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September 22, 2021

EU’s top diplomat meets Iran’s new foreign minister for first time

European Union foreign policy chief Josep Borrell met Iran’s new Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian on Tuesday in the margins of the United Nations General Assembly, the EU said in...

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September 22, 2021

Donors pledge additional $600m to avoid Yemen aid cuts

Donors pledged an additional $600 million to tackle Yemen’s humanitarian crisis on Wednesday, as the United Nations and other aid agencies warned that vital aid programmes would be cut...

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September 22, 2021

Saudi king tells UN kingdom supports efforts to prevent nuclear Iran

Saudi Arabia’s King Salman bin Abdulaziz told the United Nations General Assembly on Wednesday that his kingdom supports efforts to prevent Iran from obtaining nuclear weapons, as world leaders...

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September 22, 2021

25% of Israelis suffer food insecurity, report says

Nearly 25 per cent of Israeli families with children are experiencing food insecurity, new data from Israel’s largest anti-poverty NGO shows. The annual report by the Leket organisation, which...

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September 22, 2021

Middle East disinformation wars and the battle for narratives in the digital space

The Middle East’s disinformation wars and the battle for narratives in the digital world were discussed in this week’s “MEMO in conversation…” programme. The region has in recent...

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September 22, 2021

Tantawi is no hero: He oversaw some of the most brutal massacres in Egypt’s modern history

The former Defence Minister Field Marshal Hussein Tantawi, who died yesterday, is trending on Twitter in Egypt. Whilst the state-run media praise him as a “loyal son”, a “military...

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September 22, 2021

Natural gas to support UAE’s economic growth over next 50 years, says minister

Natural Gas will play a pivotal role in powering economic growth in the United Arab Emirates over the next 50 years, the Emirati Industry and Advanced Technology Minister, Sultan...

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September 22, 2021

Tunisia accuses Ethiopia of ‘issuing inaccurate’ dam statement

Tunisia has never been against any party involved in the issue of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), the Foreign Minister, Othman Jerandi, said yesterday. “Tunisia has been working...

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September 22, 2021

Israel: security forces clear Palestinian land in occupied Jordan Valley

Israeli occupation forces today cleared more Palestinian land in the northern Jordan Valley village of Kardala, Wafa news agency has reported. Local human rights activist Aref Daraghmeh said that...

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September 22, 2021

Libya rejects confidence withdrawal decision

Interim Libyan government, led by Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh, yesterday rejected a recent decision by the country’s eastern authority to withdraw confidence from it, claiming that the decision was “illegitimate”....

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