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October 3, 2023

5 Tunisian political detainees begin hunger strike: rights group says

Five senior Tunisian politicians announced a hunger strike to protest their imprisonment and a crackdown by authorities, a prisoners’ group said yesterday. They joined Ennahda Party leader Rached Ghannouchi,...

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October 3, 2023

Ex-Mexico diplomat wanted on rape charges arrested in Israel

Former Mexican diplomat Andres Roemer, who has been accused of sexual abuse and rape, has been arrested in Israel ahead of his possible extradition, authorities said yesterday, Reuters reported. Roemer, a...

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October 3, 2023

Israel: racist settler group misusing charitable funds to displace Palestinians

Charitable donations from the US, Canada, UK and elsewhere are funding violence and the ethnic cleansing of Palestinians, the Campaign to Defund Racism has revealed in its new investigative...

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October 3, 2023

Saudi Arabia Al-Ittihad specify reason for cancelling football match in Iran

Saudi Arabia’s football club, Al-Ittihad, issued a statement on Tuesday specifying the reason for cancelling its Asian Champion League (AFC) match with Iran’s Sepahan Club, Anadolu Agency reports. The...

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October 3, 2023

UN food agency needs over $526m as hunger emergency looms in South Sudan

The UN World Food Program (WFP) said, on Tuesday, that it needs over $526 million for hunger response in South Sudan as the “urgency is looming”, Anadolu Agency reports....

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October 3, 2023

Algeria: Labour union meets in support of Palestine, lifting Israel siege on Gaza

The General Union of Algerian Workers yesterday held a gathering in support of and solidarity with Palestine and calling for lifting the siege on Gaza. According to Anadolu, the gathering was organised in...

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October 3, 2023

Iraq sets January deadline for oil firms in new licensing rounds

Iraq has set a January 2024 deadline for international energy companies to submit formal letters of intent to take part in its so-called “fifth plus” and sixth licensing rounds,...

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October 3, 2023

Pakistan sets 1 November deadline for ‘illegal immigrants’ to leave

Pakistan, on Tuesday, gave a one-month deadline to all the “illegal immigrants” to leave the country, Anadolu Agency reports. Addressing a news conference in the capital, Islamabad, caretaker Interior...

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October 3, 2023

Niger says 29 soldiers killed in attack, rejects Algerian mediation

At least 29 Niger soldiers were killed in an ambush by insurgents near the country’s border with Mali, the defence ministry said, the deadliest attack since the military seized...

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October 3, 2023

Egypt journalist slams Sisi regime over ‘engineered elections’

Famous Egyptian journalist Abdallah Al-Sennawy yesterday strongly criticised President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi for what he called the “engineered elections.” In an interview with Independent Arabia, Al- Sennawy pointed out that...

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