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  • January 28, 2019

    Record number of potential candidates for Algerian presidential election

    One week after the application process opened for the presidential election in Algeria due to be held on 18 April, more than 100 potential candidates have submitted their papers....

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  • January 28, 2019

    Palestinians in West Bank, Gaza being interviewed for jobs in Qatar

    A Qatari team arrived in the occupied West Bank yesterday and met Palestinian Education Minister Sabri Saidam in preparation to holding interviews with teachers who have applied to work...

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  • January 28, 2019

    Fatah discusses forming new government without Hamas

    Palestinian movement Fatah yesterday launched discussions about forming a new government without Hamas and Islamic Jihad, a senior Fatah leader announced. Secretary of Fatah’s Revolutionary Council Majed Al-Fityani said...

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  • January 28, 2019

    Sudan’s Bashir says protesters trying to copy Arab Spring

    Protesters in Sudan are trying to imitate the Arab Spring uprisings that shook the region in 2011, President Omar al-Bashir said on Sunday during a visit to Egypt, Reuters reports....

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  • January 28, 2019

    Attack on displaced people’s camp in Yemen kills eight civilians

    The shelling of a camp for displaced people in Yemen’s northwestern Hajjah province killed eight civilians and wounded 30 others, the United Nations said on Sunday, amid fears that...

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  • January 28, 2019

    France: Egypt human rights record worse now than under Mubarak

    French President Emmanuel Macron said on Sunday human rights in Egypt were perceived as worse now than under former strongman Hosni Mubarak, who was toppled by protests in 2011, Reuters...

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  • January 28, 2019

    New secular political party launched in Tunisia

    The formation of Tahya Tounes (Long Live Tunisia), a new political party close to the current Head of Government Youssef Chahed, was announced on Sunday. Around 4,000 people attended...

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  • January 28, 2019

    UK: Iraq must move away from economic reliance on Iran

    Iraq must wean itself off economic reliance on Iran and become more energy self-sufficient, Britain’s foreign office minister for the Middle East said on Sunday, Reuters reports. Alistair Burt visited...

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  • January 28, 2019

    Saudi Arabia releases Ethiopian-born tycoon

    Saudi Arabia has released the Saudi-Ethiopian businessman Mohammed Hussein Al-Amoudi following more than 14 months of detention in a nation-wide crackdown on corruption, official Ethiopian Broadcasting Corporation (EBC) reported yesterday....

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  • January 27, 2019

    Turkey: PKK earns $1.5B annually from drugs

    Turkey’s interior minister on Sunday said the PKK terror group earns $1.5 billion annually from drugs. “The revenue PKK earns from drugs annually is $1.5 billion PKK is an organisation [involved...

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