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July 3, 2018

Egypt announces an ‘urgent plan’ for water security

Egypt will start implementing an “urgent plan” to develop the country’s water resources and achieve water security, the country’s Prime Minister, Mostafa Madbouli, announced today. Speaking to the Egyptian...

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July 3, 2018

Algeria, Tunisia consider joining Morocco in future World Cup bid

Algeria and Tunisia are considering joining Morocco in a joint North African bid to host the 2030 World Cup, government officials said. Morocco last month lost out to a joint North American...

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July 3, 2018

Iraq begins manual recount of votes from disputed election

Iraqi authorities began recounting votes on Tuesday from May’s disputed parliamentary election, officials said, a step towards forming a new government after weeks of delays. Counting started in the...

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July 3, 2018

War forces Yemen high school students to flee to capital to take exams

Fighting in a port city in Yemen has forced around 2,000 high school students to flee to the capital to sit exams, braving a six-hour journey along a mountain...

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July 3, 2018

PA: Israel law freezing funds ‘declaration of war’

The Palestinian Authority (PA) on Tuesday decried as a “declaration of war” an Israeli law penalizing the Ramallah-based authority over stipends paid to detainees in Israeli jails and families...

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July 3, 2018

Egypt’s Morsi spends 5th year in prison since coup

Egypt’s first democratically elected president Mohamed Morsi spends his fifth year behind bars since he was ousted by the military in a coup in 2013. He was tried in...

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July 3, 2018

What use is UNHRC agenda item 7 if it is manipulated to serve Israeli interests?

Yesterday’s debate at the UN Human Rights Council exposed how options for Palestinians are being depleted. Other than recurring statements from countries and non-governmental organisations about Israeli violence and...

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July 3, 2018

Somalia’s terror group bans ‘harmful’ plastic bags

Somalia’s Al-Qaeda affiliate Al-Shabaab has placed a ban on the use of plastic bags over harm posed to the environment, the Independent reported today. Al-Shabaab-run Radio Andalus broadcasted the...

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July 3, 2018

Egypt novelist criticises BBC for ‘defaming Sisi’

Egypt’s incumbent President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi is much better than the his ousted predecessor, Hosni Mubarak, as well as assassinated president, Mohamed Anwar Sadat, Egyptian feminist writer, Nawal El-Saadawi,...

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July 3, 2018

NGO: UN should force member states to fund UNRWA

Donors to the Palestinian refugee agency UNRWA are attempting to discourage the organisation from providing crucial services to needy Palestinians in the wake of funding cuts, according to the...

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