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July 19, 2021

Sisi reduces the length of service of senior officers in the armed forces

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi has tightened his grip on the military establishment through a package of parliamentary and government decrees. The process dates from mid-2013 when he took...

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July 19, 2021

Sudan inflation rate soars to 412% in June

Sudan’s annual inflation rate rose to 412.75 per cent in June, up from 378.79 per cent in May, according to state news agency SUNA. The latest spike was as a...

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July 19, 2021

Fleeing the Taliban, Afghans walk through Iran to reach Turkey

Afghans are paying people smugglers to take them to Turkey as foreign troops withdraw from the country and the Taliban continues to gain ground, media reports have claimed. According...

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July 19, 2021

Israel: foreign minister seeks to delay demolition of Palestinian village

Israel’s Foreign Minister has asked Prime Minister Naftali Bennett to postpone the demolition of a Palestinian village in the occupied West Bank. Yair Lapid warned that the destruction of...

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July 19, 2021

Turkey: opposition leader vows to deport Syrians if he beats Erdogan

Turkey’s main opposition leader has vowed to deport 3.5 million Syrian refugees and rebuild ties with the regime of Bashar Al-Assad if he beats President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in...

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July 19, 2021

50,000 phones on target list in global hacking scandal involving Israel’s NSO Group

The notorious Israeli spyware developed by the NSO Group, Pegasus, is at the centre of an international scandal involving the alleged phone hacking of more than 180 journalists, lawyers,...

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July 19, 2021

Algeria: 14,000 prisoners pardoned under presidential Eid Al-Adha amnesty

Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune pardoned nearly 14,000 prisoners on Sunday who are not accused of “terrorism crimes, vandalism, corruption or conspiracy against the state,” Anadolu has reported. According to...

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July 19, 2021

EU border agency chief must quit over refugee abuse, parliamentary report says

The EU border agency Frontex has failed to protect the human rights of asylum seekers, according to a European Parliament report, according to the Guardian. The report’s author, Tineke...

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July 19, 2021

Israel PM backtracks following remarks on Jewish right to pray at Al-Aqsa Mosque

Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett today backpedaled on earlier statements he made which he said Israel will preserve freedom of worship for Jews at Al-Aqsa Mosque. In a statement, his...

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July 19, 2021

Facebook is imposing ‘digital apartheid’ on pro-Palestine accounts and content

Social media has played a major role in spreading awareness of the Palestinian cause, providing a voice to those marginalised by the mainstream. Now, though, social media outlets are...

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