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September 6, 2016

70-year-old is Algeria’s only fisherwoman

Seventy-year-old Aisha Hamdi has sailed away from stereotypes providing for herself and her family by working as a fisherwoman in Algeria. Aisha is the first female in this profession...

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September 6, 2016

‘Tense and difficult’ Libya talks to conclude today

The “tense and difficult” first round of talks between Libyan political groups in the Tunisian capital Tunis have ended without result. Members of the Libyan Political Dialogue group (LPD)...

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September 6, 2016

Families of Palestinians missing at sea demand answers

It has been two years since some 450 Palestinians and nationals of other Arab countries went missing on board an Egyptian ship destined for Italy. Days after their...

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September 6, 2016

Brazilian weapons smuggled into Yemen

Latin America’s largest weapons factory Forjas Taurus has been found to be selling weapons to Fares Mohammed Hassan Mana’a, one of the most notorious arms smugglers in Yemen, a...

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September 6, 2016

New app gives location of forcibly disappeared in Egypt

An Egyptian human rights group has launched a mobile phone app to help locate activists who have been abducted by security forces. The Egyptian Commission for Rights and Freedoms...

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September 6, 2016

Israeli forces round up Palestinian kids in Hebron for settlers to ID

Israeli occupation force in Hebron rounded up Palestinian children as young as eight years old for Jewish settlers to identify, Israeli NGO B’Tselem reported. On 10 August, following a...

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September 6, 2016

Obama recognises crisis with Russia over Syria

American President Barack Obama said on Monday that there are still “differences between his country and Russian regarding Syria,” stressing that a ceasefire would facilitate fighting terrorism including Daesh...

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September 6, 2016

Erdogan urges G20 to help setup ‘safe zone’ in Syria

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan urged world leaders at the G20 meeting in China to set up a “safe zone” in Syria. Turkey, which is home to more than four...

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September 6, 2016

Sisi asks UAE to convince Kuwait to invest in Egypt

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi has urged the UAE to persuade the Kuwaiti government, along with other GCC countries, to pledge to commit billions of dollars to help Egypt....

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September 6, 2016

Saudi-Russia cooperation to stabilise oil prices

A new proposal to improve cooperation between Saudi Arabia and Russia has been proposed to address the drop in global oil prices. Buoyed by the news, oil process extended...

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