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November 25, 2016

World’s largest university for women in Saudi to boost female sports

The Princess Nora bint Abdulrahman University (PNU), which is believed to be the largest women’s university in the world, has signed an agreement with the Saudi government General Authority...

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November 25, 2016

Germany says EU should not freeze accession talks with Turkey

The European Union should not freeze Turkey’s negotiations to join the bloc, Germany’s foreign ministry said today, a day after members of the European Parliament voted in a non-binding...

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November 25, 2016

De Mistura: Obama will do everything he can in Syria

UN Special Envoy to Syria, Staffan De Mistura, said that outgoing US President Barack Obama may keep working until his last day in office to end the war in...

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November 25, 2016

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November 25, 2016

Turkey raises interest rates for first time in 3 years to buoy lira

Turkey’s central bank announced yesterday that it had raised the benchmark weekly repo rate by 50 basis points in order to end the decline in the price of the...

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November 25, 2016

GCC concern over ‘missing’ Iranian nuclear device

Following the revelation that a nuclear device at Iran’s Bushehr nuclear power plant is missing, Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries have contacted the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) to...

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November 25, 2016

Erdogan piles pressure on EU over accession talks

Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has threatened to throw open his country’s borders with Europe in response to the European Parliament’s vote to freeze membership talks with Ankara. Addressing...

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November 25, 2016

Bahrain dissident politician freed from custody

Bahraini authorities have freed opposition politician Ibrahim Sharif after arresting him for criticising Prince Charles for visiting the kingdom. At the beginning of the month, Bahrain’s Cyber Crime Directorate...

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November 25, 2016

500 Houthi, Saleh detention camps in Yemen

According to local reports cited by Asharq Al-Awsat, there are about 500 detention camps and prisons run by Iran-backed Houthis and militias loyal to former president Ali Abdullah Saleh...

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November 25, 2016

Australian arrested after he was ‘killed’ in Iraq

An Australian citizen believed to be a top recruiter for Daesh is under arrest, the New York Times reported today, citing an unnamed US military official, months after Australia...

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