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August 4, 2021

People travelling from US, UK, Germany to Israel need to quarantine

Israeli authorities have added the US and 17 others countries to its severe travel warning list; with travelers from these locations needing to quarantine for at least seven days....

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August 4, 2021

Amr Moussa steps down as chief of Yasser Arafat Foundation

The former secretary-general of the League of Arab States, Amr Moussa, yesterday resigned from his post as the chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Yasser Arafat Foundation....

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August 4, 2021

UN report accuses Iraq of torturing detainees

The United Nations Mission in Iraq (UNAMI) and the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights yesterday accused the Iraqi government of “torturing” detainees held in the country’s...

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August 4, 2021

MEMO in conversation with: Zahra Ali

Join us for a live conversation with sociologist and Assistant Professor of Sociology at Rutgers University Zahra Ali to discuss the Iraqi uprising and women’s rights in the war-torn country....

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August 4, 2021

Sudan approves bill to join Rome Statute court

The Sudanese cabinet yesterday approved a draft law on the country’s accession to the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court. “Today, in our weekly Cabinet meeting, we have unanimously...

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August 4, 2021

EU losing democracy in Tunisia in favour of autocracy of Saudi, Egypt

The West’s silence regarding the situation in Tunisia shows their support for autocratic regimes including those in Saudi Arabia and Egypt, who stand behind the coup, former Italian Prime...

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August 4, 2021

Suspected hijackers leave ship off UAE , UK says

Boarders have left a tanker that maritime sources had said was seized off the coast of the United Arab Emirates and the vessel is safe, Britain’s maritime trade agency...

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August 4, 2021

Egypt backs Tunisia’s exceptional measures, says FM

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi supports the exceptional measures recently taken by his Tunisian counterpart, Kais Saied, the country’s Foregn Minister, Sameh Shoukry, announced yesterday. “Egypt is confident in...

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August 4, 2021

Sweden diplomat to be named UN envoy to Yemen, sources say

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is expected to shortly name Swedish diplomat Hans Grundberg as his new Yemen envoy, diplomats said, after China informally gave the greenlight for the appointment...

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August 4, 2021

Tunisia: Concerns over fate of ousted prime minister

The fate of ousted Tunisian Prime Minister Hicham Mechichi has become a matter of growing concern since no one knows his whereabouts, member of the International Federation of Jurists Anwar Al-Gharbi...

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