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October 4, 2022

Oman thanks Tehran for ‘handing over’ Iranian-American Namazi to Muscat, Iran says

Oman, on Tuesday, thanked Iran for “handing over” US citizen, Baquer Namazi, the Iranian Foreign Ministry said on its website, but it was unclear whether the Iranian-American had left...

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October 4, 2022

Turkiye eyes to become leader in Islamic finance, says official

Turkiye aims to position itself as the leading country in Islamic finance, a senior finance official said on Tuesday, Anadolu News Agency reports. “Unlike many countries claiming to be...

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October 4, 2022

France’s far-right leader demands more mosque closures

France’s far-right politician, Marine Le Pen, has demanded more mosques be closed in the country, Anadolu News Agency reports. Her demand comes despite the closure of 24 mosques in...

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October 4, 2022

Saudi Arabia wins bid to host 2029 Asian Winter Games

Saudi Arabia has won the bid to host the Asian Winter Games in 2029 at its planned megacity, NEOM, making it the first Arab and Middle Eastern country set...

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October 4, 2022

MBS lawyers say PM role gives him immunity from prosecution over Khashoggi murder

Lawyers for Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince, Mohammed bin Salman, have told a court in the United States that his recent appointment as Prime Minister guarantees him immunity from prosecution...

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October 4, 2022

Lebanon needs a radical option to avoid a presidential vacuum and confront the crisis

A presidential vacuum in Lebanon looks inevitable. The evidence can be found in the country’s political, economic and social breakdown. Those who doubted this had their doubts dispelled by...

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October 4, 2022

Khashoggi’s wife: Turkiye must give me the evidence on the murder Jamal Khashoggi

Saudi journalist’s wife, Hanan El Khashoggi, calls Turkiye to provide more evidence on the murder of her husband. Jamal Khashoggi’s wife wrote an article for the Guardian newspaper, on...

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October 4, 2022

Yemen truce expires as UN keeps pushing for broader deal

Yemen’s warring parties failed to renew a UN-brokered truce deal that expired on Sunday, dashing the hopes of some Yemenis for a broader pact that would ease economic woes...

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October 4, 2022

Bahrain pulls out of UN human rights body election after criticism

Bahrain will no longer run in an election to the UN’s top human rights body later this month, a UN website showed, after critics drew attention to alleged human...

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October 4, 2022

Why is Israel allowed to annex occupied land, but Russia isn’t?

Russian President Vladimir Putin formally announced last Friday that his country is to annex four regions in Ukraine. He referred to them as “new regions” of Russia. “I want...

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