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August 31, 2016

Egyptian families of ‘enforced disappearance’ victims protest

Families of persons who were reportedly forcibly disappeared by Egyptian authorities held a demonstration outside parliament yesterday demanding to know the fate of their loved ones. Ibrahim Metwally, the...

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August 31, 2016

Egypt: 46 pharmacies closed for violating medical requirements

Forty-six pharmacies have been closed for violating medical requirements in the governorate of Gharbia, Egypt’s Ministry of Health reported yesterday. Dr Mohammed Sharshar, a senior official at the Ministry...

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August 31, 2016

1.2m Palestinian students back at school

Some 1,200,000 students went back to school in the Gaza Strip and the occupied West Bank on Sunday. Of those, 499,643 students enrolled in the Gaza Strip and 693,165...

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August 31, 2016

Israel closes West Bank radio station for ‘incitement’

Israeli forces on Wednesday raided and closed a Palestinian radio station based in the occupied West Bank on the pretext that it was “inciting violence” against Israel, according to...

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August 31, 2016

Libya ships chemical weapons stock to Germany

Libya has shipped the last chemical weapons stock out of the country, two officials announced yesterday. The arms have been moved to Germany aboard a Danish ship which set...

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August 31, 2016

Refugee arrivals to Greek islands jump to highest in weeks

Some 462 migrants and refugees arrived on Greek islands from Turkey on Tuesday, the highest number in several weeks. The arrivals, between Monday and Tuesday this week, were up...

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August 31, 2016

New talks need clear schedule for political transition, Syrian opposition

Any new talks which aim to find a peaceful solution to the Syrian crisis need to have a clear schedule for political transition, the general coordinator of the Supreme Commission for Negotiations...

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August 31, 2016

Sadr accuses Iraqi judiciary of failing to prosecute corrupt but influential people

The leader of Iraq’s Sadrist Movement said on Tuesday that the local judiciary prosecutes people who have no influence, but has failed to put on trial those who have...

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August 31, 2016

‘Israeli government involved in daily raids on Al-Aqsa’

General Director of Endowment, Holy and Islamic Sites in Jerusalem Sheikh Mohammed Al-Khatib accused the Israeli government of being involved in the daily raids by Jewish settlers on Al-Aqsa...

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August 31, 2016

Israel under scrutiny, as secret trial of international NGO official begins

A senior Gaza-based employee of US-headquartered charity World Vision appeared in an Israeli court on Tuesday, charged with numerous counts of ‘supporting terrorism’. According to the Israel Security Agency...

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