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January 9, 2025

Gaddafi offered to give up WMDs in return for eased US pressure on human rights issues, UK documents reveal

Muammar Gaddafi’s regime offered to dismantle programmes of weapons of mass destruction (WMD) to deter pressure over Libya’s human rights violations, newly released British documents reveal. The UK Cabinet...

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January 9, 2025

Lebanon parliament convenes to elect president

Lebanon’s parliament convened today to elect a new head of state, aiming to fill a post which has been vacant since 2022, Reuters has reported. Political sources say that...

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January 9, 2025

UAE designates individuals and entities on ‘terrorist’ list

The United Arab Emirates has designated 11 individuals and eight UK-based entities on its “terrorist” list for alleged affiliation with the Muslim Brotherhood, which it believes is a terrorist...

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January 9, 2025

Japan yakuza boss pleads guilty to trafficking nuclear material to Iran

A reputed leader of a Japan-based yakuza crime syndicate, Takeshi Ebisawa, pleaded guilty in a Manhattan federal court yesterday to charges of trafficking nuclear materials, weapons and drugs. The...

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January 9, 2025

Iraq PM says regional stability tied to stopping Israel’s destructive war in Gaza

Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia Al-Sudani has reiterated that regional stability is tied to stopping Israel’s destructive war on the besieged Gaza Strip which, since 7 October, 2023, has...

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January 9, 2025

Relative of Algeria’s Emir Abdelkader executed in Syria jail

Algeria’s Emir Abdelkader National Foundation yesterday confirmed the death of Sheikh Khaldoun Al-Hasani Al-Jazairi in Syria’s notorious Sednaya prison by the ousted regime of President Bashar Al-Assad. “The death...

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January 9, 2025

Israel: tension escalates between defence minister and army chief over 7 October probe

Tension has escalated between Israeli Defence Minister Yisrael Katz and army Chief of Staff Herzi Halevi over State Comptroller Matanyahu Englman’s probe into the 7 October attack and the...

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January 9, 2025

WHO says more than 12,000 people need medical evacuation from Gaza

The World Health Organisation (WHO) said on Wednesday that more than 12,000 people in Gaza need medical evacuations, Anadolu Agency has reported. WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus insisted that...

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January 9, 2025

Abdul Rahman Al-Qaradawi extradited to UAE, lawyer says

Abdul Rahman Yusuf Al-Qaradawi, son of the late preacher Yusuf Al-Qaradawi, was reportedly extradited by Lebanese authorities to the UAE yesterday, according to his lawyer. Lebanese lawyer Mohammad Sablouh wrote...

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January 9, 2025

Kuwait, Turkiye discuss ways to enhance military cooperation

Kuwait’s deputy chief of general staff yesterday met with his Turkish counterpart in the Kuwaiti capital, Kuwait, where the two officials discussed ways to strengthen bilateral military cooperation, according...

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