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Sudan: Doctors Continue Nationwide Strike Across All Hospitals

by Mustafa Sirri | Oct 8, 2016 | Middle East

Doctors working in Sudan’s government hospitals are on strike for the second day running. They are demanding better working environments, the provision of proper equipment and protection from repeated attacks on them in hospitals and health centres. The Central...

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A Eurostar train waits at St Pancras international station in London, Britain August 10, 2016. REUTERS/Neil Hall

British Eurostar Staff to Strike for Seven Days in August, Says UK Union

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Aug 10, 2016 | World

British workers on Eurostar trains that run across the English Channel will strike for seven days in August, including a bank holiday weekend, in a dispute over work-life balance, said the Rail, Maritime and Transport Union (RMT). 55 members of the RMT union will walk...

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Pro-Yemeni government fighters gather in a desert area ahead of an offensive against al-Qaeda-held southern towns, in the eastern province of Shabwa, Yemen, 22 February 2016.EPA/STRINGER

US Strikes Kill at Least 50 at Al Qaeda Yemen Camp

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Mar 23, 2016 | Latest News, Middle East

The US military struck an al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) training camp located in the mountains of Southern Yemen killing at least 50 militants, medics and a local official said on Wednesday. On 5 March, an al-Shabaab terrorist camp in Somalia was attacked...

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A cargo ship at the port of the Libyan capital Tripoli. File photo. Image by: AFP PHOTO/MAHMUD TURKIA

Libyan state oil company suspends contracts due to strike

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Aug 20, 2013 | Business

Tripoli, Asharq AL-Awsat—Libya was forced to suspend contractual obligations by declaring a state of force majeure on some of the oil exports on Sunday. It also admitted disruptions which have lasted for a number of weeks, which reduced exports to their lowest level...

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Tunisians shout slogans in front of the interior ministry headquarters following the assassination of leading opposition figure Mohamed Brahmi on July 25, 2013 in Tunis. (AFP/Khalil)

Tunisia: Tensions escalate on opposition leader’s assassination

by Monji Saidani | Jul 26, 2013 | Middle East

Tunis, Asharq Al-Awsat—Opposition leader Mohammed Brahmi, a member of Tunisia’s Constituent Assembly, was assassinated on Thursday, further escalating tensions in the birthplace of the Arab Spring. According to initial information, Brahmi was shot 11 times outside of...