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November 18, 2022

Liberating Africa from poverty requires changing power relations with the West

Soon after arriving in Oslo, my taxi zigzagged through the city’s well-organised streets and state-of-the-art infrastructure. Large billboards advertised the world’s leading brands in fashion, cars and perfumes. Amid...

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November 17, 2022

Seeking compromise candidate, Lebanese politician Bassil leaves door ajar for presidency bid

Senior Lebanese politician, Gebran Bassil, said on Thursday he was working to find a compromise candidate for the presidency who would be able to push through crucial reforms, but...

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November 17, 2022

Israel designate-premier agrees with far-right Ben-Gvir’s party to increase settlements in West Bank

Incoming Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, and the far-right “Jewish Strength” Party of controversial politician, Itamar Ben-Gvir, reached a deal Thursday to increase Israeli settlements in the Occupied West...

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November 17, 2022

Iran intelligence tried to kidnap or assassinate critics in UK at least 10 times, MI5 says

Iran’s intelligence services have made at least ten attempts to kidnap or assassinate figures they deem a threat within the United Kingdom, Britain’s domestic intelligence chief has revealed. According...

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November 17, 2022

US imposes new sanctions over Iran sanctions evasion, targets Chinese firms

The United States, on Thursday, imposed sanctions on over a dozen companies based in China, Hong Kong and the United Arab Emirates that Washington accused of facilitating the sale...

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November 17, 2022

Jordan, Israel agree to join in saving River Jordan

Israel and Jordan today signed a declaration of intent to join together in conserving and protecting the River Jordan, as their shared waterway continues to steadily run dry. The...

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November 17, 2022

Israel revokes 500 Palestinian work permits

WATCH: Israel raises the state of alert in the West Bank...

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November 17, 2022

Egypt close to deals on 1GW of solar and wind projects

COP27 host, Egypt, is close to signing final agreements to build two wind and solar projects with combined capacity of a gigawatt (GW) to boost the country’s lagging renewable...

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November 17, 2022

Jailed activist Abdelfattah’s health has deteriorated, family say after visit

Relatives of Egyptian-British activist, Alaa Abdelfattah, visited him in jail on Thursday for the first time in weeks, but said his health had deteriorated sharply during his recent hunger strike,...

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November 17, 2022

Only Abu Akleh’s US citizenship is of concern to Washington

Israel is once again, albeit temporarily, under the spotlight for the targeted killing in May of Palestinian American journalist Shireen Abu Akleh. This follows the revelation that the US...

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