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September 12, 2015

Egyptians protest against low wages and unemployment

Egyptian citizens, including some holding masters’ degrees and doctorates, took to the streets in two marches in the centre of Cairo on Thursday, protesting against low wages and unemployment,...

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September 12, 2015

Egypt denies sending ground troops to Yemen

Egypt has denied sending 800 ground troops to Yemen, Jordan’s Al-Sabeel newspaper reported on Friday. The Egyptian government stressed that only its air force and navy are taking part...

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September 12, 2015

Arab coalition forces target weapons cache in Sanaa

Arab coalition forces have targeted the headquarters of Yemeni TV in Sanaa, which was being used as a weapons cache by Houthi rebels. Massive explosions were seen and heard,...

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September 12, 2015

‘Death Squads’ announce abduction of Turkish workers

A group of Shia militants affiliated to Iraq’s Hezbollah announced on Friday that it has abducted 18 Turkish workers and set out the conditions for their release, Al-Araby Al-Jadeed...

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September 12, 2015

UK to continue providing services to Saudi detention centres

The British government confirmed yesterday that, following a review, it is to close Just Solutions International, a state run programme under which public sector justice services were sold to...

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September 12, 2015

Hope for Syrian refugees to be housed in Malvern

When members of a local Amnesty International group tabled a proposal to house 12 Syrian families in the English spa town of Malvern, the district council voted unanimously to...

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September 11, 2015

At least 52 people killed after crane collapses in Makkah’s Grand Mosque

At least 52 people were killed when a crane crashed in Makkah’s Grand Mosque on Friday, Saudi Arabia’s Civil Defense authority said on its Twitter account, an accident that...

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September 11, 2015

Netanyahu: EU plan to label settlement goods ‘unjust’

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu yesterday attacked an EU resolution on labelling goods produced in the occupied Palestinian territories. In a statement released by his office, Netanyahu referred to the...

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September 11, 2015

Church of Scotland urges Cameron to teach Netanyahu about discrimination

While Benjamin Netanyahu was being feted by his British counterpart inside Downing Street during talks on the crisis in Syria and Iran’s nuclear programme, hundreds of protesters were rallying...

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September 11, 2015

The embassy is in the building

The Israeli embassy has reopened, but in a new building; a fancy building in New Cairo. It was reopened during the time of Al-Sisi’s Egypt, the time of intellectual...

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