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October 1, 2018

Saudi Arabia: Budget deficit of $34.1bn in 2019

Saudi Finance Minister Mohammed Al Jadaan said yesterday that the Kingdom is expected to run a budget deficit of 128 billion riyals ($34.1 billion) in 2019. Al Jadaan made...

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October 1, 2018

US court suspends Arizona anti-BDS law

A US federal court in Arizona on Thursday suspended a state-sponsored law requiring contractors wishing to work with the state not to participate in the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions...

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October 1, 2018

Israel fines, releases French-Palestinian

Israeli occupation authorities yesterday released and then rearrested French-Palestinian Salah Hamouri and ordered him to pay a fine worth 3,000 shekels ($800) and sign a statement agreeing never to...

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October 1, 2018

Palestine: Read all about it… but not in the mainstream media

This time of year is always a period of personal retrospection for me, ending in trips down memory lane. It was, for example, when I became a cub reporter...

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October 1, 2018

Hugo Chavez Hospital to open next month in West Bank

Palestinian Authority (PA) Health Minister Jawad Awwad yesterday announced that Hugo Chavez Ophthalmic Hospital is to open its doors for patients next month, the Safa news agency reported. Located...

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October 1, 2018

Official: Sudan keen to strengthen relations with Turkey

Sudan is keen on developing robust political and economic relations with Turkey, Sudanese Vice President Ibrahim Al-Senoussi announced yesterday. Al-Senoussi’s remarks came during a meeting with a delegation from...

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October 1, 2018

Saudi Crown Prince arrives in Kuwait for talks

Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman arrived in Kuwait on Sunday, state media reported, amid expectation that he will discuss oil supplies and a Kuwaiti mediation effort to resolve...

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October 1, 2018

Miss Iraq: They threatened to kill me

Iraqi fashion model and media activist, Shaimaa Qasem, yesterday said that she had received “death threats.” Qasem, who held the title of Miss Iraq in 2015, posted a short...

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October 1, 2018

Main Iraqi Kurdish party says it may reject regional election result

One of the dominant Kurdish parties in northern Iraq said it might not recognise the results of Sunday’s parliamentary election and then appeared to backtrack, injecting uncertainty into a...

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October 1, 2018

Iran sentences three to death in drive against economic crimes

Special courts set up in a drive against financial crime have sentenced three people to death in Iran, state television reported on Sunday, as the country faces renewed US...

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