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June 16, 2022

UNRWA chief: No one will take over agency’s tasks

Commissioner-General of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA), Philip Lazzarini, said yesterday that “there are no plans to delegate UNRWA’s tasks to other parties,...

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June 16, 2022

UK won’t leave European human rights convection after Rwanda flight stopped, deputy PM says

Britain has no plans to leave the European Convention on Human Rights, but the Strasbourg court which enforces it overstepped its powers in blocking the deportation of asylum seekers...

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June 16, 2022

Iran seizes vessel carrying smuggled fuel in Gulf

Iranian authorities have seized a vessel carrying 90,000 litres of smuggled fuel in the waters around Kish Island in the Gulf, Iranian state news agency IRNA reported today, according to Reuters. The captain and...

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June 16, 2022

Russia expresses ‘deep concerns’ over settler takeover of Christian land in Jerusalem

Russia said yesterday that it was “deeply concerned” by an Israeli court’s decision allowing Jewish settler groups to purchase Christian property in Jerusalem. Early this month, Israel’s High Court ruled in favour of settler group Ateret Cohanim, which takes...

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June 16, 2022

Why do Arab ‘normalisers’ never seek their people’s approval of ties with Israel?

What is behind the sudden rush by four Arab states to normalise relations with Israel after decades of animosity, and what do countries like the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain,...

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June 16, 2022

Why are states we don’t like ‘regimes’ while friendly ones have ‘governments’?

On Monday, recently-promoted White House Press Secretary, Karine Jean-Pierre, when mentioning US President Joe Biden’s planned trip to Riyadh (which has now scheduled for next month) almost referred to...

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June 15, 2022

Tanker built by Iran for Venezuela to carry fuel components in first trip – sources

A tanker built by an Iranian shipyard for Venezuela plans to depart next month from the Middle Eastern country with a cargo of fuel components for the gasoline-thirsty nation,...

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June 15, 2022

UN says it is ‘in close cooperation’ with Turkiye on Ukraine grain exports

The UN is “working in close cooperation” with Turkiye to facilitate grain exports from Ukraine, spokesman, Stephane Dujarric said Wednesday, Anadolu News Agency reports. Dujarric said at a news...

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June 15, 2022

Iran believes Israel poisoned two Iranian scientists who mysteriously died

Iran has expressed its belief that Israel poisoned two scientists who fell ill and died under mysterious circumstances earlier this month, amid a spike in Iranian scientists being killed...

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June 15, 2022

Israel court convicts Gaza aid worker after 6 years of detention

An Israeli court, on Wednesday, accused the former Director of the World Vision aid organisation in Gaza, Mohammad El-Halabi, of being affiliated with a “terrorist organisation” and transferring the...

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