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April 19, 2024

UK sanctions businesses funding Sudan conflict

Great Britain applied sanctions against three businesses which, it said, were funding military groups behind the conflict in Sudan, Reuters reports. According to the report, Britain said Alkhaleej Bank, Al-Fakher...

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April 19, 2024

Tunisia journalist sentenced to 6 months in prison for insulting an official

A Tunisian journalist and political commentator has been imprisoned to six months after he criticised the government, AP reports. According to the report, Mohamed Boughalleb, who had been charged...

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April 19, 2024

Airlines reroute flights after Israel attack on Iran

Airlines changed flight paths over Iran, cancelled some flights, diverted others to alternate airports or returned planes to their departure points on Friday due to airspace and airport closures and security concerns after an Israeli attack on Iran....

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April 19, 2024

Blinken says US not involved in ‘any offensive operations’ when asked about Iran

US Secretary of State, Antony Blinken, repeatedly declined to confirm a reported Israeli attack on Iran on Friday, saying Washington has not been involved in any offensive operations and it was...

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April 19, 2024

Red Sea tensions: Container ship transits more than halve; LNG trade nearly halts

The Red Sea security situation has slashed container ship traffic in the region by more than half, which experts say has “completely shifted the trajectory of the container market”,...

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April 19, 2024

In effort to strike Syria, US passes captagon sanctions bill

The US House of Representatives passed on Tuesday the “Illicit Captagon Trafficking Suppression Act” with a bipartisan vote of 410-13, AFP reports. The new law allows for new and...

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April 19, 2024

Lavrov says West trying to shift attention from Gaza with allegations about Iran nuclear ambitions

The West is trying to distract attention from the situation in the Gaza Strip with allegations about Iran’s nuclear ambitions, Russian Foreign Minister, Sergey Lavrov, said on Friday, Anadolu...

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April 19, 2024

120 academics condemn Israel’s arrest of Palestinian professor opposed to genocide

Nearly 120 academics from around the world have signed an open letter condemning Israel’s arrest of Hebrew University professor and internationally renowned feminist scholar Nadera Shalhoub-Kevorkian yesterday at her...

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April 19, 2024

Preacher: Al-Aqsa cannot be subjected to Israel’s decisions

Preacher of the Al-Aqsa Mosque, Sheikh Ikrima Sabri, said the mosque is too holy to be subjected to the Israeli occupation’s decisions, referring to statements by Israel’s extremist National...

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April 19, 2024

US vetoes UN resolution for Palestinian statehood in favour of never-ending negotiations

The US has vetoed a UN Security Council (UNSC) resolution that would have paved the way for the State of Palestine to gain full membership at the UN. The...

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