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September 22, 2021

UN Rights Office ‘deeply concerned’ about human rights situation in Yemen

The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights is “deeply concerned” about the human rights situation in Yemen, where all parties to the conflict are “violating” international human rights...

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September 22, 2021

US House Majority Leader says removing military fund for Israel ‘technical delay’

Majority Leader of the US House of Representatives, Steny Hoyer, told Israel foreign minister, Yair Lapid, that removing military fund for Israel from government spending bill was a “technical...

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September 22, 2021

Lebanon raises fuel prices, again

Lebanon raised gasoline prices by 16 per cent today, the second hike in a week, cutting a subsidy on imported fuel which the new Prime Minister Najib Mikati has...

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September 22, 2021

Algeria’s interim president dies aged 80

Algeria’s former interim president Abdelkader Bensalah, who ruled the country during an unprecedented political crisis in 2019, died today aged 80, Reuters reported the presidency saying. Bensalah was named interim president after President...

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September 22, 2021

UAE approves $17.7bn housing program for Emiratis

United Arab Emirates Prime Minister and Dubai Ruler Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum approved a 65 billion-dirham ($17.70 billion) housing programme for Emirati citizens to be implemented over...

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September 22, 2021

Turkey to present Paris climate pact for parliament vote

President Tayyip Erdogan said yesterday that the Paris climate agreement would be presented to the Turkish parliament for approval next month, which would make it the last G20 country...

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September 22, 2021

UN to probe plane thought to be carrying arms for Libya’s Haftar

United Nations experts will travel to Cyprus to inspect a plane which is believed to have been used to violate the arms embargo on Libya, Greek Cypriot daily newspaper Philenews reports....

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September 22, 2021

Sudan PM: We will speed up dismantling Bashir’s regime

Sudanese Prime Minister Abdullah Hamdok yesterday confirmed that the special committee established to dismantle the regime of former President Omar Al-Bashir will speed up its operations. “We will speed...

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September 22, 2021

Iran supports resuming nuclear talks if they lead to lifting ‘all sanctions’

Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi said he supports the resumption of negotiations aimed at reviving the nuclear deal if the “ultimate goal” is to lift all unjust sanctions imposed on...

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September 22, 2021

John Legend: Hold Israel to a higher standard

READ: Hollywood’s Mark Ruffalo calls out Israel’s apartheid...

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