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July 27, 2021

MP: Libya headed back to 'square one' of post-Gaddafi turmoil if polls delayed

Libya will return to “square one” and the turmoil of 2011 if national elections planned for December are delayed, the speaker of parliament said, with a new rival government...

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July 27, 2021

Pakistan, Saudi Arabia to work on easing travel restrictions

Pakistan and Saudi Arabia on Tuesday discussed how to ease COVID-19 travel restrictions, which have stranded around 400,000 Pakistani workers back home, foreign ministers of the two countries told...

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July 27, 2021

HRW: Saudi Arabia jails Sudanese journalist for critical tweets

Abdelkader was arrested at Jeddah airport on April 19 and held at a police station for 20 days before his transfer to al-Shumaisi detention center near Mecca...

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July 27, 2021

Iranian charged with war crimes by Swedish court for 1988 prison killing

A 60-year-old Iranian citizen has been charged in Sweden with suspected war crimes committed in Iran in 1988 when around 5,000 political prisoners were executed on government orders, Stockholm...

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July 27, 2021

The Taliban is steering the 'graveyard of empires' towards a new era

Let’s stop all the hand wringing and angst over Afghanistan. Now. It’s fooling no one. America, Britain and their NATO allies have had 20 years to help put the...

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July 27, 2021

Saudi Arabia threatens 3-year travel ban for citizens who visit 'red list' states

Saudi Arabia will impose a three-year travel ban on citizens travelling to countries on the kingdom’s ‘red list’ under efforts to curb the spread of coronavirus and its new...

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July 27, 2021

What is Article 80 which Tunisia’s president has used to justify his ‘coup’?

Article 80 of Tunisia’s 2014 Constitution has been cited by President Kais Saied to justify what is being described as a “coup” in the country on Sunday. The text...

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July 27, 2021

UAE’s desperate lobbying campaign unravels in US ‘foreign agent’ case

A close aide of former US President Donald Trump has pleaded not guilty to working as a foreign agent for the United Arab Emirates. The 74-year-old billionaire investor was charged...

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July 27, 2021

‘Turkey will not be a border guard or a refugee camp of the EU’, officials say

“Turkey will not be a border guard or a refugee camp of the EU”, officials said after Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz’s remarks that Turkey is a “more suitable place” for...

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July 27, 2021

Tunisia: Journalists contend against Saudi, UAE bots to warn against crushing hard won civil liberties

On Sunday Tunisia’s President, Kais Saeid assumed emergency powers to sack the prime minister, suspend parliament and the immunity of parliamentarians, and assume authority of the government. The birthplace...

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