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July 23, 2019

Egypt’s Sisi calls on citizens ‘to tolerate economic reform implications’

All Egyptians must be more tolerant and patient until Egypt’s economy improves under the national reform programme, the country’s president, Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi, said yesterday. “The government had no...

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July 23, 2019

Tunisia president reimerges in public amid controversy over his health condition

For the first time in more than two weeks, President Beji Caid Essebsi has reappeared in a video posted by the Tunisian presidency on Monday, during a routine meeting...

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July 23, 2019

Non-Aligned Movement calls for lifting unilateral economic sanctions

The Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) called for the lifting of unilateral economic sanctions, Sunday. This came in a statement adopted at a ministerial meeting in Caracas, in which the speakers...

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July 22, 2019

UK: Foreign secretary accuses Iran of ‘state piracy’

Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt on Monday accused Iran of state piracy for illegally detaining a British ship in the Persian Gulf, urging it to release the vessel and its...

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July 22, 2019

Turkey seizes $271m in counterfeit US currency

Turkish authorities confiscated about $271 million in fake US $100 banknotes in a raid on an Istanbul printing press – the country’s biggest counterfeit currency seizure in recent years,...

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July 22, 2019

Al-Araqeeb demolished by Israeli forces for 147th time

Israeli authorities demolished the Palestinian Bedouin village of Al-Araqeeb for the 147th time on Monday, reported Arab 48. Israeli state forces and officials equipped with bulldozers moved in during...

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July 22, 2019

Oil prices rise more than 1% after Iran seizes British tanker

Oil prices rose more than 1% on Monday, as investors worried about possible supply disruptions in the energy-rich Middle East after Iran’s seizure of a British tanker last week,...

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July 22, 2019

Istanbul gives Syrians one month to return to provinces in which they are registered

Authorities in Istanbul set a four-week deadline on Monday for Syrians living without approval in Turkey’s largest city to return to provinces where they are registered or face forced...

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July 22, 2019

Israeli court acquits settler who justified killing soldiers evicting settlements

A Jewish Israeli resident of notorious West Bank settlement Yitzhar has been acquitted from charges of incitement, despite justifying the killing of Israeli soldiers. According to Haaretz, the settler...

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July 22, 2019

The PLO Committee for Interaction with Israeli Society normalises links under official cover

While political relations between Palestine and Israel have officially been non-existent since the cessation of negotiations in April 2014, Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas continues to hold periodic meetings...

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