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It’s official! ‘GoT’ to end after season 8

Beverly Hills - Arab Today

HBO has confirmed what “Game of Thrones” fans never wanted to hear: The fantasy-thriller phenomenon will be coming to an end after Season 8. Recently HBO renewed the series — adapted from George R.R. Martin’s novels — for a shortened seventh season consisting of seven episodes. The eighth season will bring the saga to a close. The number of episodesRead more

Freedom of navigation patrols might end in disaster

Beijing - Arab Today

Freedom of navigation patrols carried out by foreign navies in the South China Sea could end “in disaster,” a senior Chinese admiral has said, a warning to the United States after last week’s ruling against Beijing’s claims in the area. China has refused to recognize the ruling by an arbitration court in The Hague that invalidated its vast territorial claimsRead more

Obama wants to stop subsidizing Israel's defence industry

New York - Arab Today

US President Barack Obama is now looking to end this US subsidy of Israel's defense sector, according to US and Israeli officials, according to Bloomborg. They say the "offshore procurement" provision, unique to Israel's aid package, is one of the last obstacles to completing an agreement to extend aid until 2029. Obama would like to phase out the agreement thatRead more

EGX loses EGP 2.5bn; all indexes down

Cairo - MENA

The Egyptian Exchange (EGX) indices went collectively down at the end of Sunday's trading backed by share sales by Egyptian and Arab investors. The market capital lost about 2.5 billion pounds to reach EGP 404.4 billion, after transactions reached about EGP 250 million. The main benchmark EGX 30 index went down by 0.71 percent, reaching 7,563.5 points. The broader EGXRead more

Erekat announces end of bilateral meetings with Israeli officials

Ramllah - Arab Today

Israeli media sources on Tuesday reported that Secretary General of the PLO executive committee, Dr. Saeb Erekat, announced the end of bilateral meetings with the Israeli side. This decision reportedly came after Israel continuously refusing to commit to signed agreements, in addition to continuing to invasion and confiscation of Palestinian land, and rejecting the French intitiative to end Israeli occupationRead more

Arab League urges ending suffering of Palestinian prisoners in Israel

Cairo - Arab Today

The Arab League (AL) called on Thursday for an end to the suffering of Palestinian prisoners at Israeli jails. In a press statement on the occasion of the Palestinian Prisoners' Day, the pan-Arab body said the file of Palestinian and Arab prisoners at Israeli jails will remain a top priority. It urged the international community and NOGs to press IsraelRead more