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January 7, 2018

Egypt's Coptic Christians celebrate Christmas amid tight security

The celebrations were held in the new Egyptian capital, 28 miles from Cairo...

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January 7, 2018

Arab League to lobby UN to recognise Palestinian state

Arab states will soon embark on a diplomatic drive to persuade the United Nations to recognise a Palestinian state with East Jerusalem as its capital on territory captured by...

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January 7, 2018

Israel supports gradual funding cut to UN agency for Palestinians

Israel supports a cut in US funding for a UN agency that provides aid to Palestinian refugees – a possibility raised by President Donald Trump – but prefers it...

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January 7, 2018

Italy's coast guard says eight migrants died at sea

The Italian coast guard recovered the bodies of eight people as it rescued a further 84 from a dinghy that ran into trouble off Libya’s coast, it said on...

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January 7, 2018

Sudanese police scatter protest sparked by bread price hike

Sudanese police fired teargas on Saturday to disperse some 400 demonstrators who marched through the city of Sennar to protest against a hike in bread prices, eyewitnesses told Reuters....

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January 7, 2018

Palestinians attack car of Greek Patriarch in protest against land deals

Palestinian Christians on Saturday pummelled the car of the Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Jerusalem during a visit to the occupied West Bank in protest against the church’s decision to...

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January 7, 2018

Egypt orders detention of four men over hot air balloon crash

The public prosecutor in the southern Egyptian city of Luxor ordered the detention of four men pending an investigation into a hot air balloon crash that killed a South...

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January 7, 2018

Germany, Turkey pledge to thaw ties that coup crackdown froze

Germany and Turkey’s foreign ministers on Saturday agreed to pull out all the stops to improve ties that have soured due to disputes over Ankara’s post-coup crackdown and the...

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January 7, 2018

Sudan closes border with Eritrea

Sudan has closed its border with Eritrea a week after Sudan’s President Omar al-Bashir announced a six-month state of emergency in the regions of Kassala and North Kurdufan, Reuters...

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January 7, 2018

Watchdog group calls on Saudi Arabia to release local journalist

The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has called on Saudi Arabia to release a local journalist who was reportedly arrested this week after criticising the government. Saudi activists and...

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