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July 1, 2021

Tunisia government condemns assault on female MP in parliament

The Tunisian government yesterday condemned the assault on Member of Parliament Abir Moussi in parliament. Moussi, the head of the Free Destourian Party, was assaulted in parliament by Sahbi Samara, an...

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July 1, 2021

Tunisia MP repeatedly slaps female colleague in parliament

Tunisian Parliament deputy Sahbi Samara yesterday slapped opposition MP and leader of the Free Destourian Party, Abir Moussi, twice before other MPs intervened and moved him away. The incident...

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July 1, 2021

What more than surrender does the UAE want from the Palestinian Authority?

During his visit to the UAE, Israeli Foreign Minister and Alternate-Prime Minister Yair Lapid inaugurated the Israeli embassy in Abu Dhabi, met with his counterpart Mohammad Bin Zayed and signed an agreement on...

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July 1, 2021

Architect of Iraq war, US’ Donald Rumsfeld dies at 88

Donald Rumsfeld, the US defence secretary who was the main architect of the Iraq war, died on Tuesday at age 88, Reuters reported his family saying in a statement...

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July 1, 2021

‘I will not be blackmailed:’ Ghada Najibe responds to Turkey’s request she stop posting on social media

An outspoken Egyptian revolutionary living in exile in Turkey has refused requests from the Turkish authorities to stop posting on social media. Last week her husband, Egyptian opposition journalist...

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July 1, 2021

Jerusalem icon Muna El-Kurd highlights Sheikh Jarrah struggle in graduation speech

Palestinian activist Muna El-Kurd who, along with her twin brother Mohammed, has become a symbol of the Jerusalemites’ struggle against Israel’s systematic ethnic cleansing policy, chose to convey the...

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July 1, 2021

Israel continues to detain Palestinian MPs on International Day of Parliamentarism

The Palestinian Islamic Resistance Movement, Hamas, yesterday condemned the ongoing Israeli detention of Palestinian MPs on the UN’s annual International Day of Parliamentarism, 30 June. Hamas spokesman Abdul Latif...

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July 1, 2021

Israel interior minister gives Arab party ultimatum over family reunification law

Israeli Interior Minister Ayelet Shaked has issued the head of the only Arab party in the country’s coalition government an ultimatum that if he does not support the extension...

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July 1, 2021

Sudan: Police disperse protest condemning deteriorating living conditions

Police in the Sudanese capital Khartoum yesterday dispersed a demonstration denouncing the deteriorating living conditions, which coincided with the second anniversary of the 30 June movement. Hundreds of protesters...

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July 1, 2021

Iran official defends execution of minors

A member of Iran’s High Council for Human Rights, Majid Tafreshi, has defended his country’s use of the death penalty against minors, saying it does not constitute a human...

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