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November 26, 2016

Saudi, Russia oil talks ‘constructive’, says Russian minister

Russian Energy Minister Alexander Novak said that Russia is engaged in talks with Saudi Arabia regarding oil production. Russia’s Sputnik news quoted the Russian Energy Minister, who replied with...

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November 25, 2016

Egypt’s population now at 92 million

Egypt’s population reached 92 million people on Thursday evening, the Central Agency for Public Mobilisation and Statistics (CAPMAS) has revealed. Egypt’s population increase represents a rise of one million...

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November 25, 2016

Egyptian army carries out military exercise on Western borders

The Egyptian military conducted large military exercises with live ammunition yesterday on the border with neighbouring Libya, in what is being seen as Cairo attempting to flex its muscles...

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November 25, 2016

Bahrain slams Amnesty International for ‘inaccurate’ report

Following Amnesty International’s report on Bahrain published last Monday, the Bahraini Foreign Ministry slammed the international human rights organisation, accusing them of publishing inconsistencies in their report. The report,...

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November 25, 2016

Saudi newspaper editor resigns over ‘false claims’

The editor-in-chief of Saudi-owned newspaper Asharq Al-Awsat has resigned days after the newspaper published an article about unintended pregnancies in Iraq’s Karbala, a city considered holy by the Shia...

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November 25, 2016

Iran train crash: 31 killed, dozens injured

Two passenger trains collided in Iran’s north-central Semnan province early today, killing at least 31 people and injuring dozens. Citing Iranian media agencies, Reuters reported that the number of fatalities...

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November 25, 2016

Kuwait draws Moroccan ire as other Arabs boycott African-Arab Summit

Kuwaiti Emir Sabah Al-Ahmad Al Sabah pledged $1 billion in low-interest loans and an equivalent for direct investment in Africa during a speech to the fourth African-Arab Summit held...

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November 25, 2016

Lebanon’s main airport denies Hezbollah weapons allegation

The head of Lebanon’s main international airport denied yesterday Israeli accusations that Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) were using commercial airline flights to ship weapons to the Lebanese...

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November 25, 2016

Yemen’s Houthis fire 11 missiles at Saudi Arabia

At least 11 missiles were fired from Yemen into the southern border village of Al-Tuwal in Saudi Arabia, the Saudi-owned news channel Al Arabiya has confirmed. The attack comes...

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November 25, 2016

Wikileaks reveals documents on US secret interference in Yemen

Wikileaks has today published over 500 documents from the United States’ diplomatic mission in Yemen that purport to prove that the US secretly interfered in Yemeni affairs, in the...

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