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  • March 20, 2017

    Saudi foils attempts to plant landmines on border with Yemen

    Saudi authorities said yesterday they had foiled attempts to plant landmines and smuggle arms, ammunition and narcotics through its southern border with Yemen. The Saudi Press Agency (SPA) reported...

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  • March 20, 2017

    ‘Decolonising the mind’: Using Hollywood celebrities to validate Islam

    When Terry Holdbrooks Jr. converted to Islam in 2003 he was inundated with death threats and labelled a “race traitor”. If a religious conversion ever deserves to be admired,...

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  • March 20, 2017

    UN explores land route options to get aid to Syria

    The United Nations is testing a new road route to deliver aid to the Syrian city of Qamishli, and also has provisional approval from the Syrian government for supplies...

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  • March 20, 2017

    Egypt receives $1bn loan from World Bank

    The World Bank has disbursed another $1 billion in financial assistance to Egypt out of its $3 billion loan programme with the country, the bank said in a statement...

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  • March 20, 2017

    Egypt’s elites praise the Netherlands

    How can all the Arab and Muslim countries remain silent in the face of the Netherlands’ hostile position towards Turkey and the statements made by the extremist right-wing party...

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  • March 20, 2017

    23 killed in car bomb in Baghdad

    A car bomb blast killed at least 23 people and wounded more than 45 others in a mainly Shia district in southern Baghdad today, police and medical sources said....

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  • March 20, 2017

    Algerian PM to youth: ‘Defeatists should not influence you’

    The youth in Algeria must work to develop and promote the country’s economy, the prime minister said yesterday, stressing that the government will continue to encourage projects which strengthen...

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  • March 20, 2017

    20 Houthis killed in northern Yemen

    At least 20 Houthi rebels were reportedly killed in a failed attempt to attack government positions in Yemen’s northern Sa’ada province near the Saudi border, according to the Yemeni...

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  • March 20, 2017

    ‘Game is over’ as Moscow summons Israeli ambassador

    Syria and Russia have sent a “clear message” to Israel by summoning the country’s ambassador and warning that the “the game is over”. Speaking on a Syrian TV channel,...

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  • March 20, 2017

    #LoveArmyForSomalia raises $1m in less than 24 hours

    A campaign launched by high profile social media personalities has raised over $1 million in less than 24 hours to fund sending aid over to famine-stricken Somalia. Look at...

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