Arab News - 2017-12-27

• Syrian opposition rejects Russian-sponsored talks
• Arab women’s rights take big leap forward in 2017
• Kurdish government accepts Baghdad’s conditions to end dispute
• Vision expands as Saudi cinemas reopen in 2018
• ‘Roads of Arabia’ exhibition makes its way to Japan
• Saudi Arabia to cut reliance on foreign workers in jewelry sector
• Prized pigeons are big attraction at Madinah market
• Tourists to get refund on VAT paid in KSA
• Women may have more rights ‘but female freedoms are going backward’
• Cairo wants World Bank to help break impasse on Ethiopia dam
• Israeli court extends detention of Palestinia­n teen icon
• Turkey to restore Sudanese Red Sea port and build naval dock Deal with Sudan marks Turkey’s latest Africa move Suakin to serve as a transit point for Hajj pilgrims
• Tunisian schoolgirl­s rebel against having to wear uniform
• Blocked from Europe, migrants settle in Morocco
• Serbia extradites Kurdish activist to Turkey despite UN warning
• Eastern Libya to stage conference in March to rebuild Benghazi
• China, Pakistan, Afghanista­n ask Taliban to join peace process
• Firms involved in deadly Davao mall fire face sanctions
• Short-term gains, long-term hazards
• Can economics make people happy again?
• Catalonia: How not to deal with a separatist movement
• Egypt’s economy is a special case
• Why replacing the US as a peace broker will not work
• Protecting the rights of Saudis with disabiliti­es
• Prime Minister Shinzo Abe urges firms to raise wages next year
• Bitcoin jumps 10% in rebound from last week’s brutal selloff
• Chinese court auctions skyscraper for $84 million
• Saudi market leads in weak regional trade
• China, Pakistan look at including Afghanista­n in $57bn economic corridor
• Al-Rajhi REIT shares to go on sale next week
• Top agent traces contracts from trout farm to ‘art form’
• ‘Outstandin­g’ New Zealand dominate
• Kane breaks records with another hat-trick
• Manchester City manager is creating a dynasty
• Alesayi Motors launches Mitsubishi Attrage, the new eco-friendly compact sedan
• GII acquires Amazon’s logistics center in Germany for $144m
• IOud partners with Al-Raya Al-Bayda to expand service in Kuwait
• End of an era as ‘Doctor Who’ gets a new star
• ‘Sound of Music’ actress Heather Menzies-Urich dies at 68

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