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November 16, 2021

Domestic violence against women in Israel rises 315% in 2020

The number of cases of domestic violence against women in Israel jumped sharply from 688 in 2019 to 2,853 in 2020, a 315 per cent spike, the Women’s International Zionist Organisation (WIZO) said...

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November 16, 2021

Sudan releases Al Jazeera correspondent

Sudanese authorities have released Al Jazeera Media Network bureau chief in Khartoum, El Musalmi El Kabbashi, Al Jazeera reported this morning. Sudanese authorities did not give a reason for El Kabbashi’s detention in a night...

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November 16, 2021

Documentary film ‘Brazilian Palestine’ boosts the Palestinian cause

In Brazil’s Rio Grande do Sul state, which is the home in exile for thousands of Palestinians, a Brazilian film about Palestine and Palestinian refugees is doing the rounds....
November 16, 2021

Netanyahu’s family requests extension of state-funded security protection

The family of former Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has formally requested an extension of the state-funded security protection, the Jerusalem Post reported yesterday. Six months of state-funded security protection for...

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November 16, 2021

HRW slams choice of Egypt as host of COP27

Human Rights Watch (HRW) yesterday criticised the choice of Egypt as host of the next global climate summit in November 2022, warning that the Egyptian government would use the...

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November 16, 2021

Marzouki: the icon of the Tunisian Spring

Dr Mohamed Moncef Marzouki was not a product of the Tunisian Spring, which was the first of the Arab Spring revolutions. He was truly one of the actors behind...

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November 16, 2021

Hamas urges donors to protect UNRWA

Hamas yesterday urged donors attending a conference in Brussels to protect the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA). A number of donor countries are meeting today under the auspices of Jordan and...

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November 15, 2021

Libyan premier vows to announce decision on seeking presidency ‘at right time’

Libya’s Prime Minister said Monday that he will announce his position on running for the presidential elections at the “appropriate moment.” Speaking to students at the new National Youth...

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November 15, 2021

Taliban move to stabilise local Afghan currency in face of financial sanctions

Seeking to stem the plummeting value of the local Afghani currency, the Taliban’s interim government in Afghanistan, on Monday, vowed to auction $10 million on the open market. In...

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November 15, 2021

Saudi Arabia to build world’s first non-profit city

Saudi Arabia plans to build the world’s first non-profit city, in a move that it hopes will propel the Kingdom to the forefront of urban innovation. Announced by Crown...

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