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January 18, 2019

Egypt extends detention of Umm Zubeida 48 hours after approving release

Security authorities have extended the detention of an Egyptian mother jailed for spreading fake news, less than two days after approving her release from prison. Yesterday, Mona Mahmud Mohammad...

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January 18, 2019

WHO: 24.4 million in Yemen need humanitarian assistance

The World Health Organisation (WHO) said yesterday that 24.4 million Yemenis are in need of humanitarian assistance, 80 per cent of the country’s 28-million-strong population. Writing on Twitter, the...

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January 18, 2019

Poverty rate in Gaza exceeds 80%

The General Federation of Palestinian Trade Unions (PGFTU) warned yesterday that the poverty rate in the Gaza Strip has exceeded 80 per cent. The federation warned that both poverty...

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January 18, 2019

Bahrain detains 5,000 prisoners of conscience, group says

The Bahrain Centre for Dialogue and Tolerance says it has documented the arrest of more than 5,000 prisoners of conscience, as well as 200 victims of excessive use of...

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January 18, 2019

UN: Sudan, armed groups violate international sanctions

Chair of the UN Security Council’s Sudan Sanctions Committee, Joanna Wronecka, yesterday accused Sudan and armed groups in the Darfur region of violating the arms embargo imposed on the...

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January 18, 2019

Iraq is not serious about allowing displaced citizens to return, says UN

The Iraqi government has not fulfilled its promises of providing aid to displaced persons returning voluntarily, compensating them and rehabilitating their homes, a spokesman for the Office of the...

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January 18, 2019

Israel minister calls to expel international observers from Hebron

Israel’s Security Minister Gilad Erdan has called for international observers to be expelled from Hebron. Erdan yesterday sent a letter to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, demanding that he...

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January 18, 2019

Saudi Arabia bans Egyptian onion imports

The Saudi Arabian Ministry of Environment, Water and Agriculture has imposed a ban on the import of onions from Egypt. According to the Director-General of the Livestock Risk Assessment...

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January 18, 2019

‘There are no human rights in Egypt’

Khaled Hamdy was arrested on the 27 March 2014 from his home in Egypt. He had been working as a production manager for Egypt 25, a TV channel founded...
January 18, 2019

As US aid dries up, Palestinian infrastructure projects left unfinished

The White House “blocked an emergency effort” to finish major US-funded school, water and sewage projects in the occupied West Bank and Gaza Strip, reported NPR. One such project...

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