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August 27, 2018

Ethiopia continues to pressure Riyadh to release Saudi-Ethiopian tycoon

Ethiopia will continue to pressure the Saudi Arabian government to release the Ethiopian-born Saudi billionaire Mohammed Hussein Al-Amoudi, Reuters reported yesterday quoting the Ethiopian Prime Minister, Abe Ahmed. In May,...

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August 27, 2018

UAE purchases world’s largest rocket launcher from Turkey

Turkey’s weapons manufacturer and defence contractor, Roketsan, has developed the world’s most potent artillery, dubbed “Jobaria” at the request of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), local Turkish media reported...

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August 26, 2018

Turkey’s Erdogan says will bring safety and peace to Syria, Iraq

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan vowed on Sunday to bring peace and safety to Iraq and areas in Syria not under Turkish control and said terrorist organisations in those areas...

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August 26, 2018

Israel arrests 7 Palestinians in Jerusalem, including 15-year-old girl

Israeli police rounded up seven Palestinians, including a girl, in occupied East Jerusalem on Sunday, according to a local NGO. Police forces raided a number of houses in the...

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August 26, 2018

Gaza-Egypt pedestrian crossing to open today

The sole crossing point from Egypt to the Gaza Strip will be opened on Sunday, border authorities said yesterday. The Rafah border crossing is the only window to the world for people...

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August 26, 2018

Ethiopia: PM blames contractor for delay in dam

Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed on Saturday blamed a military-based local contractor for the delay in construction of a multi-billion dollar dam project on the Nile. “We have not even...

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August 26, 2018

PLO slams US aid cuts to Palestine

The umbrella Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) has slammed a US decision to cut more than $200 million in aid to the Palestinians. “This is flagrant declaration that the real...

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August 26, 2018

Prominent Iranian human rights lawyer announces hunger strike in prison

Jailed Iranian human rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh began a hunger strike in prison on Saturday, she announced in a note posted on her husband’s Facebook page. Sotoudeh said she was launching her protest...

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August 26, 2018

Strong earthquake hits northwest Iran, killing 2 and wounding 241

A magnitude 5.9 earthquake struck near the Iranian city of Kermanshah, killing two and wounding 241, the Tasnim news agency reported on Sunday. The majority of the casualties were...

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August 26, 2018

Iran awaiting European guarantees on oil sales, banking

Iran awaiting European guarantees on the sale of Iranian oil and banking relations, Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said on Saturday, according to reports by the Iranian Students’ News...

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