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September 8, 2020

Trump to host Israel-UAE deal-signing ceremony on September 15

US President Donald Trump will hold a September 15 signing ceremony for a groundbreaking Middle East agreement normalizing relations between Israel and the United Arab Emirates, a senior White...

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September 8, 2020

Israel imposes week-long restrictions on coronavirus contagion zones

Israel on Tuesday began a week-long campaign of night curfews and school closures in dozens of towns and neighbourhoods with high coronavirus counts, hoping it will help stem a...

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September 8, 2020

Lebanon’s central bank governor: ‘I don’t want to resign’

Lebanon’s central bank governor, who has been in the post since 1993, said he has no plans to resign despite rumours he would quit amid a deep financial crisis...

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September 8, 2020

Prominent Palestinian astrophysicist set to administrative detention by Israeli military order

On September 2nd Dr. Imad Barghouthi, Professor of Physics at Al-Quds University, Palestine, was placed under administrative detention until November 15th by an order of an Israeli military commander...

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September 8, 2020

Turkey scales back school reopening amid rise in COVID-19 cases

Turkey announced on Tuesday it was scaling back plans to reopen schools later this month, with only the youngest pupils beginning classes at first, for up to two days...

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September 8, 2020

UN: Palestinian economic woes compounded by COVID-19

The COVID-19 pandemic is compounding dire economic conditions in the Palestinian territories, where GDP per capita was already projected to fall by 3% to 4.5% this year, a United...

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September 8, 2020

Italy adds to European calls for change in Lebanon amid crisis

Italy’s prime minister said on Tuesday it was time for Lebanon to rebuild trust between its people and institutions, joining France’s call for change in a nation devastated by...

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September 8, 2020

Iran’s move towards China will have global ramifications

The decision by Iran and China to embark on what amounts to a 25-year strategic partnership has touched off a flurry of analysis and speculation around the world. The...

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September 8, 2020

Israel arrests more than 40 Palestinians including ex-prisoners

Israeli occupation forces carried out a large-scale arrest campaign across the occupied West Bank, detaining at least 43 Palestinians, including a girl and one woman, reported Wafa news agency. According to Palestinian security...

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September 8, 2020

Rhetoric will eventually normalise Israel’s annexation plans

Prior to the UAE-Israeli normalisation agreement, when speculation over annexation of the occupied West Bank was rife, Israel’s Agriculture Minister Alon Schuster spoke in favour of “cultivating settlements”; his...

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