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September 27, 2016

Blasts kill at least 17 in Baghdad

Three blasts killed at least 17 people and wounded more than 50 in predominantly Shia districts of Baghdad today, police and medical sources said. A suicide bomber detonated his...

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September 27, 2016

Egypt’s refugee crisis: Sisi is the problem

On Saturday military strongman Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi promised to punish the “wrongdoers” responsible for the boat that capsized off the coast of Egypt last week. At least 194 people...

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September 27, 2016

Al-Aqsa guard jailed for 11 months

An Israeli magistrate’s court has jailed a guard from Al-Aqsa Mosque for 11 months. Fadi Ali Mohammed Aliyan, 30, was also ordered to pay a fine of 1,500 shekels...

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September 27, 2016

Israel increases attacks on journalists

Israeli occupation forces have escalated attacks against Palestinian journalists and photographers since the outbreak of the Third Intifada in October last year, the Committee to Support Palestinian Journalists revealed....

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September 27, 2016

Algeria to privatise banks after oil price slide

Algeria plans to allow its dominant state banks to list on the local stock exchange to help develop its financial markets and diversify sources of funding after the oil price slide,...

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September 27, 2016

UN: 269 health centres destroyed in Syria

Some 269 hospitals and health centres have been bombed in Syria since the beginning of the conflict in 2011, the UN announced yesterday. UN Special Rapporteur Dainius Puras stressed...

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September 27, 2016

Gulf may supply anti-aircraft missiles to Syrian opposition

Gulf states may supply opposition groups in Syria with anti-aircraft missiles to defend themselves against Syrian and Russian warplanes, Reuters reported. An official, who was speaking on the condition...

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September 27, 2016

Egypt approves spyware to monitor internet users

Egyptians using the internet will undergo “limited surveillance” for national security reasons, the interior minister has said. The administrative court in Cairo ruled in favour of authorities implementing the...

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September 27, 2016

30 Moroccan parties partaking in parliamentary elections

Thirty parties are taking part in Morocco’s parliamentary elections, QudsPress reported yesterday. The Moroccan elections are due to take place on 7 October. Some 15,702,592 people are eligible to...

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September 27, 2016

Bahrain stresses political solution to Western Sahara dispute

Bahraini Foreign Minister Sheikh Khalid Bin Ahmed Bin Mohammed Al Khalifa asserted yesterday the need for a political settlement to the Moroccan Sahara dispute “on the basis of the...

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