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March 1, 2021

Iran supreme leader calls to ‘immediately’ start uranium enrichment

Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei yesterday called to start uranium enrichment as of “today”. A video on Khamenei’s Arabic-language Twitter account saw him saying: “The day when oil runs...

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March 1, 2021

US wasted at least $2.4bn in Afghanistan, watchdog says

Washington has wasted billions of dollars since 2008 on buildings and vehicles that were abandoned or destroyed in Afghanistan, a report by a US government watchdog revealed today. The...

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March 1, 2021

Morocco: senior Justice and Development Party official quits ministerial post

Morocco’s Minister of State for Human Rights, Mustafa Ramid, has resigned from the government. The surprise move by the senior official in the Justice and Development Party came a...

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March 1, 2021

Iran rejects EU offer to mediate in nuclear talks with Washington

Iran has rejected an offer by the European Union to hold direct talks on a nuclear deal, potentially flaring up renewed tensions between Tehran and the bloc while further...

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March 1, 2021

Israel to vaccinate Palestinians working in settlements

Israel will provide coronavirus vaccinations for 100,000 Palestinians who work in Israel or in its illegal settlements in the occupied West Bank. Israel will start administering the Moderna vaccines...

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March 1, 2021

Algeria releases dozens of activists after presidential pardon

The Ministry of Justice in Algeria announced on Saturday that 59 prisoners of conscience have been released following a presidential pardon, the Algerian News Agency has reported. The pardon...

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March 1, 2021

Turkey’s economy grows 1.8% in 2020

Turkey’s economy grew 1.8 per cent in 2020, annual data showed today, in spite of coronavirus closures around the world, the country’s statistical authority announced. According to Reuters, the country’s...

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March 1, 2021

Libya: Head of Presidential Council to meet with community in the south

The new head of the Libyan Presidential Council, Mohamed Al-Menfi, has arrived in Sabha to hold a series of meetings with the political, military and community representatives in the...

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March 1, 2021

Rights group calls on Morocco not to extradite academic to Saudi

The Arab Organisation for Human Rights in the UK (AOHR UK) today called on Morocco not to extradite Saudi-Australian academic [ to Riyadh, saying to do so “would would...

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March 1, 2021

Intelligence report on Khashoggi killing removes names of three suspects

The long-awaited US intelligence report released last Friday about the Saudi government’s role in the killing of Jamal Khashoggi has been taken down off the website of the Office...

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