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October 20, 2020

Former government lawyer ‘ashamed’ of defending UK over Saudi arms sales

A former lawyer at Britain’s Foreign Office responsible for fighting lawsuits against the British government over its arms sales to Saudi Arabia has said that she is “ashamed” of...

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October 20, 2020

Head of Libyan NTC: ‘I don’t regret seeking help from external forces to overthrow Gaddafi’

The former head of the National Transitional Council (NTC), Mustafa Abdul Jalil, confirmed that he does not regret engaging external forces to overthrow Colonel Muammar Gaddafi. Abdul Jalil told Libya Alhadath TV that...

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October 20, 2020

Britain to investigate reports of UAE ‘torture chief’ becoming head of Interpol

The British parliament’s foreign affairs committee will be presented with testimonies and evidence that Russia, China and the United Arab Emirates are unsuitable to be members of the international...
October 20, 2020

Iran says willing to sign military, security agreements with Gulf states

Tehran is willing to sign military and security agreements with Arab Gulf countries for the sake of the region’s stability, Iranian Defence Minister Amir Hatami told Al Jazeera. Hatami...

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October 20, 2020

Japan donates $4.3mn to UNRWA

Japan has donated $4.3 million to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestinian Refugees (UNRWA) to reduce the impact of poverty under the current coronavirus pandemic. This...

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October 20, 2020

The root problem of poverty in Palestine is not Covid-19, but Israel’s colonialism

The UN’s non-binding and generalised Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) have provided a diversion in current EU and Palestinian politics. On the brink of experiencing additional dispossession and forced displacement...

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October 20, 2020

US to remove Sudan from terrorism blacklist

The United States will remove Sudan from its State Sponsors of Terrorism list after the country agreed to pay a $335 million settlement to victims of Al-Qaeda attacks on...

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October 20, 2020

Indonesia rejects US request to host spy planes

Indonesia has turned down a proposal by the US to allow its P-8 Poseidon maritime surveillance planes to land and refuel there according to four senior officials in Jakarta....

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October 20, 2020

Systematic abuse in Sudan’s Islamic schools revealed by BBC investigation

Thousands of students of Sudan’s Islamic schools, known as khalwas, are systemically chained, beaten and tortured, an investigation by BBC News Arabic has uncovered. The revelation comes after reporter...

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October 20, 2020

Palestinian farmers forced out by Israeli settlers

Israeli settlers today attacked Palestinian farmers and forced them off their own land in the village of Deir Al-Hatab in Nablus governorate, Wafa news agency has reported. According to...

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