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September 28, 2018

Israel buys share in Egypt-Israel gas pipeline company

Israel’s Delek Drilling and the US’ Noble Energy yesterday sealed a deal which would see them buy shares in Eastern Mediterranean Gas (EMG) which owns a gas pipeline between...

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September 28, 2018

Netanyahu, in UN speech, claims secret Iranian nuclear site

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday described what he said was a secret atomic warehouse in Tehran and accused Europe of appeasing Iran as he sought to rally...

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September 28, 2018

UN Palestinian refugee agency narrows shortfall after US cuts

A United Nations agency that supports Palestinian refugees received contributions of $118 million on Thursday, narrowing a budget gap for this year to $68 million as it aims to...

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September 28, 2018

Palestinian Islamic Jihad elects Al-Nakhaleh as successor of Shallah

The Palestinian Islamic Jihad movement (PIJ) elected Ziad Al-Nakhaleh as the new Secretary-General of the movement inside Palestine and abroad, replacing the former secretary Ramadan Shallah whose health situation...

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September 28, 2018

Erdogan comes seeking rapprochement with wary Berlin

Chancellor Angela Merkel said on the eve of talks with President Tayyip Erdogan that Germany wanted to work with Turkey economically, but added she would also raise sensitive issues...

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September 28, 2018

Iraq’s Turkmen allied with Al-Sadr to form government majority

The Iraqi Turkmen Front has declared that it has joined the Reform and Reconstruction Coalition, supported by Shiite leader Muqtada Al-Sadr. The Front said in a statement on Thursday:...

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September 28, 2018

Yemeni government refuses to extend UN Panel of Experts’ mission

The Yemeni Government rejected on Thursday a mission extension for the UN Panel of Experts and accused the UN-appointed team of “politicising and complicating the situation in the country,...

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September 28, 2018

Egypt: Court adjourns hearing session in ousted president Morsi’s trial

A Cairo criminal court adjourned yesterday a hearing session for former Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi and others in the case known as the “break-in of the eastern border” only minutes after...

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September 28, 2018

62 per cent of Cairo: Transgender women should have same rights as other women

Transgender women should have the same rights as other women, according to a global poll of women across five continents published on Friday amid a growing – and sometimes...

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September 27, 2018

How ironic that a Palestinian has been jailed by Israel for advocating prisoners’ rights

Ayman Nasser, a Palestinian human rights activist, has been jailed indefinitely by Israel with neither a trial nor even formal charges being filed against him. This is a bitter...

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