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January 17, 2022

Egypt to raise $3bn through bonds and sovereign financing

Egypt plans to borrow two billion dollars through sovereign financing instruments for the first time, in addition to raising more than $750 million through green bonds in June. The...

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January 17, 2022

Three killed and six injured in suspected drone attack in Abu Dhabi

At least three people were killed and six others injured due to blazes caused by a possible drone attack in the United Arab Emirates’ (UAE) capital, Abu Dhabi, police...

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January 17, 2022

Palestinian threatens to set himself on fire over Israeli eviction order

A Palestinian has threatened to set himself and his family on fire in protest of an Israeli eviction order, Anadolu News Agency reports. Israeli municipal authorities issued an order...

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January 17, 2022

UAE used convicted child-sex offender to gain US political access

A convicted child-sex offender and adviser to the UAE, George Nader, has pleaded guilty to helping the Gulf state pump millions of dollars in illegal campaign contributions into the...

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January 17, 2022

Arab League, UN call for holding Libyan election

The Arab League and the United Nations yesterday agreed on “holding the Libyan elections as soon as possible.” The agreement came during a meeting between the League’s Secretary-General, Ahmed...

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January 17, 2022

Iran re-incarcerates French academic for violating house arrest

Iran, yesterday, sent a French-Iranian academic, Fariba Adelkhah, back to prison for breaking house arrest restrictions. The deputy head of the Iranian judiciary, Kazem Gharibabadi, said that Adelkhah had “unfortunately,...

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January 17, 2022

France accuses Syrian of ‘committing war crimes’

A French court yesterday charged an Arab named Salah Habib of “supporting the Bashar Assad regime’s army and its chemical weapons program in Syria.” Le Monde reported that Habib...

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January 17, 2022

Morocco introduces new cybercrime laws

The Moroccan Minister of Justice, Abdellatif Wehbe, said the Ministry is working to introduce new legal requirements aimed at combating cyber crimes, especially those targeting women and children. He...

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January 17, 2022

21 Tunisian bodies denounce police suppression of protesters

As many as 21 Tunisian organisations have denounced “police suppression” of peaceful protesters after security forces forcibly dispersed anti-President Kais Saied demonstrators on Friday. The organisations including the Tunisian...

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January 17, 2022

Iranian diplomats arrive in Saudi Arabia after six years

Iran sent an official team to Saudi Arabia to start work at a global organisation representing Muslims, a first since the two rivals cut ties in 2016, Iran’s Foreign...

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