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November 14, 2021

Algeria to introduce VAT tax on sugar to cut imports

Algeria will impose a 9% value-added tax on white and raw sugar from early next year to reduce imports and address health issues, Prime Minister Ayman Benabderrahmane said on...

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November 14, 2021

Morocco plans additional airport COVID testing amid Europe surge

Morocco will conduct rapid COVID-19 tests to passengers arriving in its airports and ports, and will deny access to any visitor with a positive result, Reuters reported the government...

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November 14, 2021

Kuwait’s emir pardons and reduces sentences of 35 dissidents

Kuwait’s emir issued two decrees on Saturday granting pardons and reduced sentences to 35 dissidents, meeting a key demand of opposition lawmakers locked in a months-long standoff with the...

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November 14, 2021

Egypt: 3 dead, hundreds injured after scorpion swarm in Aswan

Three people have died and almost 500 were injured following a scorpion swarm in Egypt’s southern city of Aswan caused by thunderstorms since Friday, bringing many of them onto...

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November 14, 2021

Prince Charles’ opportunity and obligation, when he meets President Al-Sisi

Prince Charles has been an outspoken advocate for preserving the environment for decades. He will have a great opportunity to champion one of his favourite causes when he meets...

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November 14, 2021

Lebanon municipality imposes wage limit, curfew on Syrian refugees

A Lebanese municipality has imposed a series of measures on Syrian refugees, including a night curfew and a limit on the hours they work and wages they earn daily....

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November 14, 2021

British MPs demand end of government Gulf programme over Pegasus spyware scandal

British members of parliament have called on Prime Minister Boris Johnson to scrap a taxpayer-funded multimillion pound programme for Gulf states, following their involvement in the Israeli Pegasus spyware...

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November 13, 2021

Tunisia: President’s most prominent supporters call for his overthrow

Mohamed Abbou, founder of the Tunisian Democratic Current Party, was subjected to a wave of criticism after he demanded the overthrow of President Kais Saied by any “legal or...

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November 13, 2021

Israel’s terrorism against human rights NGOs

Since its founding in 1948, the “State of Israel” has promoted an intense campaign to erase Palestinian history, culture and resistance on all its fronts. Human rights organisations such...

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November 13, 2021

Turkey extends detention of 2 Israelis over espionage claims

A Turkish court on Friday ruled to extend the detention to 20 days of two Israelis over claims of espionage, Israeli media reported. Ynet News revealed that the detention...

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