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March 2, 2022

Egypt increases transit fees for ships passing through the Suez Canal

Egypt has increased the transit fees for ships passing through the Suez Canal by ten per cent, reports the Associated Press, to develop and enhance the service. Transit fees for...

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March 2, 2022

G7 calls on Egypt to condemn the Russian invasion, vows to impose more sanctions

The ambassadors of the G7 group called on Egypt to issue a “clear condemnation” of the unjustified Russian invasion and support “the territorial integrity and sovereignty of Ukraine,” stressing...

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March 2, 2022

Palestine calls on UNSC to stop Israel’s aggression against Jerusalem

Palestine has called on the UN Security Council to assume its responsibilities in stopping the ongoing Israeli aggression against the occupied city of Jerusalem, Anadolu reported. A statement issued by the...

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March 2, 2022

Tunisia: president meets Saudi minister

Tunisia’s President Kais Saied wants to develop security and military cooperation with Saudi Arabia in order to counter terrorism, extremism and organised crime, he told the Kingdom’s Interior Minister,...

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March 2, 2022

IMF asks Lebanon to speed up approval of economic plan

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has asked Lebanon to approve a comprehensive economic plan and reform laws, Anadolu reported. This came during a meeting between an IMF delegation and Lebanese President...

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March 2, 2022

The war in Ukraine has taught us the truth about the West’s ‘universal values’

It is probably true to say that most Arabs sympathise with the people of Ukraine in the face of Russia’s invasion of their country. This is due in large...

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March 2, 2022

Western oil companies boycott Moscow, Russia bank files for bankruptcy

Italian oil giant Eni intends to sell its 50 per cent stake in the Blue Stream gas pipeline, which it controls equally with the Russian giant Gazprom, in the...

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March 2, 2022

Egypt actor Amr Waked slams president’s remarks on overpopulation, lack of food

Egyptian actor Amr Waked has criticised President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi for saying he does not have enough food to feed his people due to overpopulation. “No president is required...

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March 2, 2022

The UK’s crackdown on free speech on Palestine: A conversation with Dr Rob Faure Walker

Faure Walker is a lecturer at UCL and author of ‘The Emergence of ‘Extremism’ Exposing the Violent Discourse and Language of ‘Radicalization’’. He also runs PREVENT digest, an independent not-for-profit organisation that has been gathering...

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March 2, 2022

Nearly 4m Tunisians living in poverty

Tunisian Minister of Social Affairs Malek Ezzahi revealed that 963,000 families, consisting of about 4 million Tunisians, suffer from poverty, out of a population of nearly 12 million. The...

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