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May 11, 2022

Russia-Ukraine war jeopardising food security in the Middle East, Africa

The ongoing Russia-Ukraine war is jeopardising food security in low-income countries, especially in the Middle East and Africa, an expert said, and Anadolu News Agency reports. Eren Gunhan Ulusoy,...

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May 11, 2022

Iraq calls on international community to solve Syria refugee crisis

Iraqi Foreign Minister, Fuad Hussein, yesterday called on the international community to provide humanitarian aid to the Syrian refugees in its territory. “Iraq hosts nearly 260,000 officially registered Syrians,...

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May 11, 2022

Lebanon gov’t, central bank’s ‘callous destruction’ impoverished people, UN report says

Lebanon’s government and its central bank have committed human rights violations by impoverishing people through the “callous destruction” of the country’s economy, an independent United Nations report said today, Reuters reports....

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May 11, 2022

Saudi megacity NEOM will be home to millions of ‘Neomians’ by 2030, says project Tourism Head

Saudi Arabia’s futuristic megacity, NEOM, will hold millions of “Neomians” by the year 2030, according to the project’s Head of Tourism. Speaking to the Emirati newspaper, The National, the...

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May 11, 2022

Qatar decries killing of Al-Jazeera journalist in West Bank

Qatar, on Wednesday, condemned the killing of a veteran Al-Jazeera journalist during an Israeli army raid in the occupied West Bank, Anadolu News Agency reports. Wearing a vest marking...

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May 11, 2022

Shielding Apartheid Israel, UK to adopt anti-BDS legislation

The UK government revealed its long-anticipated plan to ban the global Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) campaign during yesterday’s Queen’s Speech. Delivering the yearly address to parliament, which outlines...

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May 11, 2022

Jordan refuses entry to Israeli tourists carrying religious items

Israeli tourists were refused entry at the border with Jordan yesterday, after Jordanian officials found tefillin in their bags. The religious items are used during Jewish prayers. According to...

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May 11, 2022

Kuwait tries 7 expats accused of laundering almost $200m

Seven expatriates are currently on trial in Kuwait on charges of money laundering by illegally raking in 60.3 million Kuwaiti dinars (roughly $196.5 million) between July 2019 and October...

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May 11, 2022

Shireen Abu Akleh’s legacy should trigger sanctions on Israel

Israeli forces today assassinated a Palestinian icon. She was not the leader of a political faction or a member of a resistance group. Shireen Abu Akleh was a Christian...

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May 11, 2022

Rising prices set to stoke ‘inevitable’ rise in civil unrest in Egypt, Tunisia, Lebanon

A report by a risk consultancy has said that rising fuel and food prices are set to stoke a rise in civil unrest in developing middle income countries, with...

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