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January 2, 2019

Saudi Arabia executes three foreigners on first day of 2019

Saudi authorities executed two Egyptians and a Pakistani citizen on the first day of 2019. The country’s Interior Ministry carried out the death sentence against the two Egyptians for...

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January 2, 2019

Israel’s largest opposition bloc splits ahead of elections

Leader of Israel’s Labor Party Avi Gabbay yesterday announced that the country’s largest opposition bloc has broken apart four months ahead of the country’s elections which are scheduled for...

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January 2, 2019

Israel completes construction of marine fence near Gaza

The Israeli army has completed the construction of a marine fence located along the besieged Gaza Strip, Israel’s Channel 10 reported yesterday. The 200 metre long wall is six metres tall...

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January 2, 2019

Report: Nearly 20,000 Syrians were killed in 2018

Some 19,666 people were killed in Syria in 2018, the Syrian Observatory on Human Rights (SOHR) announced yesterday. The organisation said that last year registered the lowest death toll since...

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January 2, 2019

Egypt: 47,000 of children forced in to marriage are illiterate

Some 47,000 of children who are forced in to marriage in Egypt are illiterate, the state-run Central Agency for Public Mobilisation and Statistics (CAPMAS) revealed yesterday. In a report, CAPMAS...

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January 2, 2019

Supported by the UAE, Haftar seeks to control south Libya

Major General Khalifa Haftar has sent additional troops to south Libya after his forces were attacked on the Chadian border on 28 December. Chadian opposition fighters seized military vehicles...

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January 2, 2019

Women hold $53bn in bank deposits in Saudi Arabia

Women hold 20 per cent of funds held in Saudi banks, worth more than $53 billion. “Women benefit from more than 66 investment funds, as well as other funding...

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January 2, 2019

Jordan MP calls for rapists to be pardoned

Jordanian MP Khalil Attiya stirred controversy on Sunday after calling for a new amnesty law to include those convicted of rape. During a legislative session Attiya demanded rape, molestation,...

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January 1, 2019

New Year celebrations in Jerusalem

Fireworks light up the sky during the new year celebrations in Jerusalem...

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January 1, 2019

Pompeo says cooperation with Israel over Syria and Iran to continue

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Tuesday that the United States would continue to cooperate with Israel over Syria and in countering Iran in the Middle East,...

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