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September 21, 2023

Libya: barriers being built in storm-damaged Derna

The authorities in the Libyan city of Derna have started to build protective barriers in the area most affected by Storm Daniel that struck the east of the country...

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September 21, 2023

Israel expects tension to continue on Gaza border

Israel expects tension on the nominal border with the Gaza Strip to continue until after the Jewish New Year holiday, news website Walla has reported. The Israel Defence Forces...

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September 21, 2023

Netanyahu asked by MKs not to make concessions to Palestinians

At least 12 Likud MKs have sent a letter to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warning him against making concessions to Saudi Arabia in US-brokered normalisation talks, the Times...

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September 21, 2023

Western media is one-eyed when it comes to the Derna tragedy

Before reaching Libya on Sunday, 10 September, Storm Daniel passed through Bulgaria, Greece and Turkiye, leaving behind a trail of destruction and death. However, in all three countries the...

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September 20, 2023

Qatar pursues US-Iran nuclear steps after detainee swap

Qatar wants to capitalise on a US-Iranian detainee deal that it mediated during months of delicate diplomacy to find common ground on a more intractable issue between the two hardened adversaries:...

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September 20, 2023

Biden stresses immediate need to reduce West Bank tensions in Netanyahu meet

US President Joe Biden urged rapid efforts to reduce violence and tensions in the Occupied West Bank as he met, Wednesday, with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Anadolu Agency...

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September 20, 2023

EU allocates nearly $150m to help Afghan people, focusing on women, girls

The EU announced, Wednesday, that it will release €140 million (nearly $150 million) in aid for education, healthcare, agriculture and women’s economic advancement in Afghanistan, Anadolu Agency reports. The...

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September 20, 2023

Morocco to spend $11.7bn on five-year post-quake reconstruction plan

Morocco plans to spend at least 120 billion dirhams ($11.7 billion) in a post-earthquake reconstruction plan over the next five years, the royal palace said on Wednesday, Reuters reports....

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September 20, 2023

The humanitarian paradigm complements Israel’s settler-colonial violence

A late commemoration of World Humanitarian Day in Gaza marked not only that the international community considers Palestinians as an afterthought, but also how far removed diplomats are from...

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September 20, 2023

Abaya ban violates secularism principle, lawyer asserts as France top Court hears appeal

Abaya is not a religious garment, and the ban on this loose over-garment violates the principle of secularism, said a Prosecutor representing three unions of educational institutions in France...

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