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February 12, 2018

Egypt: $2.6bn remittances received from expats in December

Egypt’s Central Bank (CBE) said yesterday that the volume of remittances from Egyptians working abroad increased by 29.3 per cent year-on-year to reach $2.6 billion in December last year....

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February 12, 2018

Foreign militants need to face justice in home nations insists US

The question of how to deal with captured foreign fighters attracted wide attention last week with the capture of two British fighters by the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) –...

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February 12, 2018

Syria regime kills 6 civilians in new attack on Eastern Ghouta

Syrian regime warplanes killed six civilians, including two children and a woman, in a new attack on eastern Ghouta near the capital Damascus. Sources in the Syrian Civil Defence...

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February 12, 2018

New governor appointed for Yemen’s Central Bank

Yemen’s internationally recognised President Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi appointed former finance minister Mohammed Mansour Zammam as governor of the Central Bank, the state-run SABA News Agency reported yesterday. The...

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February 12, 2018

Yemen’s Hadi warns of violent clashes in Aden

Yemeni President Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi described the recent violent clashes in the province of Aden as “a warning bell for the Arab coalition and the Yemeni people”. “This...

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February 12, 2018

Sudan reappoints Salah Gosh as chief of intelligence

Sudanese President Omar Al-Bashir yesterday reappointed Sunday Salah Abdallah Mohamed Saleh, also known as Salah Gosh, as head of the National Intelligence and Security Service (NISS). Leader of the...

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February 12, 2018

India pledges $41m in aid for Palestinians during PM visit

Indian Prime Minister Narenda Modi pledged $41 million of aid to the Palestinians during a meeting with President Mahmoud Abbas on Saturday, according to the Associated Press. Modi’s visit...

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February 12, 2018

Iraqi dissident’s arrest sparks electrifying solidarity in response

Iraq’s southern province of Muthanna has been up in arms over the arrest of local celebrity dissident Basim Khazaal Khashan last Wednesday. An electrifying display of solidarity spilled onto...

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February 12, 2018

Egypt debt to UAE oil company drops to $228m

Egypt has paid $164 million to the UAE-based Dana Gas reducing its debt to the company to $228 million, a statement on the organisation’s website said yesterday. The funds...

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February 12, 2018

Kashmir from Nehru to Modi; what’s changed?

Generations of Kashmir’s people have waited in vain for an end to India’s brutal military occupation and to celebrate their independence and freedom. Alas, seven decades have passed and...

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