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Senior Iranian official called yesterday for Saudi Arabia to take action to stop the declining oil prices to help maintain the wealth of the people of both countries. The...
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Hamas yesterday expressed its regret that the latest visit by ministers of the unity government to the Gaza Strip did not help in lifting the siege, Quds Press newspaper...
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Israel's foreign minister has attacked the European Union's policy towards his country, saying it "encourages the manifestation of anti-Semitism." Speaking at a meeting of Israeli ambassadors to European countries...
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The Egyptian Criminal Court in Al-Mansoura has sentenced 20 Egyptian students to lengthy jail terms on charges related to anti-coup activities. Details of the exact charges were not provided...
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The Algerian attorney general announced on Sunday that former presidential candidate Said Sadi will be investigated for libel against three national figures, including the country's first president, Ahmed Ben...
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Morocco Prime Minister Abdelilah Benkirane said yesterday that he does not want to do anything that might affect Rabat's relations with the UAE, the Anadolu Agency reported. During a...
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A delegation from football governing body FIFA arrived in the Gaza Strip on Monday after being blocked by Israeli authorities for hours, a Palestinian football official has said. "The...
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Senior Hamas leader Mousa Abu Marzouk said on Sunday that his movement condemns the killing of a Palestinian youth on the Gaza-Sinai border by Egyptian troops. The death took...
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Official data showed that approximately 52 per cent of the Palestinian Authority (PA)'s budget over the last 11 months was spent on the salaries of public sector workers, compared...
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Israeli president, Reuven Rivlin, has said that social and economic gaps in Israel have reached unprecedented levels, warning that if such gulfs continue to widen they will lead to...
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Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmoud Abbas stressed yesterday that he is going to apply for the UNSC to recognise a Palestinian State on the 1967 borders again and again,...
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Egypt's State Council has received a lawsuit demanding the Minister of Higher Education Dr Al-Sayed Abdul Khaliq form a committee which includes members of the Supreme Council of Universities-Egypt...
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The president of the European branch of the Turkish-Islamic Union, Ihsan Oner, has called on European governments to take action against the growing attacks against immigrants and Muslims in...
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Iran "does not compromise on its principles, but it negotiates to achieve its interests", President Hassan Rouhani said yesterday. In a speech before the Conference of National Economy in...
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A senior Israeli military commander has questioned the possibility of deterring the Palestinian resistance factions in the Gaza Strip, saying that talking about discouraging Hamas is nothing more than...
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Egypt's Coptic Orthodox Church on Monday rejected an invitation from the head of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) to visit Jerusalem. "Our position is clear on this issue:...
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Sunday that Israel "will not sit idly by" as the Palestinian Authority (PA) has chosen confrontation with Israel by joining the International Criminal...
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Egypt's April 6 youth movement has called on all parties that participated in the 2011 uprising which toppled long-serving president Hosni Mubarak to "rise above partisan interests and unite...
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Chief Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erekat on Saturday described as "piracy" an Israeli decision to stop the transfer of Palestinian tax revenues collected on behalf of the Palestinian Authority. "We...
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Egypt's Interior Ministry on Saturday denied that an arrest warrant had been issued for human rights lawyer Amal Clooney or that she was barred from entering the country over...
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The number of Israelis who renounced their citizenship rose by 60 per cent in 2014, compared to 2013, according to figures collected by the Israeli authorities. In 2014, 765...
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Workers of public hospitals in the Gaza Strip went on strike Sunday to protest that their demands are not being fulfilled by the Palestinian unity government. "Medical staff in...
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Israeli forces injured a total of 1,190 Palestinian children in the West Bank during 2014, according to a UN agency report. The figure, contained within a weekly briefing covering...
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Egypt's Foreign Minister Sameh Shokri may visit Morocco in a bid to end the diplomatic crisis between the two countries. Speaking to Anadolu News Agency on Friday, an anonymous...
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The chairman of Iran's Expediency Council, Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, has criticised "extremism and division" in the country, the official IRNA news agency reported on Friday. "Lying, oppression and detention...
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Credible sources in Egypt have claimed that at least 10 new governors to be appointed by the government have asked to be relieved of the posts even before they...
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The Palestinian Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) has denied having any contact with former Fatah official Mohamed Dahlan. Local newspaper reports reported that Hamas nevertheless stressed the importance of any...
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Thirteen Egyptian workers were reportedly abducted in Libya's coastal city of Sirte on Saturday – purportedly by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) militant group –...
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The Municipality of Jerusalem has forced a Palestinian to demolish his own home in Sour Baher neighbourhood in the occupied city, Qudsnet has reported. The Israeli-run authority claimed that...
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Media reports claim that the so-called Islamic State (ISIS) has blocked efforts by Muslims to celebrate the birthday of Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him). In Iraq, the Muslim...
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Egyptian border troops shot and killed a Palestinian youth on Friday. According to Reuters, Palestinian and Egyptian sources said that he was trying to cross the border from the...
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Iranian Foreign Ministry rejects reports that Tehran and Washington have agreed on shipping Iranian uranium to Russia Iran's foreign ministry denied on Saturday media reports that claim Tehran and...