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January 5, 2022

What’s behind the deal to release hunger striker Hisham Abu Hawash?

After 141 days on hunger strike in an Israeli prison, Palestinian prisoner Hisham Abu Hawash has agreed a deal with the occupation authorities that his administrative detention will end...

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January 5, 2022

Canadian court awards $83m to families of airliner downed by Iran

A Canadian court has awarded $83.94 million, plus interest, to the families of six people who died in 2020 when the Iranian Revolutionary Guards downed a Ukraine International Airlines...

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January 5, 2022

Heavy rains, floods hit Oman

READ: Kurdistan calls for federal gov’t support following flood losses...

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January 5, 2022

Yemen’s Houthis accuse Saudi-led coalition of seizing fuel vessel

Yemen’s Houthi today accused the Saudi-led coalition of seizing a fuel ship, Anadolu News Agency reports. Houthi-run Al-Masirah TV said the Saudi-led coalition seized the Splendour Sapphire fuel ship despite having a UN license. The...

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January 5, 2022

Israel in talks to establish ties with Maldives, Comoros

The Muslim-majority islands of Comoros and Maldives could be next on the list of countries who are set to normalise ties with Israel, the Times of Israel reported. According to diplomatic...

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January 5, 2022

Rocket attack hits military camp near Baghdad Airport

A camp in the vicinity of Baghdad International Airport has been hit by a rocket attack, the Iraqi Defence Ministry said on Wednesday. “A Katyusha rocket landed on the...

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January 5, 2022

Over 70 historical artefacts seized in Turkey

Gendarmerie forces seized over 70 historical objects in an operation in north-western Kocaeli province, the governor’s office said, and reported by Anadolu News Agency. A total of 77 bronze...

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January 5, 2022

Blair ordered burning of secret memo saying Iraq war could be illegal, claims ex-defence secretary

Damning truth about Tony Blair’s decision to invade Iraq has been revealed by his own defence secretary, Geoff Hoon, in a new memoir that lays bare an order to...
January 5, 2022

UAE joins four others to take seat at UN Security Council

The UAE along with four other countries – Albania, Brazil, Gabon and Ghana – have assumed responsibilities as non-permanent members of the UN Security Council. Although the two-year term...

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January 5, 2022

Lebanon: minister orders removal of posters ‘offensive’ to Saudi Arabia

Lebanon’s Minister of Interior and Municipalities has ordered all posters deemed to be offensive to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to be removed from streets in the southern suburbs...

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