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November 15, 2018

Erekat slams Czech FM visit to Jerusalem’s Old City

Secretary-General of the PLO Executive Committee Saeb Erekat yesterday criticised the visit of the Czech Foreign Minister Tomas Peteicek to the Old City of East Jerusalem, accompanied by Israeli...

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November 15, 2018

Iraq investigates $6m bank notes damaged due to rain

The Iraqi Parliament is investigating an incident in which heavy rain damaged nearly $6 million worth of local currency stored inside the central bank’s coffers in 2013. Central bank...

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November 15, 2018

Egypt exports down 12.2%, imports up slightly in August

Egyptian exports fell by 12.2 per cent to reach $1.98 billion in August compared to $2.26 billion in the same period last year, according to a report issued yesterday by the...

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November 15, 2018

Europe parliament calls for tougher checks on Saudi arms sales

The European Parliament said yesterday that governments should apply tougher checks on arms exports to Saudi Arabia and other countries involved in the kingdom’s coalition in Yemen. German EU...

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November 15, 2018

Secretary-General of Algeria’s ruling party resigns

The Secretary-General of Algeria’s ruling National Liberation Front (FLN) Djamel Ould Abbes resigned for “health reasons” yesterday, APS news agency reported an unnamed official source as saying. According to...

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November 15, 2018

UN warns of deteriorating capacity of Gaza's largest hospitals

The Humanitarian Coordinator for the occupied Palestinian territory, Jamie McGoldrick, visited Al-Shifa Hospital, Gaza’s largest hospital, and documented the suffering of medical staff and patients there. The hospital’s staff...

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November 15, 2018

Israel breaks truce only hours in, kills fisherman

The Israeli occupation forces have broken the cease-fire in the Gaza Strip hours after declaring it. Gunboats fired on Wednesday afternoon a Palestinian fisherman who was working in the...

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November 15, 2018

Mark Zuckerberg’s joining Israeli Facebook group raises a storm of questions

The founder and CEO of Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg, raised a storm of questions after joining an Israeli secret community on his well-known social media website. Israeli newspaper Jerusalem Post...

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November 15, 2018

Iran executes 'Sultan of Gold Coin' and his assistant

Iranian authorities carried out on Wednesday the execution of Wahid Mazloumin, known as “Sultan of Gold Coin,” and his assistant, Mohammed Esmaeil Qassemi. According to the Iranian news agency...

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November 15, 2018

Major companies boycott 'Misk Global Forum' in Riyadh

While facing the repercussions of Jamal Khashoggi’s assassination, Saudi Arabia is hosting a major youth forum for charities, which is one of Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman’s projects. Last...

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