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October 28, 2018

16 Moroccan migrants die in the Mediterranean

Two children have drowned in the Mediterranean as hundreds of migrants were attempting to reach Spain from Morocco, Spanish Coastguard reported on Saturday. The coastguard authority added that another...

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October 28, 2018

Foreigners sold net $624m of Saudi stocks in week to October 25

Foreigners sold a net 2.34 billion riyals ($624 million) in the Saudi stock market in the week ending October 25, but the bourse was supported by local institutions which...

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October 28, 2018

MEMO hosts event to remember Jamal Khashoggi

The Middle East Monitor (MEMO), in association with Al Sharq Forum, is hosting an international memorial in honour of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi. The event will be held tomorrow...

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October 28, 2018

‘Turkey will not allow any terror corridor near border’

Turkey will not allow any entity or terror corridor that threatens the country’s unity or integrity, Defense Minister Hulusi Akar said on Sunday. “The formation of any entity that...

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October 28, 2018

Iraqi PM calls tighter security on border with Syria

Iraqi Prime Minister Adil Abdul-Mahdi on Sunday called for maintaining security along border with war-torn Syria. In a statement, Abdul-Mahdi said enforcing security along Iraqi-Syrian border will help maintain...

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October 28, 2018

Istanbul’s new airport ready to open

Phase one of Istanbul’s new airport with an annual capacity of 90 million passengers is ready for its official opening on Monday. The inauguration ceremony will take place on...

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October 28, 2018

Iraqi forces capture mastermind of Qayyarah bombing

Iraqi forces arrested the mastermind of a suicide bombing that killed six people in northern Iraq last week, according to an Iraqi police officer on Sunday. A car bomb...

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October 28, 2018

Palestine slams new settlement homes in Jerusalem

The Palestinian Foreign Ministry on Sunday condemned an Israeli plan to build 20,000 new settlement homes in a major settlement east of Jerusalem. “The settlement project aims at separating...

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October 28, 2018

Calls for Saudi arms embargo pit EU values against interests

Pressure is growing for the European Union to consider an arms embargo on Saudi Arabia after Germany, Austria and the European Parliament called for an end to weapons sales...

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October 28, 2018

Germany seeks common European response on Saudi arms sales over Khashoggi killing

Germany, which has pledged to suspend arms exports to Saudi Arabia over the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, said on Saturday it expects the European Union to adopt a...

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