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May 31, 2018

Telecom Egypt borrows $200m from China

Egypt’s government-run Telecom Egypt (TE) yesterday announced that it had signed a $200 million financing agreement with a number of Chinese financial institutions, including the Bank of China and...

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May 31, 2018

Bahrain to offer 10-year residency visa to foreign investors

Bahrain is to issue renewable ten-year residency permits to foreign investors in an effort to attract business and encourage economic growth. “Bahrain’s Crown Prince Salman Bin Hamad Al Khalifa...

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May 31, 2018

Down with the government: Jordan protests new tax law

Thousands of Jordanians demonstrated in Amman yesterday calling for the withdrawal of a new income tax bill, with unions warning that if legislators do not reconsider the bill a...

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May 31, 2018

Saudi-UAE-Kurdish military meeting in northern Syria

Saudi, Emirati and Jordanian military officials visited an international coalition military base in the Kurdish Syrian region of Kobani yesterday, according to local sources. Al Jazeera reported that the...

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May 31, 2018

Egypt’s foreign debts reach $82bn

Egypt’s foreign debt rose by 23 per cent in 2017 to $82.9 billion, the Central Bank of Egypt (CBE) announced yesterday. Egypt has expanded borrowing from foreign countries due...

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May 31, 2018

UAE-backed commander killed in Yemen

Yemeni sources announced the killing of Hud Saleh Al-Marimi, a commander of the UAE-backed Security Belt Forces, who was shot by an unknown source in the Abyan province in...

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May 31, 2018

Swedish Freedom Flotilla: ‘The people of Gaza need us to act’

On Tuesday 15 May, three Swedish boats met in the Danish Straits near Copenhagen to start a voyage that would take them across channels and seas all the way...
May 30, 2018

Israel approves construction of 261 settlement units in Hebron

An Israeli committee has approved the construction of 261 settlement units on Palestinian land in occupied Hebron. The Planning Committee today approved a plan to build 102 settlement units...

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May 30, 2018

A message to President Mahmoud Abbas

I would like to first congratulate you, your people, and myself on your safety and recovery from the health problems that ailed you recently. I would like to take...

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May 30, 2018

Shakira cancels Israel concert after pressure from BDS

Columbian star Shakira will not be performing in Tel Aviv this year following pressure from activists who support the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement. The Palestinian Campaign for the...

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