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January 3, 2018

Sudan seeks to establish new railway link to Ethiopia and South Sudan

Sudanese President Omar Al-Bashir inaugurated a new train line linking Khartoum to the city of Wad Madani...

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January 3, 2018

German academy launches project to document Arab and Islamic heritage

The Saxon Academy of Sciences in Leipzig, Germany has launched a digital platform to document millions of books and manuscripts from the Arab and Islamic world, Al-Jazeera reported today. The...

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January 3, 2018

Former finance minister acquitted of Saudi corruption charges

Saudi Arabia’s former Finance Minister Ibrahim Al-Assaf has been acquitted of corruption charges and attended the year’s first Cabinet meeting in Riyadh on Tuesday. Images of Al-Assaf at the...

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January 3, 2018

Syrian opposition delegation meets foreign minister in Cairo

Egypt’s Foreign Minister, Sameh Shoukri, received a delegation from the Syrian opposition High Negotiations Committee in Cairo on Tuesday. The Syrian group was headed by Dr Nasr Hariri and...

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January 3, 2018

Union calls on Tunisian government to tackle Security Force issues

The union for National Guard employees has called on the Tunisian government, including the Prime Minister and the Minister of the Interior, to tackle issues relating to the Internal...

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January 3, 2018

Use of force against Gaza does not bring tranquillity, says Livni

Former Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni said on Tuesday that the use of force against the Gaza Strip “does not bring tranquillity,” Al-Resalah has reported. Livni made her comments...

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January 3, 2018

Palestinian-French prisoner punished by Israel for interview with journalist

Palestinian-French human rights defender Salah Hamouri has been punished by the Israeli authorities after conducting an interview with a French journalist. According to prisoners’ rights group Addameer, for whom...

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January 3, 2018

Rights group warns of medicine shortage in Gaza hospitals

The Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR) has said it is “deeply concerned” over what it describes as “the severe lack of medicines and medical consumables” in hospitals in...

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January 3, 2018

Tunisia removes immunity of former Interior Minister Najem Gharsalli

The Supreme Judicial Council of Tunisia, an independent constitutional institution, lifted the judicial immunity of the former Minister of Interior and Judge Mohamed Najem Gharsalli on Tuesday, Anadolu has...

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January 3, 2018

Israel ‘confiscates’ money from Palestinians in occupied West Bank and Jerusalem

Israel’s occupation forces have “confiscated” thousands of Israeli Shekels from Palestinians in several cities across the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem, Felesteen.ps reported on Tuesday. The money was...

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