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  • October 25, 2016

    Egypt clears 13 minors of protesting charges

    Thirteen Egyptian children were acquitted on Sunday of charges of participating in unauthorised demonstrations which took place on 25 May against the marine demarcation border agreement between Egypt and Saudi Arabia,...

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  • October 25, 2016

    Gazan comes out of the woodwork

      Saleem Al-Madhoun was an ambitious and successful furniture maker, but after the deterioration of the economic situation in the Gaza Strip, he resorted to the antique industry and...

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  • October 25, 2016

    Houthis attack protesting mothers in Sana’a

    Gunmen loyal to Houthi militias and former President Ali Abdullah Saleh yesterday assaulted a group of mothers protesting against the detention of their sons in the capital Sana’a. The...

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  • October 25, 2016

    Fighting intensifies along Saudi-Yemeni border

    Local sources in Yemen have reported a spike in fighting between the warring parties along the Saudi-Yemeni border days after a ceasefire came to an end. Houthi militias and...

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  • October 25, 2016

    Kuwait ‘prepared for any threat from Daesh’

    Kuwait’s deputy foreign minister has asserted that the country is prepared to intercept any Daesh advances onto its land along its borders with Iraq should they occur. His comments...

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  • October 25, 2016

    UN gets reports of massacres by Daesh around Mosul

    The UN human rights office today said it had preliminary reports about scores of killings by Daesh around Mosul in the past week, as well as new information reinforcing...

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  • October 25, 2016

    Egypt blames Brotherhood for fuelling chaos

    Egypt’s interior minister warned yesterday that the country faced “unprecedented challenges” that required a “decisive” security response against the Muslim Brotherhood for scheming to incite chaos. Published in an...

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  • October 25, 2016

    Hamas: Palestine’s right to defend itself ‘not to be bargained or bartered’

    Hamas vowed yesterday to continue to keep hold of all forms of power, including military means, in order to “defend the rights” of its people, Al-Resalah newspaper reported. According...

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  • October 25, 2016

    Morocco, Spain raise security alert level to maximum

    Spain and Morocco have raised the security alert along their joint border to the maximum level after receiving threats that terrorists may attack the areas, Youm7 reported yesterday. Reporting...

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  • October 25, 2016

    Oh to be young in Bahrain!

    Bahrain is the Arab country that offers the best prospects for young people, according to a global youth development index compiled by the UK Commonwealth Secretariat. According to the...

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