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November 21, 2020

UK amends status of Israel and Jerusalem following pressure from pro-Israel lobby

The UK government has responded to pressure from the Board of Deputies of British Jews and the Conservative Friends of Israel by listing Israel and occupied Jerusalem together as...

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November 21, 2020

Iraq Sunni leader calls on Biden to support autonomy

Leaders of Sunnis in Iraq convened and called for the incoming US administration under President-elect Joe Biden to help them obtain autonomous rule in the areas of Sunni majorities...

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November 21, 2020

Israel bars Palestinians from Al-Aqsa Mosque for Friday prayer

For the fourth consecutive Friday, Israeli occupation police have prevented hundreds of Palestinian worshippers in the occupied West Bank from reaching Al-Aqsa Mosque to perform Friday prayer, Anadolu Agency...

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November 21, 2020

UN, several countries denounce arrests of Egyptian activists

The UN human rights office, the United States, and several European countries on Friday criticised the arrest of three members of a prominent Egyptian rights group after a meeting...

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November 21, 2020

Saudi Arabia to invest more than $5bn in artificial intelligence by 2030

Saudi Arabia is planning to invest more than 20 billion riyals ($5.3 billion) in artificial intelligence by 2030, Chairman of the Saudi Data and Artificial Intelligence Authority (SDAIA) Abdullah...

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November 21, 2020

Trump’s parting shots for Israel

At the start of this year, in this column, I argued that the annexation of the West Bank was coming, one way or another. The West Bank and the...

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November 21, 2020

Woman’s self-immolation sparks outrage in Iran

A shocking incident of a woman setting herself on fire in the southern Iranian province of Hormozgan has evoked widespread anger and outrage across the country, reports Anadolu Agency....

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November 21, 2020

Iran tightens COVID-19 restrictions, but some streets still busy

Iran introduced tougher restrictions on Saturday to stem a third wave of coronavirus infections, including closing non-essential businesses and travel curbs, but state media reported widespread flouting of the...

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November 21, 2020

Israel’s energy minister: ‘Lebanon changed position on maritime borders 7 times’

Israel has accused Lebanon of backtracking on its position on the demarcation of the maritime borders between the two countries in the Mediterranean and warned of a “dead end”...

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November 21, 2020

Turkey’s Erdogan, Saudi king agree to solve issues through dialogue

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan and Saudi Arabia’s King Salman bin Abdulaziz agreed in a phone call to improve bilateral ties and solve outstanding disputes through dialogue, the Turkish presidency...

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