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September 8, 2017

Palace puts final touches to plans for Saudi transfer of power

Twitter uses in the Gulf have been busy tweeting hints that Saudi Arabia’s King Salman will be stepping down and handing over power to his son Mohammad within a...

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September 8, 2017

Egypt police fire tear gas at hunger strikers in prison

The Egyptian Coordination of Rights and Freedoms human rights organisation in Egypt has revealed that the Fayoum Prison administration used tear gas to force prisoners to end their strike,...

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September 8, 2017

LNA Libya Major linked with execution cases

Unconfirmed reports have surfaced of five recent summary executions in the Libyan town of Ajdabiya in which Saiqa Special Forces Major Mahmoud Al-Werfalli is believed to be involved in. The...

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September 8, 2017

Opposition calls on UN Security Council to punish Syrian regime for using chemical weapons

The opposition in Syria called upon the UN Security Council on Thursday to punish the regime for its war crimes. The head of Syria’s main opposition High Negotiations Committee...

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September 8, 2017

Demands damage sovereignty, insists Qatar

Qatar’s Foreign Minister has reiterated the government’s rejection of the 13 demands made by the boycotting countries, Al-Jazeera has reported. Sheikh Mohamed Bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani said that the demands...

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September 8, 2017

20.1% of Egyptians are illiterate, says new report

Some 20.1 per cent of Egypt’s total population are illiterate, the state-run Central Agency for Public ‎Mobilisation and Statistics (CAPMAS) announced yesterday in a new report. Marking International Literacy...

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September 8, 2017

Grandson of Libya’s last king bids for interim president

Mohammed El-Senussi, the grandson of King Idris El-Senussi, Libya’s first king, has offered to lead the country during this transitional period. Speaking to reporters in Tunis, El-Senussi called for...

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September 8, 2017

International community against political consensus in Libya, says former official

The former political adviser to the prime minister of Libya’s National Salvation Government, Mohamed Hussein Omar, has played down the efforts led by the UN’s new envoy to Libya,...

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September 8, 2017

Department of Islamic Waqf in Jerusalem labelled as ‘terrorist’ organisation

The Department of Islamic Waqf (Religious Endowment) in occupied Jerusalem has rejected the decision of the Israeli police to prosecute it as a “terrorist” organisation. The decision to close...

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September 8, 2017

Israel digs tunnel on Gaza’s eastern border as obstacle to Hamas

Israel is building a concrete tunnel under the eastern border of Gaza as an obstacle to any tunnels across the border that Hamas might build, local sources have reported....

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