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June 12, 2018

Saudi: Large fines, jail terms for abuser of southern tribes

Saudi Arabia’s Attorney General has ordered that anyone found abusing tribes in the south of the country be prosecuted and face up to five years in jail along with...

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June 11, 2018

Egypt to announce higher electricity prices on Tuesday

Egypt will announce new electricity prices on Tuesday, state news agency MENA reported on Monday, as part of subsidy cuts tied to the country’s $12 billion IMF loan programme. The...

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June 11, 2018

Sadr rejects election rerun, warns of civil war after ballots burned

Iraqi cleric, Muqtada al-Sadr, whose coalition won the largest number of seats in the country’s recent parliamentary elections, has rejected calls for an election rerun, warning Iraqis about breaking...

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June 11, 2018

China’s Xi backs nuclear deal in talks with Iran leader

President Donald Trump announced last month the US was withdrawing from the 2015 nuclear deal and re-imposing sanctions that would hit international businesses working in the Islamic republic. The...

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June 11, 2018

Saudi arrests women’s rights activist Mayya Al-Zahrani

Saudi authorities arrested human rights activist Mayya Al-Zahrani hours after she expressed her shock at the arrest of fellow female activist, Nouf Abdulaziz Al-Jerawi on social media. Saudi human...

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June 11, 2018

Gulf states pledge $2.5bn aid to Jordan

Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and the United Arab Emirates pledged $2.5 billion of aid to Jordan today, a joint statement from the Gulf states said, following austerity measures that have...

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June 11, 2018

On the political and cultural lessons of the Jordanian popular movement

The Jordanian popular movement ended a few days after it began, with many gains and very few losses. It recorded many lessons that the Arab governments and people can...

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June 11, 2018

Spain offers to take in migrant boat refused by Italy, Malta

Spain today offered to take in a rescue ship that is drifting in the Mediterranean sea with 629 migrants stranded on board after Italy and Malta refused to let...

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June 11, 2018

Qatar takes UAE to International Court of Justice

Qatar has taken the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to the UN International Court of Justice over human rights violations off the back of the Gulf Crisis, Al Jazeera reported...

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June 11, 2018

Israel admits to killing Palestinian man throwing stones

Israeli occupation forces have admitted to killing a Palestinian man who soldiers accuse of throwing stones in Nabi Saleh, northwest of occupied Ramallah. The incident, denounced on social media...

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