western Yemen on Sunday, the Pentagon spokesman, Maj. Adrian Rankin, told CNN today. “This incident is under investigation,” Rankin...

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October 3, 2017

Daesh torches oil wells in northern Iraq

Islamic State militants set fire to three oil wells near Hawija, west of the oil city of Kirkuk, one of two areas of Iraq still under their control, military...

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