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July 20, 2017

US praises Sudan but leaves it on states sponsoring terror list

Sudan is a “cooperative partner” with the American agencies in the fight against terrorism but remains a designated state sponsor of terror, the US State Department said yesterday. In...

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July 20, 2017

Palestinians protest at UNRWA office in Gaza

Dozens of Palestinian refugees shut yesterday the head office of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) in the Gaza Strip...

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July 20, 2017

Egypt’s poorest risk death for promise of work in Libya

In a bare room with nothing but a small pillow, a few pots, and a sheet to cover the dusty floor, Youssef Abdullah’s family was living in an impoverished...

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July 20, 2017

Mercosur-Egypt trade agreement to be ratified

Argentina said Wednesday that it has sent the regional bloc Mercosur its ratification of the group’s 2010 trade agreement with Egypt, and the pact will go into force within...

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July 20, 2017

Turkish official urges Saudi Arabia to drop demands against Qatar

A senior Turkish official in an interview broadcast on Wednesday called on Saudi Arabia to drop 13 demands it and other Arab states had made of Qatar, saying they...

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July 20, 2017

Merkel urges Iraq to probe alleged human rights abuses in Mosul

German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Wednesday urged Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi to investigate alleged human rights abuses that occurred during military operations to regain control of the city...

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July 20, 2017

Trump ends CIA arms support for anti-Assad Syria rebels

The Trump administration has decided to halt the CIA’s covert program to equip and train certain rebel groups fighting the government of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, two US officials...

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July 20, 2017

Addiction and intrigue: Inside the Saudi palace coup

On Tuesday 20 June Mohammed bin Nayef, a powerful figure in Saudi Arabia’s security apparatus for the past two decades and the next in line to the throne, was...

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July 20, 2017

Palestinian Authority President Abbas in China

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July 20, 2017

After Saudi skirt woman’s brief arrest, many lament double standard

After Saudi police briefly arrested a woman who appeared in an online video wearing an “indecent” skirt and crop top, many Saudis sprang to her defence on social media...

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