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September 29, 2016

Bahraini king honoured for ‘respecting religious pluralism’

Bahraini King Hamad Bin Isa Al Khalifa has received the C3 Lifetime Achievement Award at a ceremony in New York. Foreign Minister Sheikh Khalid Bin Hamad Al Khalifa received...

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September 29, 2016

Saudi mufti backs temporary austerity

Saudi Arabia’s top religious authority urged citizens to support government austerity measures, saying recent decrees were temporary moves necessitated by public interest, the Saudi Okaz newspaper reported today. King...

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September 29, 2016

Israeli police closed Palestinian shops in Jerusalem as collective punishment

Israeli police shuttered Palestinian-owned businesses in occupied East Jerusalem following a stabbing attack despite not having warrants or other legal authorisation, two legal rights groups have claimed. Adalah –...
September 29, 2016

Rights groups urge Obama to investigate Israeli killing of US citizen

A number of American human rights organisations have urged President Barack Obama to investigate the killing of a US citizen at the hands of Israeli occupation forces, warning that...

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September 29, 2016

What is wrong with the Arab perception of Turkish politics?

Is there a general misunderstanding in the Arab world about what is going on in Turkey? This question has been on my mind for years and I have been...

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September 29, 2016

Colonial benevolence: technology for Africans, death for Palestinians

A few years ago, enticing South America to do business with Israel was one of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s priorities, justified, among other things, by an urge to improve...

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September 29, 2016

UN calls for human rights abuses to be documented in Libya

Senior UN officials have called for an independent body to document human rights abuses in Libya and efforts by the authority to bring perpetrators to account. Kate Gilmore, speaking...

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September 29, 2016

Kuwaiti court quashes petrol price hike

A Kuwaiti administrative court ruled yesterday that Kuwait’s decision to raise petrol prices would be reversed, Anadolu Agency reported. The administrative court did not provide reasons for why the...

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September 29, 2016

Dahlan fails to hold anti-Abbas conference in Cairo

Disgraced former Fatah leader Mohamed Dahlan has failed in his bid to hold an “anti-Abbas” conference for his followers from the secular movement in Cairo, Arabi21.com reported on Wednesday....

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September 29, 2016

Saudi Arabia to continue testing Egyptian food products

The Saudi government Organisation of Consumers Protection Association (OCPA) has announced that it will continue testing Egyptian food products, Moheet.com reported yesterday. The organisation said that it followed up...

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