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September 28, 2021

IOM ‘deeply concerned’ by number of dead, missing migrants heading for Canary Islands

The International Organisation for Migration (IOM) said it was extremely concerned about the sharp increase in the deaths and disappearances at sea of migrants trying to reach the Canary Islands...

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September 28, 2021

Egypt to tax social media influencers earning over $32,000

Egypt has said it will tax social media content creators earning more than 500,000 Egyptian pounds ($32,000) annually. “Anyone who makes a profit in Egypt must be fairly taxed...

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September 28, 2021

What’s new about the Putin-Erdogan summit?

On Wednesday, the Russian city of Sochi will host a new summit between Russian President Vladimir Putin and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, after no such meetings have been...

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September 28, 2021

Ex-PM says Israel does not have capacity to strike Iran nuclear sites

Israel does not have conventional military capabilities that enable it to strike and permanently eliminate the Iranian nuclear project, as it did in Iraq in 1981 and Syria in...

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September 28, 2021

Who’s running in Iraq’s elections?

Iraq holds a general election on 10 October, its fifth parliamentary vote since the US-led invasion that toppled Saddam Hussein in 2003 and ushered in a complex multi-party system contested by groups...

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September 28, 2021

Israel ‘worried’ about Vienna talks on Iran nuclear programme

The head of Israel’s National Security Council, Eyal Holata, is scheduled to meet US National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan in Washington next week to discuss Israel’s worries about the...

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September 28, 2021

PA welcomes UK Labour Party’s motion on Israeli ‘apartheid’

Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas welcomed the passing of a motion at the UK Labour Party conference on Monday that recognised Israel as an “apartheid” state and called for...

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September 28, 2021

Barghouti: PA has no authority

Imprisoned member of Fatah Central Committee, Marwan Barghouti, has said: “the Palestinian Authority (PA) has no authority” adding that the Battle for Jerusalem “revealed the inability and fragility” of...

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September 28, 2021

PA arrests key witness in Nizar Banat murder case

The Palestinian Authority security services arrested on Monday the key witness in the Nizar Banat murder case, local sources have revealed. Banat, a harsh critic of PA President Mahmoud...

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September 28, 2021

Egypt opens largest sewage treatment plant in the world

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi yesterday inaugurated the world’s largest wastewater treatment plant. The Egyptian presidency said in a statement that 20 billion Egyptian pounds ($1.14 billion) were spent...

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