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October 11, 2021

Farewell to Abdul Hamid Al-Qudah (1 January 1946 – 29 September 2021)

Abdul Hamid Al-Qudah, a renowned scientist in the diagnosis of bacterial diseases and an expert on AIDS and other sexually transmitted diseases, has died. Abdul Hamid (1 January 1946...

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October 11, 2021

Iraq suffers lowest voter turnout

Vote counting was underway in Iraq today, a day after a record low turnout in a parliamentary election, reflecting what many Iraqis said was a loss of faith in...

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October 11, 2021

Iraq captures senior Daesh member, PM says

Iraq has captured Sami Jasim, a high-ranking member of Daesh in charge of the group’s finance and a deputy of slain leader Abu Bakr Al-Baghdadi, Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kadhimi...

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October 11, 2021

Lebanon: Fire at petrol storage tank

Traffic was being diverted away from Lebanon’s Zahrani oil facility this morning after a fire broke out at a gasoline storage tank, a security source told Reuters. The areas surrounding...

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October 10, 2021

Scotland’s first Festival of Palestine kicks off with history tapestry exhibition

The first Festival of Palestine in Scotland kicked off yesterday in the capital, Edinburgh, with a remarkable exhibition of the Palestinian History Tapestry as its main feature. Organised by...

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October 10, 2021

Germany’s Merkel kicks off final official visit to Israel

Germany’s outgoing chancellor Angela Merkel is touring Israel’s national Holocaust memorial on Sunday and has held talks with Prime Minister Naftali Bennett in her final official visit to the...

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October 10, 2021

Iran: Verifying the lifting of US sanctions is a top issue in nuclear talks

A main concern of Iran in any talks to rescue the 2015 nuclear deal would be around ways to verify the lifting of US sanctions, Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein...

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October 10, 2021

Lebanon: Country-wide blackout will last for several days

Lebanon has no centrally generated electricity after fuel shortages forced its two largest power stations to shut down, a government official told Reuters on Saturday. “The Lebanese power network...

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October 10, 2021

US: Blinken to meet Israeli, UAE counterparts next week to discuss normalisation

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken will meet with his Israeli and United Arab Emirates counterparts next week to discuss progress made on the so-called Abraham Accords as well...

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October 10, 2021

Sudan says running low on fuel oil and wheat due to port blockade

A three-week blockade of Sudan’s main port by tribal protesters is causing shortages of wheat and fuel oil for power generation, endangering the country’s already faulty electricity supply, a...

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