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November 7, 2017

Saudi: Anti-corruption drive will help boost development

A wide-ranging “anti-corruption” drive, which remains ongoing in Saudi Arabia, will boost sustainable development in the Kingdom, the Saudi Cabinet asserted today. On Saturday, Saudi authorities detained 11 princes,...

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November 7, 2017

UN: 100 refugees die in Mediterranean Sea in 4 days

Nearly 100 refugees have died in the Mediterranean Sea over the last four days, including 26 women from Nigeria, the UN said today. Thirty-four bodies have been recovered and...

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November 7, 2017

Israel soldiers assault, take ‘selfie’ with Palestinian detainees

Israeli soldiers assaulted Palestinian prisoners after raiding their homes, then took a “selfie” with them, the Palestinian Committee of Prisoners’ Affairs said in a statement yesterday. The organisation released...

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November 7, 2017

Jordan receives $2.8bn in remittances from abroad

Remittances from Jordanians living abroad has risen by 0.7 per cent during the period from January to September this year, the state-run Jordan News Agency (Petra) reported quoting figures released by the...

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November 7, 2017

Saudi freezes over 1,200 bank accounts

Saudi Arabian banks have frozen more than 1,200 accounts belonging to individuals and companies in the Kingdom as part of the government’s anti-corruption purge, bankers and lawyers said on...

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November 7, 2017

Syria plans to join Paris climate agreement, isolating US

Syria plans to join the 2015 Paris agreement for slowing global warming, isolating the United States as the only country opposed to the pact, delegates said at UN climate...

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November 7, 2017

Lebanon's Hariri visits UAE days after resigning as PM

Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Al-Hariri visited the United Arab Emirates today, his first trip outside Saudi Arabia, as regional tensions aggravated by his surprise resignation escalated into a domestic...

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November 7, 2017

5 migrants die at the hands of Libya coast guard

Five migrants, including a child, died yesterday as a result of the “violent, reckless… illegal” intervention by Libya’s coast guard who were attempting a rescue operation in international waters,...

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November 7, 2017

PA: We are keen to achieve reconciliation

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas met his Egyptian counterpart, Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi, yesterday in Egypt’s coastal city of Sharm El-Sheikh, WAFA news agency reported. The meeting is the first since the signing...

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November 7, 2017

UK MP apologises for lying about undisclosed meetings in Israel

A British minister has apologised after misleading the public about secret meetings she had with the Israeli government organised by an influential pro-Israeli lobby group in the UK. Secretary...

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