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October 28, 2021

UAE, Morocco to take part in Miss Universe in Israel amid calls for boycott

Candidates from the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Morocco will take part in the Miss Universe pageant in Israel in December, ignoring calls for a boycott. The 70th Miss...

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October 28, 2021

UAE summons Lebanon envoy over minister’s Yemen remarks

The United Arab Emirates foreign ministry yesterday summoned the Lebanese ambassador and handed him a letter of protest over comments made by Lebanon’s Information Minister, George Kordahi, about Saudi Arabia and the...

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October 28, 2021

Saudi tried to lure me to consulate in Turkey, says ex-official’s daughter

Representatives of the Saudi government tried to lure the daughter of the kingdom’s former intelligence chief to its consulate in Turkey where Jamal Khashoggi was murdered in 2018, she...

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October 28, 2021

UAE sends 12 ex-Guantanamo detainees back to Yemen

The United Arab Emirates has sent 12 Yemenis, initially detained at the Guantanamo Bay US military prison, to Yemen where they are expected to be released, Reuters reported a local official...

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October 28, 2021

Palestinian Bedouin see their homes demolished for 194th time

Israeli occupation authorities have demolished the Palestinian Bedouin village of Al-Araweeb in the Negev for the 194th time today. The head of the People’s Committee for the Defence of Al-Araqeeb, Ahmed...

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October 28, 2021

Israel installs CCTV at Palestinian cemetery it is razing

Israeli occupation forces installed surveillance cameras in the Al-Yusufiya cemetery in Jerusalem, which they restarted bulldozing last week, in order to establish multiple Talmudic parks and trails for Jewish settlers...

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October 28, 2021

Saudi Arabia: nephew of executed cleric released after decade in prison

Saudi Arabia has released Ali Al-Nimr, the nephew of influential Shia cleric Sheikh Nimr Al-Nimr after nearly a decade in prison facing a possible death sentence, despite being a...

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October 28, 2021

Lebanon parliament agrees 27 March as election date

The Lebanese parliament today voted to hold legislative elections on 27 March, confirming an earlier vote last week that had been challenged by President Michel Aoun, according to Reuters. The...

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October 28, 2021

Lebanon: Beirut blast judge suspends questioning of former PM

The judge in the probe into the August 2020 explosion in Beirut has suspended the questioning of former Prime Minister Hassan Diab, Reuters has reported. Judge Tarek Bitar made...

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October 28, 2021

Egypt raises price of subsidised vegetable oil

Egyptian Supply Minister Ali Moselhy said today the price of subsidised vegetable oil will increase to 25 Egyptian pounds ($1.60) per litre, adding that it could be brought down...

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