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December 2, 2020

Lebanon summons interior minister over judiciary corruption claims

The Lebanese Attorney General, Judge Ghassan Oweidat, has summoned Interior Minister Mohamed Fahmi for questioning over his remarks about widespread corruption in the judicial system and among judges. The Lebanese...

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December 2, 2020

High death rate as Serbia’s Orthodox Church neglects anti-covid measures

The Serbian Orthodox Church paid a heavy price for its disregard for measures to prevent coronavirus, which led to the death of the head of the church, Patriarch Irinej...

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December 2, 2020

Egypt executes 57 in two months in ‘horrifying execution spree’

Egypt executed at least 57 people in October and November, Amnesty International has said, almost double the number of executions carried out in the whole of 2019. Amnesty referred...

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December 2, 2020

Saudi Arabia: Gulf crisis could end within 24 hours

The current crisis between Qatar and the Gulf states could end “within 24 hours”, Saudi Arabia’s permanent representative to the United Nations, Abdullah Bin Yahya Al-Mouallimi, said yesterday. “If...

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December 2, 2020

Islamic Jihad calls on PA to lift its sanctions on Gaza, resume unity talks

Member of Political Bureau of Islamic Jihad, Khalid Al-Batch, yesterday called on the Palestinian Authority (PA) to lift the sanctions it has imposed on the Gaza Strip and resume...

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December 2, 2020

UN says 233,000 killed in Yemen war in last 6 years

The conflict in Yemen has claimed 233,000 lives over the last six years, Anadolu reported the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) saying yesterday. In a report about...

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December 2, 2020

Egypt ‘temporarily’ closes file of Italian student’s murder

Egypt is to “temporarily” end its investigation into the murder of Italian student Guilio Regeni, who was found dead in Cairo in 2016, Egyptian and Italian prosecutors said in...

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December 2, 2020

UAE negotiates with Israel to buy covid vaccine for Palestinians

Israel’s Hadassah Medical Centre is currently in talks with the UAE over the sale of 1.5 million doses of the COVID-19 vaccine for Palestine, Quds Press reported yesterday. According to the...

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December 2, 2020

Jordan’s king: ‘We will confront any attempt to impose new reality in Jerusalem’

Jordanian King Abdullah II affirmed the centrality of the Palestinian cause and the importance of continuing to strive towards achieving a just and comprehensive peace accepted by the peoples,...

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December 2, 2020

Iraq launches military campaign against Daesh cells in Anbar

The Iraqi army on Sunday announced that it had launched a military campaign to pursue Daesh cells in the desert of Anbar governorate, which borders Syria, Jordan and Saudi...

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