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November 16, 2016

Egypt blasts Turkey and Al Jazeera for destabilising tactics

Egypt has condemned Turkey’s “double standard” after Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan accused Cairo of providing “support” for the Gulen movement, which Ankara says orchestrated a failed coup attempt...

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November 16, 2016

Rights group: Torture continues in Tunisian prisons

The Higher Committee for Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms in Tunisia said it has received complaints of torture and violation of human rights in prisons and detention centres. “Some...

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November 16, 2016

UK condemns arrest of Bahrain politician

The UK Foreign Office will discuss the case of a Bahraini politician, who was arrested for criticising Prince Charles’ visit to the Gulf, with the Bahraini government. Last week...

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November 16, 2016

Egypt’s parliament cancels NGO licences

Egypt has stopped licencing charities which are not affiliated with the government. “NGOs can be a blessing or a curse,” Parliament Speaker Ali Abdel Aal told MPs in a ‎plenary...

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November 16, 2016

Israel invites bids for gas, oil explorations in Mediterranean

Israel officially invited bids for new gas and oil explorations licenses on the Mediterranean, Israeli Minister of National Infrastructure, Energy and Water Resources Yuval Steinitz announced yesterday. “We are...

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November 16, 2016

Yemen FM: Kerry’s remarks on ceasefire do not concern us

Yemeni Foreign Minister Abdulmalik Al-Mekhlafi said yesterday that the remarks made by US Secretary of State John Kerry on a ceasefire and the formation of a national unity government...

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November 16, 2016

Gaddafi gave Sarkozy $53m to fund his bid for president

A French-Lebanese businessman has said that former Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi gave over $53 million to fund Nicolas Sarkozy’s 2007 political campaign for the French presidency. Ziad Takieddin, a...

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November 16, 2016

Israel increases demolitions of Palestinian properties

Israel has escalated the scale of demolitions of Palestinian houses and facilities in the occupied West Bank and Jerusalem, Quds Press reported yesterday. According to Quds Press, Israeli forces...

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November 16, 2016

Israel storms Palestinian neighbourhoods in Jerusalem

Israeli soldiers yesterday stormed the Ras Al-Amoud neighbourhood of Silwan, in occupied East Jerusalem and kidnapped a young Palestinian man. The army entered the towns of Hizma and Al-Issawiya...

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November 16, 2016

Iraq military claims to control a ‘third’ of east Mosul

An Iraqi Interior Ministry spokesperson has claimed that Iraqi Security Forces (ISF) now control one third of the eastern half of the city of Mosul, as the ISF sustains...

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