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December 16, 2021

US Senate passes Uyghur forced-labour legislation

The US Senate passed a bill Thursday that bans goods from China’s Muslim majority Xinjiang region produced with forced labour, Anadolu Agency reported. The Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act unanimously cleared...

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December 16, 2021

Assad regime in Syria, opposition release detainees as part of Astana Process

The Bashar al-Assad regime in Syria and opposition groups “mutually and simultaneously” release detainees as part of the Astana Process on Thursday, the Turkish Foreign Ministry said on Thursday,...

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December 16, 2021

US-led coalition shoots down drone in southern Syria

A British warplane that is part of a US-led coalition shot down a drone this week near a base where US troops are stationed in southern Syria, officials said...

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December 16, 2021

Why is Khaled Meshaal in Beirut?

For the first time in over ten years, the head of Hamas abroad, Khaled Meshaal, arrived in Beirut yesterday with a large delegation of the movement’s leadership. Meshaal’s arrival...

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December 16, 2021

Reinventing the Sheikhdom: Clan, Power and Patronage in Mohammed bin Zayed’s UAE

The author of Reinventing the Sheikhdom: Clan, Power and Patronage in Mohammed bin Zayed’s UAE had his own brush with the security apparatus in the sheikhdom when he was...

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December 16, 2021

UK minister says BDS will be outlawed

UK MP Robert Jenrick said that legislation would be passed to outlaw Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions, the Jerusalem Post reported. The comments were made at the Leadership Dialogue Institute...

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December 16, 2021

Canada and others say patience running out with Iran over downed plane

Canada, Sweden, Ukraine and Britain on Thursday said they could consider new steps in line with international law against Iran if it failed to respond by Jan. 5 to...

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December 16, 2021

Women head Sudan’s protests calling for civilian rule

Hundreds of people continue protests in the Sudanese capital Khartoum for a third week in a row against a recent political deal between the prime minister and the military. Demonstrators call...

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December 16, 2021

Shin Bet arrests Palestinians accused of spying for Hamas

Two Palestinians have been indicted in Israel for serious security offences after being accused of spying for Hamas, the country’s internal security agency, Shin Bet, revealed today. The two...

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December 16, 2021

Libya elections unlikely to take place, official says

Libya’s planned 24 December election cannot take place amid continued arguments and fears for electoral integrity after major security incidents, a member of the elections commission today told Al Jazeera. Rival...

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