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April 22, 2016

US committee completes security checks at Cairo airport

A US security committee completed a three-day inspection of Cairo International Airport’s security measures for airplanes, passengers, meals and cargo, the head of security at Egypt Air said yesterday. Tarek Zaki...

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April 22, 2016

Arab League to set unified Arab stance against Israeli escalation in Golan

Arab League members took part in an emergency meeting yesterday to discuss Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s statement regarding the occupied Golan Heights. Chaired by Bahrain’s Ambassador to Egypt...

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April 22, 2016

Islamist parties try to revive Arab Maghreb Union

North African Islamist parties held a meeting yesterday in Algiers in the context of launching an initiative to revive the Arab Maghreb Union which they said is suffering from...

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April 22, 2016

Ghannouchi: ‘I am not afraid about the democratic transition in Tunisia’

The leader of Tunisia’s Ennahda movement, Sheikh Rachid Ghannouchi said there is no fear for the unity and cohesion of the ruling quartet or the democratic transition in the...

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April 22, 2016

Egypt jails 70 anti-coup activists

An Egyptian court yesterday sentenced 70 anti-coup activists to prison terms ranging from five to 10 years, a legal source said. Charged with taking part in demonstrations and breaking...

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April 22, 2016

Netanyahu threatens to fire Bennett during row over West Bank policy

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu threatened to fire Education Minister Naftali Bennett on Wednesday after he objected to the Cabinet’s agenda, Israel’s Haaretz newspaper reported yesterday. An informed source...

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April 22, 2016

We can learn from Italy and Israel

We Arabs may be the people in the world who write the most poetry and romantic odes about human virtues such as brotherhood, justice, equality and the need to...

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April 22, 2016

US, Iran to meet to discuss lifting sanctions

US Secretary of State John Kerry is set to meet with his Iranian counterpart, Javad Zarif, today to discuss lifting the sanctions imposed on Iran, Washington confirmed yesterday. State...

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April 21, 2016

EU body disowns antisemitism ‘definition’ endorsed at NUS conference

A European Union body has disowned a ‘definition’ of antisemitism credited to it at the National Union of Students (NUS) conference yesterday. Motion 404, proposed by student representatives from...

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April 21, 2016

Facilitating Israel’s widespread practice of targeting journalists

Israel’s targeting of Palestinian journalists has veered into selective collective punishment against the profession. According to the Ma’an news agency, Israel has now banned Arab and international organisations from...

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