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March 20, 2023

British envoy to Yemen ‘breached’ diplomatic guidelines in Jordan

A former British ambassador to Yemen, Michael Aron, breached diplomatic guidelines by attending the opening ceremony of a Jordanian cigarette factory, part-owned by British American Tobacco (BAT), where he...

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March 20, 2023

India Jammu and Kashmir gets first foreign investment from Dubai Emaar

Indian Kashmir is to get its first foreign investment, with Dubai’s Emaar Group due to build a $60 million shopping and office complex, as the government looks to stabilise...

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March 20, 2023

Iraq: ‘prominent personalities’ to be tried on corruption charges

Iraqi Prime Minister Muhammad Shaya Al-Sudani said on Sunday that he expects “prominent personalities” to be tried “soon” over their alleged involvement in corruption. Al-Sudani’s comment was broadcast on...

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March 20, 2023

Islamic Jihad Commander killed in Syria in alleged Israel assassination

Israel has reportedly assassinated a commander of the Palestinian Resistance group, Islamic Jihad, in the latest such targeting of the group’s members in neighbouring Syria. According to Islamic Jihad,...

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March 20, 2023

At graveyard of unknown quake victims, Syrians seek news of the missing

The simple gravestone of a girl killed in last month’s earthquake in Syria bears no name, but notes she was wearing a green sweater at the time of her burial, a...

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March 20, 2023

Saudi Arabia, Houthis agree to swap almost 900 prisoners following Switzerland talks

Saudi Arabia and Yemen’s Houthi rebels have agreed to the release of almost 900 prisoners, with over a dozen being Saudis detained by the Houthis and most being those...

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March 20, 2023

Ankara, Cairo agree to maximise diplomatic ties: Turkish Foreign Minister

Ankara and Cairo agreed to maximise the diplomatic relations that were stalled after the 2013 military coup in Egypt, according to Turkiye’s Foreign Minister, Anadolu News Agency reports. “We...

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March 20, 2023

Far-right Israel MK declares: I am Palestinian

Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich claimed yesterday that there is “no such thing as Palestinians” and that they are a fictitious nation invented only to fight the Zionist movement....

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March 20, 2023

Palestine: Patriarchate calls for international protection for sacred places

The Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Jerusalem, represented by Patriarch Theophilos III, along with the Holy Synod and the Brotherhood of the Holy Sepulchre, the clergy and the faithful, have...

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March 20, 2023

20 years after US invasion, Iraqis still in quest for change

Twenty years after the US invasion of Iraq, the country is trying to get back on its feet, Anadolu News Agency reports. On 20 March, 2003, an international coalition...

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