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August 10, 2019

UNRWA schools to open on time despite funding cuts

Over 700 schools run by the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) will open in time for the new academic year across the occupied Palestinian...

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August 10, 2019

Sudan military cancels death sentences against rebel leaders

Sudan’s Transitional Military Council has decided to cancel death sentences against leaders of the north division of the People’s Liberation Movement. Spokesman for the Military Council, Shamsiddeen Kabbashi, said...

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August 10, 2019

Gaza suffers $70m direct economic losses every month

Palestinian MP Jamal Al-Khodari said that direct losses to Gaza’s economy are estimated at $70 million every month due to the strict Israeli siege and aggravating crisis of public...

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August 10, 2019

Israel forces kill 4 Palestinians in Gaza

Israeli forces today killed four Palestinian youths near Khan Younis, in the south of the besieged Gaza Strip. Three of the Palestinians were members of Hamas-run restraint force, which...

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August 10, 2019

US sentences Lebanon businessman to 5 years for financing Hezbollah

A US court on Thursday sentenced Lebanese businessman Kassim Tajideen to five years in prison and a $50 million fine over claims of financing Lebanon’s Hezbollah. In a statement...

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August 10, 2019

69 candidates for Tunisia presidential elections

The number of candidacies for the Tunisian presidential elections yesterday reached 69, just hours before the closure of submissions at the headquarters of the Independent High Authority for Elections....

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August 10, 2019

Houthi leader’s brother killed in Yemen

The Houthis yesterday announced the killing of Ibrahim Al-Houthi, the brother of the group’s leader Abdul-Malik Al-Houthi in Yemen. The Interior Ministry of the Houthi government said that Ibrahim...

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August 10, 2019

Iran Foreign Ministry: Israel role in US-led Gulf coalition ‘clear threat’

Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Abbas Mousavi yesterday stressed that any Israeli role in a maritime alliance in the Gulf is a “clear threat” to Iran’s national security, stressing that...

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August 10, 2019

Iraq experts fear free economic zone with Kuwait

The economic agreements signed between Kuwait and Iraq have recently raised concerns among Iraqi experts, who warned against “political courtesy” at the expense of the country’s interests in relation...

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August 10, 2019

Morocco activists, politicians oppose ‘Frenchification’ of education system

A body of political, civil, human rights and Islamic activists has been formed to warn the Moroccan government that conflict over the recently-passed Education Reform Bill will intensify in...

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