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February 16, 2022

Detained Sudan politicians start hunger strike

More than 100 Sudanese detainees, including senior politicians, started a hunger strike yesterday in protest of the detention conditions they are being held under, news agencies reported. In a statement, the Defence Committee for the Unlawfully...

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February 16, 2022

Is there any point in the UN’s World Day of Social Justice?

Given that citizens were being humiliated in most countries year in and year out, the UN decided in 2007 to mark 20 February annually as the World Day of...

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February 16, 2022

Russia DM in Syria to oversee naval exercises in Mediterranean

The Russian Minister of Defence Sergei Shoigu has arrived in Syria to oversee naval drills involving 15 warships and 30 aircraft in the eastern Mediterranean, the Russian Ministry of...

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February 16, 2022

World Bank to lend Tunisia $400m for social reforms

The World Bank will lend Tunisia about $400 million to finance social reforms, the government said yesterday, Reuters reports. After a meeting with Prime Minister Najla Bouden, the World Bank Vice...

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February 16, 2022

Egypt must urgently provide health care to Salah Soltan, say 19 rights organisations

Nineteen human rights organisations have called on the Egyptian government to urgently administer health care to political prisoner Salah Soltan after a recent prison visit revealed his health was...

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February 16, 2022

Why have the nuclear negotiations with Iran stalled?

According to Ali Shamkhani, the Secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council, the task of the Iranian negotiator in the new round of nuclear negotiations which began on 7...

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February 16, 2022

Libya State Council rejects eastern-based parliament’s withdrawal of confidence in government

Some 54 members of Libya’s State Council yesterday rejected the eastern- based parliament in Tobruk’s decision to withdraw confidence from the government and described it as a violation of...

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February 16, 2022

Iran army ground forces reached self-sufficiency in producing military equipment, general says

The Iranian army has become self-sufficient in producing military parts and equipment, the commander of the country’s Ground Force in the West of the country has said. “We will...

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February 16, 2022

60 people apply to run for Iraq president

A total of 60 people have submitted applications to run for Iraq’s presidency, the country’s parliament said on Monday. Parliamentary secretary Baydaa Khidir said the deadline for new applications was extended...

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February 16, 2022

Syrian child refugee forced to sew torn tent back together

READ: UN Refugee Agency ‘shocked’ over migrant deaths on Greek-Turkish border...

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