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June 11, 2021

Rouhani praises Iran’s relations with Russia, expresses optimism over lifting of sanctions

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said that his country has established friendly political, economic and military relations with Russia over the past eight years. During a virtual ceremony held to...

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June 11, 2021

Turkey discovers new $1.2bn gold reserves

Turkey discovered around 20 tonnes of gold with a market value of $1.2 billion (10.2 billion lira) and 3.5 tonnes of silver reserves with a market value of $2.8...

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June 11, 2021

Uyghurs live in China’s ‘dystopian hellscape’, Amnesty says

China’s far western region of Xinjiang has become a “dystopian hellscape” where Uyghurs and other predominantly Muslim ethnic minorities face systematic and state-organised “mass internment and torture amounting to...

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June 11, 2021

Egypt opposition calls for UK sanctions against Israel

The Egyptian Revolutionary Council are calling on the British government to take all measures to immediately stop the massacres committed by Israel against the defenceless Palestinian people, which “amount...

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June 11, 2021

Sisi orders transfer of judge, allocates land to army

Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi yesterday ordered the transfer of a judge to a non-judicial post and allocated land to the army. The decisions were published in the Official Gazette. Al-Sisi...

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June 11, 2021

Turkey should pull troops from Afghanistan, Taliban says

Turkey should withdraw its troops from Afghanistan under the 2020 deal for the pullout of US forces, a Taliban spokesman said yesterday, effectively rejecting Ankara’s proposal to guard and run Kabul’s...

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June 11, 2021

Egypt, UAE central banks sign deal to combat terror financing

The Central Bank of Egypt (CBE) said it had signed a memorandum of understanding with the Central Bank of the UAE (CBUAE), with the aim of cooperating to combat money laundering and financing...

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June 11, 2021

Sudan: protesters block roads in capital as government ends fuel subsidies

Hundreds of people poured onto the streets of the Sudanese capital on Thursday evening in protest at the government’s decision to lift all subsidies on petrol and diesel fuel....

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June 11, 2021

US charges Israelis in insider trader scheme

US prosecutors yesterday unveiled criminal charges in Manhattan accusing two Israeli traders of illegal trading in several biotechnology and healthcare companies in connection with a sprawling international insider trading...

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June 11, 2021

Yemen government agrees prisoner swap with Houthis

The government of Yemen and the Houthi movement have agreed a prisoner swap deal, Anadolu has reported. The exchange went ahead on Thursday, with eight prisoners from each side...

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