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November 6, 2018

Saudi king to begin ‘first domestic tour’

Saudi Arabia’s King Salman will embark on a week-long domestic tour starting today, a senior Saudi government official told Reuters yesterday. Local media reported that it is the first domestic which...

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November 6, 2018

Israel minister vows to pass death penalty legislation

Israeli Defence Minister Avigdor Lieberman this morning declared that the government will pursue until completion a new legislative initiative to make it easier to execute Palestinians. According to Lieberman,...

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November 6, 2018

Hollywood stars raise record $60m for Israel army

Hollywood celebrities raised a record breaking $60 million for the Israeli military at the Friends of the Israel Defence Forces (FIDF) annual gala last week. This year’s sold-out Western Region...

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November 6, 2018

Bin Salman is in a reckless race of his own making

Back in September, before the disappearance and murder of the Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi in the Saudi Arabian Consulate in Istanbul on 2 October, I came across a story...

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November 6, 2018

New Israel law conditioning arts funding on ‘loyalty’ passes first reading

A new Israeli bill allowing the culture minister to withhold public funding for cultural organisations “working against the principles of the state” passed its first reading in the Knesset...

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November 6, 2018

Trump imposes ‘unprecedented sanctions’ as Europe scrambles to save Iran deal

The US hit Iran with “unprecedented sanctions” yesterday by adding an additional 700 organisations and individuals to its list of entities facing an embargo. The move, which is aimed...

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November 6, 2018

Sisi: Egyptians are real reason behind country's success

Egyptians are the real reason behind the successes Egypt has achieved so far, President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi said yesterday. Responding to a question by a young Tunisian named Mohamed...

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November 6, 2018

Egypt apologises for ‘detaining Iraq media delegation at Cairo airport’

Egyptian authorities “officially apologised” yesterday to the Iraqi government for recently holding an Iraqi media delegation at the country’s Cairo International Airport. “The Egyptian Ambassador in Baghdad Alaa Musa...

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November 6, 2018

Turkey: Khashoggi's killers will ‘pay the price’

Turkish Vice President Fuat Oktay said his country “gave a clear message that whoever committed a crime on its territory will not escape, whatever his identity”. The senior Turkish...

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November 6, 2018

Report: 1.3m expats left Saudi private sector since 2017

As many as 1.36 million expatriates working in the Saudi private sector have left their jobs between January 2017 and the end of September 2018, the Anadolu Agency reported....

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