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March 17, 2022

Saving animals from extinction in Gaza

As Palestinians living in the besieged Gaza Strip struggle to survive, the rising population and environmental damage caused by Israel’s wars on the enclave have meant many animal species native to...

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March 17, 2022

Emirati cargo ship sinks off Iran’s southern coast

An Emirati-flagged cargo ship carrying cars has reportedly sunk off the coast of Iran’s Assaluyeh port in the southern Bushehr province, Anadolu News Agency reports. According to the local...

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March 17, 2022

Over 500 Google staff rally behind colleague opposing the firm’s Israel military contract

Google has come under fire for “unjustly retaliating” against an employee who objected to its contract with the Israeli military. More than 500 of its staff have rallied behind...

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March 17, 2022

Israel announces discovery of new Covid variant

The Israeli Ministry of Health yesterday revealed that it had discovered a new “unidentified” variant of Covid, with two travellers infected by it at Ben Gurion airport in Tel...

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March 17, 2022

Iraq-UNMAS cooperate to remove mines

The Iraqi Ministry of Environment and the United Nations Mine Action Service (UNMAS) agreed yesterday to cooperate and facilitate the work of companies and organisations wishing to carry out...

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March 17, 2022

Angelina Jolie: Situation in Yemen ‘heartbreaking, infuriating’

Special Envoy of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, Hollywood superstar Angelina Jolie, yesterday described the situation in Yemen as “heartbreaking and infuriating”. Jolie made the remarks in...

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March 17, 2022

Yemenis forced to beg as food prices skyrocket, Oxfam warns

Malnutrition is forcing Yemenis to beg, Oxfam warned yesterday, adding that the country had suffered food insecurity prior to the recent spike in food prices as a result of...

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March 17, 2022

Morocco blocks Amazigh national conference

The Moroccan authorities have banned the Amazigh movement in the country from holding a national conference scheduled for later this month, Hespress has reported. According to the newspaper, the...

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March 17, 2022

The Unsettled Plain: An Environmental History of the Late Ottoman Frontier

How does history look at non-urban, rural populations who lived through the last century of the Ottoman Empire and the rise of the Turkish republic? Chris Gratien’s The Unsettled...

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March 17, 2022

Iran ‘warns’ Gulf not to allow Israel to use them as bases to target it

A Commander in the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), Mohammad Tehrani Moghaddam has warned Gulf Arab rulers not to allow Israel to use their countries as launch pads for...

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