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August 31, 2019

EU to pay PA €24.5m to cover wages

The European Union (EU) has offered to give the Palestinian Authority (PA) €24.5 million ($27 million) to pay the August salaries and pensions of about 56,000 civil servants in...

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August 31, 2019

Russia announces ceasefire in northern Syria

The Russian Defence Ministry yesterday announced a ceasefire in northwest Syria, which will come into effect today. The Russian news agency Sputnik quoted the Russian Reconciliation Centre as saying...

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August 31, 2019

Egypt MP calls for secret marriages to be outlawed

Egyptian MP Hala Abu-Saad has said that outlawing urfi (secret) marriages is a major step towards reforming an outdated phenomenon in Egyptian society, Almesryoon.com reported yesterday. She said that...

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August 31, 2019

Israel FM: We can target Iran inside its territory

Israel’s Foreign Minister Yisrael Katz has said that Israel is able to strike Iran everywhere, including deep inside its own territory. In an interview with Israeli newspaper Maariv, Katz...

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August 31, 2019

UN fears eruption of civil war in Libya

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has warned that ongoing conflict in Libya could result in a full-scale civil war unless efforts are made to end the conflict. In his latest report on the UN Support...

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August 31, 2019

471 Israel settlers stormed Jerusalem’s Al-Aqsa Mosque last week

As many as 471 Israeli settlers raided Jerusalem’s Al-Aqsa Mosque under the protection of the Israeli police last week, Quds Press reported yesterday. Quds Press explained that Israeli police...

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August 31, 2019

Egypt asks Ethiopia to fill Renaissance Dam within 7 years

Ethiopia’s Minister of Water, Irrigation and Energy, Seleshi Bekele, has said that Egypt officially requested that the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) be filled within seven years. Bekele said...

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August 31, 2019

Is post-revolution Tunisia the democratic leader of the Arab world?

When a twenty-six-year old Tunisian vegetable vendor set himself on fire in front of a government building after being slapped by a police officer for not having his cart...
August 30, 2019

Suicide bomber kills separatist fighters in Yemen’s Aden

A suicide bomber on a motorcycle killed six southern separatist fighters on the outskirts of the Yemeni city of Aden on Friday, witnesses said, part of a surge of...

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August 30, 2019

Pakistan, Saudi FM hold discussions on Kashmir

Saudi Foreign Minister Ibrahim bin Abdulaziz Al-Assaf expressed “concern” Friday about the situation in disputed Jammu and Kashmir after India’s annulment of the decades-long special rights of the disputed...

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