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July 16, 2021

Iranians protest water shortages, reports say

Street protests broke out overnight over severe water shortages in Iran’s oil-rich southwest, according to Iranian news outlets and videos posted on social media today, as the country faces...

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July 16, 2021

Paris Clubs cancels $14bn Sudan debt, restructures $9bn

The Paris Club of official creditors has agreed to cancel $14 billion owed by Sudan and restructure the rest of the more than $23 billion it owes, Paris Club...

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July 16, 2021

510 settlement units to be built near Bethlehem

Some 510 housing units will be built in the illegal settlements near Bethlehem, the Wall and Settlement Resistance Commission has said according to the Palestinian Information Centre. The news site...

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July 16, 2021

‘I want to make beauty from this ugliness’, says Gaza’s first calligraffiti artist

‘The soul that fights in us’ are the words which Palestinian artist Belal Khaled spent four days drawing onto the 50 metre long, seven metre high bombed wall of...
July 16, 2021

WHO: Tunisia records highest COVID-19 mortality rate in Africa

Since the beginning of July, Tunisia has recorded the highest coronavirus death rate across the eastern Mediterranean and Africa, the World Health Organisation (WHO) announced on Thursday. “The situation...

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July 16, 2021

Russia calls for withdrawal of foreign forces from Libya

Russia announced on Thursday that it was “concerned about the foreign military presence in Libya,” calling for a “simultaneous withdrawal of all foreign forces and factions there.” “The foreign...

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July 15, 2021

Top EU court says headscarves can be banned at work

Companies may ban Muslim employees from wearing a headscarf under certain conditions, the European Union’s top court said today, in two cases brought by Muslim women in Germany who...

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July 15, 2021

Egypt court releases 130 defendants held in political cases

An Egyptian court has ordered the release of 130 defendants held in political cases this week, according to a human rights lawyer, Anadolu Agency reports. Opposition website Darb cited...

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July 15, 2021

Iraq’s Kurdish region confirms first cases of COVID-19 Delta variant

The Kurdish Regional Government (KRG) in northern Iraq confirmed today the first cases of the highly infectious Delta variant of the coronavirus, Anadolu Agency reports. “I want to officially...

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July 15, 2021

Regime kills 8 civilians in Syria’s Idlib

Eight Syrian civilians were killed and five others injured today from shelling by regime forces in Idlib province in north-western Syria, according to a local spokesman, Anadolu Agency reports....

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