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January 3, 2019

Israel has a new right-wing party

When two Israeli ministers from the Jewish Home Party announced that they were forming a new right-wing party, many analysts sought a definition that would encompass the description in...

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January 3, 2019

Iran FM ridicules US, Israel exit from UNESCO

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif mocked America and Israel’s decision to leave the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO). “The Trump regime – along with the...

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January 3, 2019

Israel halts construction of Palestinian facilities in Bethlehem

Israeli occupation authorities issued stop-work orders to Palestinians building homes and farming structures in the village of Nahalin in the west of Bethlehem, Quds Press reported yesterday. The Israeli...

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January 3, 2019

Egypt to discuss penalties for media

Egypt’s Supreme Council for Media Regulations will discuss the penalties which will be imposed on media organisations as part of the country’s media by-laws, the head of the department...

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January 3, 2019

Qatar approves setting up global data centre for Microsoft

The Qatari cabinet yesterday approved plans to set up a global data centre for Microsoft’s cloud platform Azure and took measures to draft a law to create a Media...

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January 3, 2019

Rights group: Over 30 people killed in clashes in north Syria

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said yesterday that more than 30 people were killed during clashes between the Al-Qaeda-linked Hayat Tahrir Al-Sham (HTS) and the Turkish-backed National Liberation...

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January 3, 2019

Tunisian teachers resume protests after winter break

Teachers in Tunisia resumed on Wednesday their protests after the winter break to demand an increase in financial benefits, as well as other professional demands and restructuring the education...

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January 3, 2019

For Shanahan, a very public debut in Trump’s cabinet

Patrick Shanahan was thrust into the spotlight during his debut as acting US defence secretary on Wednesday, sitting next to President Donald Trump as he publicly disparaged Shanahan’s predecessor,...

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January 3, 2019

Senior UAE official offers to help Qatar in FIFA World Cup

The General Secretary of Abu Dhabi Sports Council, Aref Al-Awani, expressed his country’s readiness to provide help in the 2022 FIFA World Cup, which would be hosted by Doha....

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January 3, 2019

Somalia expels top UN envoy

The Somali government has ordered the UN top envoy in the country to leave its territories, accusing him of interfering in national sovereignty. The decision came days after concerns...

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