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October 5, 2018

Report: Breast cancer ‘most widely spread’ type of cancer in Palestine

The Ministry of Health said yesterday that breast cancer remains the most common and widely spread type of cancer in Palestine. Marking Breast Cancer Awareness Month, the ministry said...

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October 5, 2018

Iraq reduces winter crop area by 55% due water shortage

The Iraqi Ministry of Agriculture yesterday announced that the winter crop area will be reduced by 55 per cent due to lack of irrigation water. “The agricultural plan for...

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October 5, 2018

Bahrain to receive $10bn aid package from Gulf States

Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) have signed an agreement to provide Bahrain with a $10 billion aid package to execute a reform programme to support...

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October 5, 2018

Official: More than 75% of cancer medicines unavailable in Gaza Strip

Some 70 per cent of medicines for chronic diseases and 75 per cent of those for cancer treatment and blood diseases are not available in the besieged Gaza Strip,...

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October 5, 2018

Israel to close UNRWA schools in Jerusalem to end refugee ‘lie’

Israeli Mayor of Jerusalem, Nir Barkat, yesterday announced that he plans to remove the United Nations’ agency for Palestinian refugees from occupied East Jerusalem, accusing it of “operating illegally...

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October 5, 2018

Worker dies after setting himself alight in Jordan

An employee in Jordan’s northern city of Irbid yesterday died after setting himself on fire, Al-Ghad daily reported. The 30-year-old Jordanian who was an employee at the Greater Irbid Municipality’s Environmental...

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October 5, 2018

Merkel: Germany ‘making efforts’ to reach calm in Gaza

German Chancellor Angela Merkel said yesterday that Germany is “making efforts” to reach a truce between Israel and the Gaza Strip. Merkel made the remarks as she received an...

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October 5, 2018

Remembering Algeria’s Black October

On this day in 1988, young people in the Algerian capital of Algiers took to the streets to protest high unemployment, rising prices and political autocracy. In the days...

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October 5, 2018

US counterterrorism strategy puts new focus on Iran and proxies

The Trump administration is giving greater priority to Iran and radical groups it backs in a new US counterterrorism strategy document released on Thursday that further increases the pressure...

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October 5, 2018

Worker sets himself on fire in Jordan

An employee in Jordan’s northern city of Irbid yesterday died of injuries after he had set himself on fire, Al-Ghad daily has reported. The 30-year-old Jordanian suicider, who was...

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