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July 9, 2021

Lebanon denies request to quiz security chief over Beirut blast

A Lebanese minister has denied a request by the judge probing the Beirut port explosion to question a top security official, a document seen by Reuters today showed, as attempts to...

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July 9, 2021

Israel signs seizure order for Hamas cryptocurrency accounts

Israel has approved the seizure of cryptocurrency accounts used by Hamas to raise money from international donors, Al Jazeera has reported. Israeli Defence Minister Benny Gantz ordered security forces...

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July 9, 2021

Palestinian leader Ahmed Jibril laid to rest in Syria

Palestinians turned out in Damascus today to mourn Ahmed Jibril, whose Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine – General Command fought Israel in the 1970s and 1980s, Reuters reports. Relatives...

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July 9, 2021

Egypt: Sadat’s widow dies aged 88

The widow of late Egyptian President Anwar Sadat has died at the age of 88, Reuters has reported. Jehan Sadat spent a decade as the country’s first lady. She...

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July 9, 2021

Lebanon’s cash-strapped army sells helicopter rides during economic crisis

Hit by the collapse of Lebanon’s economy, the army has started selling rides on its helicopters to finance their maintenance, a measure of the depth of the financial troubles...

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July 9, 2021

Israel settlements amount to war crime, UN rights expert says

Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank amount to a war crime, a UN human rights investigator said today, calling on countries to make clear to Israel that its...

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July 9, 2021

Saudi Arabia: Pension black hole hits early retirement plans

Saudi Arabia is staring at a gaping black hole in state-controlled pension funds so large that the Kingdom is having to take drastic counter-measures, including the raising of the...

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July 9, 2021

Withholding benefits from families of detained minors unconstitutional, Israel judges rule

Judges in the Israeli High Court of Justice are deeply divided over a discriminatory law that holds parents responsible for a child’s crimes. The practice has been labelled a...

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July 9, 2021

Israel destroys West Bank home of detained US citizen

Israeli forces have demolished the family home of Palestinian-American Montaser Shalabi, who was accused of being involved in a shooting that killed one Israeli and injured two others. Shalabi...

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July 9, 2021

Palestine Authority must legislate against domestic violence, rights groups say

Palestinian women’s rights organisations criticised the Palestinian Authority for not drafting laws that could have prevented the deaths of 58 women who were murdered in incidents of domestic violence...

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