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March 15, 2017

Jordan’s back is against the wall

Israeli ambassador to Jordan, Einat Schlein was right when Haaretz quoted her last week saying that the political and economic situation in Jordan was difficult and worrying. Despite the...

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March 15, 2017

Israel’s leading weapons manufacturer embroiled in corruption

More than a dozen employees of Israel’s state-owned weapons manufacturer have been arrested over allegations of “systematic” corruption, police said today. The 13 staff of Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI)...

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March 15, 2017

Soldier killed by Shia ‘terrorist elements’ in Saudi Arabia

A Saudi soldier was killed by gunmen late last night in the Eastern province’s city of Qatif, in an incident the interior ministry said was carried out by “terrorist...

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March 15, 2017

Bouteflika nominated Africa Coordinator for terrorism efforts

Algeria’s President Abdelaziz Bouteflika has been nominated as Africa Coordinator for Combating Terrorism during a ceremony for the outgoing and incoming Commissions of the African Union, in Addis Ababa...

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March 15, 2017

Arab states suffer from ‘regressive’ education programmes

The Arab world has experienced a “glaring regression” in the quality of its cultural and education programmes, according to Director-General of the Arab Organisation for Education, Culture and Science...

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March 15, 2017

IATA chief expects UAE Airline profitability to fall in 2017

Airlines in the Middle East will have a tough year, the Director General of the International Air Transport Association IATA, Alexandre de Johnnyak, said yesterday. Johnnyak said during a...

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March 15, 2017

Qatar to provide 1m jobs in the Arab world by 2020

Chairperson of Qatar Foundation for Education, Science and Community Development, Sheikha Moza bint Nasser said the foundation intends to provide more than one million jobs by 2020, in various...

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March 15, 2017

Israeli forces demolish Palestinian home in Silwan

Israeli forces demolished a Palestinian home in the Silwan neighbourhood of occupied East Jerusalem on yesterday afternoon without prior notice, under the pretext that it was built without Israeli-issued...

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March 15, 2017

HRW: Egypt ‘apathetic’ towards fleeing Christians

Since late February, hundreds of Christians have fled the northern Sinai Peninsula in fear of their lives after seven Christians were murdered by suspected Daesh militants in the town...

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March 15, 2017

UAE: VAT will not exceed 5% in the Gulf

VAT of no more than five per cent will be applied from the beginning of 2018 to goods in the Gulf States, a senior Emirati official said today. Obaid...

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