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December 15, 2022

UN launches $1.7bn humanitarian response plan for Sudan

The United Nations and its partners yesterday launched a $1.7 billion Humanitarian Response Plan for Sudan, to meet the needs of some 6.8 million vulnerable people in 2023. In...

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December 15, 2022

Palestinians displaced from Syria call on UNRWA to provide winter supplies

Palestinian refugees who were displaced from Syria to Lebanon have called on the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) to provide them with urgent assistance in securing heating...

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December 15, 2022

Qatar’s Al-Sadd among clubs vying for Ronaldo, Spanish paper says

The Qatari sports club Al-Sadd seeks to sign Portuguese football star Cristiano Ronaldo, whose contract with Manchester United was recently terminated, the Spanish daily sports newspaper Diario AS reported...

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December 15, 2022

UAE to buy $855m stake in Israel financial firm

The Abu Dhabi Developmental Holding Company (ADQ) is in talks to buy a stake worth about $855 million in Phoenix Group, an Israeli financial services firm, the Business Times...

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December 15, 2022

Turkiye jails Istanbul mayor for ‘insulting public servants’

A Turkish court yesterday sentenced the Mayor of Istanbul, Ekrem Imamoglu, to two years, seven months and 15 days in prison and banned him from politics on a charge...

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December 15, 2022

Turkiye slams EU criticism of its trade ties with Russia

The Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs yesterday criticised the conclusions issued by the European Union’s General Affairs Council regarding Ankara’s trade relations with Russia as well as the situation...

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December 15, 2022

Sudan’s Burhan: Army won’t accept political deal that undermines constants

Chairman of the Sudan Sovereignty Council, Army Chief Abdel Fattah Al-Burhan, said yesterday that the armed forces will not accept a final agreement that includes any item that undermines...

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December 15, 2022

Syria: $26bn in losses due to US presence

The Syrian Ministry of Foreign Affairs revealed yesterday that Syria has incurred $25.9 billion in direct losses due to the American forces’ attacks on its territory, including $19.8 billion...

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December 15, 2022

Saudi Arabia to have Middle East’s largest solar facility

Saudi’s Water and Electricity Holding Company (Badeel) and energy company ACWA Power have signed power purchase agreements to develop the largest solar energy plant in the Middle East, Reuters...

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December 14, 2022

In Iraqi Kurdistan, Yazidi girls box their way to a new future after Daesh terror

After the 2014 Daesh genocide which left them reeling from the effects of mass abduction and rape, Yazidi refugee girls are rebuilding their lives with the help of boxing,...

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