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July 12, 2017

Palestinian students raise the bar in 2017

Palestinian high school students performed better in their exams this year than previous students did last year, the Minister of Education and Higher Education, Sabri Sidem, announced today. At...

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July 12, 2017

Kuwait official: 20 oil refineries to close globally by 2025

Twenty oil refineries around the world will shut down by 2025, adding that the daily production capacity of these refineries is 6.5 million barrels, Kuwait Petroleum International’s CEO Bakheet...

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July 12, 2017

Sudan suspends sanctions talks with US

Sudanese President Omar Al-Bashir has issued a decree freezing the work of a committee formed with the United States to negotiate sanctions relief until 12 October, state news agency...

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July 12, 2017

BDS gains support from US Mennonite churches

The Mennonite Church of America has voted to sell its holdings in companies that profit from the Israeli occupation, according to the Washington Post. The church, which has over...

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July 12, 2017

MTV bids for ‘social change’ by tackling child marriage in Egypt

American cable television channel MTV is launching drama series in Egypt with storylines on female genital mutilation, child marriage and sex work with the aim of generating debate around...

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July 12, 2017

Why is Hamas throwing itself in to Egypt’s arms?

Three days ago, a senior official Hamas delegation ended a meeting with senior Egyptian officials held in Cairo. The visit came about ten days after the conclusion of a...

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July 12, 2017

Saudi Arabia cuts oil export as Aramco sale looms

Saudi Arabia will cut crude oil exports in August by more than 600,000 barrels per day to meet growing domestic demands while staying within its OPEC production commitment. “There...

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July 12, 2017

Israel arrests 84 Palestinian women and girls in 2017

Israel has arrested 84 Palestinian women and young girls over the past six months, the Prisoners’ Center for Studies said in a report. Researcher and spokesman for the centre,...

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July 12, 2017

Palestinian boy, 13, loses eye after Israel forces shoot him

A 13-year-old Palestinian from the occupied East Jerusalem neighbourhood of Issawiya lost his eye on Sunday after Israeli forces fired a sponge-tipped bullet at the teenager. According to Israeli...

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July 12, 2017

Egypt calls for Qatar’s expulsion from anti-Daesh coalition

An Egyptian delegation yesterday called for Qatar to be ousted from the US-led anti-Daesh coalition, according to news agency Reuters. Foreign Ministry spokesman Ahmed Abu Zeid, who is heading...

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