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February 3, 2018

Power struggle inside Egyptian intelligence agency favours Al-Sisi

The new Chief of Egypt’s Intelligence Agency, Abbas Kamel, has ousted seven senior officials fearing that they would work to undermine the efforts of President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi to...

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February 3, 2018

Iran arrests 29 women for headscarf protest

The Iranian authorities arrested 29 women on Friday for removing their headscarves in public in protest at the law which obliges them to keep their heads covered, Arabi21.com has...

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February 3, 2018

Egyptian army destroys tunnel under Gaza border

The Egyptian army announced on Friday the destruction of a tunnel under the Gaza border, Anadolu has reported. A spokesman said that explosive devices in three warehouses as well...

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February 3, 2018

‘Abbas did not reject talks based on two-state solution’

The Palestinian Authority insisted on Friday that President Mahmoud Abbas has never rejected any talks based on the principle of a two-state solution, agencies have reported. The comment was...

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February 3, 2018

After extracting billions from ‘corruption’ cases, Saudis ‘increase royal family allowances by 50%’

Saudi Arabia has raised some royal family allowances after extracting billions of dollars from princes, businessmen and officials held on corruption charges, apparently reliable sources have told Bloomberg. Two...

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February 3, 2018

‘It makes no sense’: an Irish mother’s fight to return her 3 abducted children from Algeria

On a summer’s evening in July 2015, three young children were taken by their father from Ireland to Algeria while their mother waited for them at home. Kamel Fekkar...
February 3, 2018

Do British courts really need to protect the world’s most corrupt industry?

The global arms trade is said to be the most corrupt business sector on the planet, responsible for almost 40 per cent of all dodgy dealings. The estimated statistics...

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February 3, 2018

Unofficial summit discusses handover of government in Gaza

A high-profile unofficial summit has been held in Brussels to discuss the handover of the Palestinian government in the besieged Gaza Strip, Wafa reported on Friday. According to the...

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February 3, 2018

Boycott election, Coalition tells Egyptians as candidates withdraw or are blocked

In the absence of any strong opposition candidate, the upcoming presidential election in Egypt seems closer to being a formality for incumbent Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi. This feeling is strengthened...

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February 3, 2018

Ghannouchi’s absence during French presidential visit to Tunisia ‘not a negative message’

Ennahda Movement officials and political analysts in Tunisia have dismissed claims that the fact that Shaikh Rached Ghannouchi did not meet French President Emmanuel Macron during his visit to...

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