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January 21, 2019

Popular petition to parliament calls for Sudan’s Bashir to step down

Demonstrators took to the streets of Sudan again with the intention of submitting a popular petition to parliament calling for President Omar Al-Bashir to step down. In the city...

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January 21, 2019

Winter hits already struggling Gaza refugees

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January 21, 2019

Egypt to relocate 51,000 govt workers to new administrative capital

Egypt is planning to relocate some 51,000 government employees to the New Administrative Capital (NAC) starting next year, according to draft plans seen by Al-Masy Al-Youm. State employees from...

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January 21, 2019

UN: Number of Saudi asylum seekers triples in five years

The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR ) said the number of Saudi asylum seekers has increased by 318 per cent in 2017 compared with...

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January 21, 2019

Bashir allows Israel’s Netanyahu to fly over South Sudan

In an unprecedented move, Sudanese President Omar Al-Bashir allowed Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to fly over South Sudan. Sudan – whose aviation authorities control South Sudan’s airspace –...

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January 21, 2019

Egypt: TV presenter jailed for interviewing gay man

Egyptian media reported that TV presenter Mohamed El Ghatit was sentenced to one year in prison and fined 3,000 Egyptian pounds ($167) after he hosted a gay man on...

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January 21, 2019

Israel downs missiles fired from Syria

Israel announced on Sunday that its Iron Dome defence system had intercepted missiles fired from Syria following an Israeli attack on Damascus Airport, Arab48.com has reported. A senior Israeli...

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January 21, 2019

Lieberman starts electoral campaign by pledging to fight Hamas

Former Israeli defence minister Avigdor Lieberman yesterday launched his party’s electoral campaign with a pledge to fight – and not surrender to – Hamas, Quds Press reported. In a...

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January 21, 2019

Report: 23 detainees killed in UAE-run prisons in Yemen

Al-Khaleej Online reported that it had obtained a document revealing that as many as 23 Yemeni detainees had been executed in secret prisons run by the UAE in the...

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January 21, 2019

Lebanon takes a stand on Saudi-led blockade of Qatar

After maintaining a neutral stance on the Saudi-led blockade of Qatar, Lebanon’s position has edged towards the tiny Gulf State. The blockade has been in place since June 2017,...

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