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September 2, 2020

US blacklists ICC prosecutor over Afghanistan war crimes probe

The United States on Wednesday imposed sanctions on International Criminal Court prosecutor Fatou Bensouda, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said, over her investigation into whether American forces committed war...

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September 2, 2020

Egypt delegation postpones mediation visit to Gaza

Cairo has postponed its delegation’s planned visit to Gaza to discuss calming the tensions with Israel after Qatar was successful in its manoeuvres, the New Khaleej news website reported....

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September 2, 2020

Turkey arrests Daesh ‘emir’ plotting to kidnap politicians

A high-ranking Daesh figure has been arrested by security forces in Turkey, in the latest development in the country’s crackdown on the terror group and its affiliates. The arrest...

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September 2, 2020

Envoy admits US ‘pushed Germany hard’ to blacklist Hezbollah

US Ambassador to Germany, Richard Grenell has acknowledged that the US pressurised Germany into banning the Lebanese resistance movement, Hezbollah. Berlin banned Hezbollah in its entirety in April, with the Interior...

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September 2, 2020

Netanyahu holds video call with UAE in Hebrew

A video call between Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and a United Arab Emirates (UAE) representative was held today in Hebrew, reported the Jerusalem Post. The UAE representative named Khalifa, who...

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September 2, 2020

Egypt arrests prominent businessman over financial charges

Egyptian security sources yesterday arrested the prominent businessman, Salah Diab, as part of an investigation over “financial charges”, local media reported. Diab owns a number of companies that were...

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September 2, 2020

Who won Gaza’s battle of the incendiary balloons, Israel or the resistance?

The Palestinian Resistance Movement, Hamas, announced on Monday night the end of a period of cross border tension. Thanking Egyptian and Qatari mediation for the understanding with Israel, Hamas...

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September 2, 2020

Egypt’s external debt hits $111.3bn

Egypt’s external debt rose 4.78 per cent during the third quarter of the last financial year 2019-20, reaching $111.3 billion, the Central Bank of Egypt (CBE) announced yesterday. “Egypt’s...

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September 2, 2020

Report: Charlie Hebdo to repeat Prophet Muhammed cartoons as 2015 attack trial starts

The French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo has chosen to reprint cartoons of the Prophet Muhammed (peace be upon him) to mark the beginning of the trial of 14 alleged accomplices for...

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September 2, 2020

Will Iraq be the next to jump on the normalisation bandwagon?

It seems that the normalisation bandwagon that took off recently from Abu Dhabi is not far from passing through Baghdad. Despite the bleak picture in Iraq, and the regional...

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