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March 27, 2017

Kuwait: Former MP sentenced to 46 years over insulting tweets

Kuwait’s criminal court yesterday sentenced former lawmaker Abdul Hamid Dashti to three years in jail for tweets deemed to insult Saudi King Salman Bin Abdulaziz, Kuwait’s news agency Al-Qabas reported yesterday....

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March 27, 2017

Head of Daesh branch in Algeria killed

The Algerian Ministry of National Defence (DND) has confirmed the death of the head of the Algerian branch of Daesh, who was killed over the weekend in the region of...

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March 27, 2017

Previously exiled Sudanese official voted as head of opposition party

Dr Ali El-Haj, the confidant of the late Sudanese Islamic leader Hassan Abdalla Al-Turabi, has been elected as the new secretary-general and leader of the opposition party the Popular...

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March 27, 2017

Ousted president calls for ‘unconditional’ talks on Yemen

Ousted Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh called on Saturday for “direct” and “unconditional” dialogue aiming to regain peace and stability to the country. In a televised speech broadcast on...

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March 27, 2017

A third of all imprisoned journalists are in Turkey

A third of all imprisoned journalists are in Turkey according to human rights organisation Amnesty International, which has called on the Turkish government to stop its crackdown on the...

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March 27, 2017

Egypt resumes meat imports from Brazil

Egypt has resumed imports of meat from Brazil after declaring they were suspended until the meat was safe for consumption. It was alleged that Brazil sold Egypt contaminated beef...

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March 27, 2017

Switzerland, Turkey investigate sign calling for Erdogan’s killing

Swiss prosecutors are investigating whether a protest sign calling for the killing of Turkish President Tayyip Recep Erdogan violated laws against inciting violence, police said today. People demonstrating in...

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March 27, 2017

Ex-Egyptian official calls for water trenches along Gaza border

A former Egyptian intelligence official called for digging a water barrier on the border with Gaza to combat extremists. In a televised interview, former Assistant Director of Egyptian Military...

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March 27, 2017

Sudan’s security chief meets FBI, CIA in Washington

The head of Sudan’s National Intelligence and Security Services returned to Khartoum this morning after meeting CIA and FBI officials in Washington. Sudan’s security chief, Mohammed Atta Abbas Al...

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March 27, 2017

By arresting its co-founder, Israel has confirmed BDS as a strategic threat

It is now one week since the Israeli authorities arrested Omar Barghouti, a co-founder of the Boycott, Sanctions and Divestment (BDS) movement in Palestine. His arrest follows years of...

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