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March 12, 2019

Egypt: 10.6m citizens took part in ‘family planning’ programmes

Over the past six months, 10.6 million Egyptian women have attended clinics on family planning, official data revealed yesterday. The government’s half-yearly report added that the workshops were part...

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March 12, 2019

Red Cross: Some 20,000 Iraqis could return from Syria in weeks

Around 20,000 Iraqis in Syria, including women and children who fled Daesh’s last enclave, are expected to be sent home in weeks under an agreement with Baghdad, a senior...

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March 12, 2019

Sudan’s Bashir welcomes University of Khartoum’s initiative on crisis

Sudanese President Omar Al-Bashir yesterday welcomed an initiative brokered by the country’s University of Khartoum (UofK), aiming at organising a “Policy and Dialogue Forum” on Sudan’s current crisis, official...

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March 12, 2019

Last Daesh enclave in eastern Syria pounded in US-backed assault

Daesh’s final enclave in eastern Syria was pounded with air strikes and artillery on Monday in a US-backed assault aimed at wiping out the last shred of its territorial...

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March 11, 2019

Morocco calls OIC member states to dialogue to overcome differences

Morocco called on Monday the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation member states to “leave the differences apart and work on resolving and overcoming them through dialogue.” This came during the...

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March 11, 2019

UN says 2018 deadliest year yet for Syrian children

Last year was the deadliest yet for children in Syria, with more than 1,100 killed by fighting, the United Nations said on Monday, with the bloody conflict about to...

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March 11, 2019

Italy’s Salvini urges La Scala to snub Saudi cash

Italy’s deputy prime minister, Matteo Salvini, urged Milan’s La Scala opera house on Monday to reject an offer from Saudi Arabia to pump funds into the theatre, says Reuters....

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March 11, 2019

Bouteflika: from revolutionary to ailing recluse

President Abdelaziz Bouteflika, a veteran of Algeria’s war for independence who has ruled for two decades, announced on Monday he had reversed his decision to seek a fifth term...

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March 11, 2019

Husband of Iranian human rights lawyer says she is sentenced to 38 years, 148 lashes

Nasrin Sotoudeh, an internationally renowned human rights lawyer jailed in Iran, was handed a new sentence on Monday which her husband said was 38 years in prison and 148...

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March 11, 2019

Iran’s Rouhani signs trade pacts in Iraq to help offset US sanctions

Iraq and Iran signed several preliminary trade deals on Monday, Iraqi officials said, as Iranian President Hassan Rouhani began his first visit seeking to bolster Tehran’s influence and expand...

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