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August 18, 2017

5 killed in Egypt bus crash

Five people have been killed and at least 54 were injured when two buses collided on a highway near the city of Suez, Egypt, today. The state news agency...

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August 18, 2017

Algeria: 3 MPs sacked in government reshuffle

The latest Algerian government reshuffle has included the dismissal of three ministers accused of “harassing businessmen and investors” and engaging in the “chaos of government initiatives”. The reshuffle comes...

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August 18, 2017

Closing Al Jazeera will harm Israel, ministers warn

Imposing sanctions on Qatar’s Al Jazeera satellite network could harm Israel’s image around the world, senior officials at the Israeli foreign ministry have warned. Israel’s Haaretz cited sources which...

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August 18, 2017

UK paid £2m towards Egypt’s security projects

The UK government reportedly paid almost £2 million in aid and defence funding to security projects in Egypt which would go towards policing, the criminal justice system and the...

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August 18, 2017

Israeli soldiers beat Palestinian child in Ramallah

A 12-year-old Palestinian boy was assaulted by Israeli occupying forces on yesterday evening during a raid in the occupied Ramallah neighbourhood of Umm Ash-Sharayet. Footage obtained by the Palestinian...

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August 18, 2017

UN: Saudi coalition to blame for 51% of Yemen’s child casualties

The Saudi Arabia-led military coalition is responsible for an “unacceptably high” 51 per cent of child deaths and injuries in Yemen last year, according to a draft United Nations...

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August 18, 2017

‘Martyrs of the Emirates’ sign removed from Yemen camp

Two Yemeni sources revealed that a sign with the UAE’s name on it was removed hours after it was erected over the door of the third military area’s leadership...

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August 18, 2017

400 Palestinian children held in Israel’s prisons

The number of Palestinian children held in Israeli occupation jails has reached 400, the director of the Commission for Detainees and Ex-Detainees Affairs has revealed. Issa Qaraqe said: “The...

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August 18, 2017

Egypt, Jordan and PA to meet in Cairo ahead of US delegation

The foreign ministers of Egypt, Jordan and the Palestinian Authority are scheduled to meet in Cairo on Saturday ahead of the arrival of a US delegation in the region....

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August 18, 2017

UN hopes for ‘real’ Syria talks in October

A new round of Astana talks on Syria will be held at the end of this month, the UN’s envoy for Syria, Staffan de Mistura, announced yesterday. Speaking at...

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