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June 23, 2021

Khashoggi’s killers were trained in the US

Four Saudis who participated in the 2018 killing of columnist Jamal Khashoggi received paramilitary training in the United States the previous year under a contract approved by the US State Department,...

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June 23, 2021

Amnesty slams Greece for brutally deporting asylum seekers

Amnesty International slammed Greek authorities for the torture, ill-treatment and illegal pushback of migrants and refugees to Turkey. In a report titled “Greece: Violence, lies, and pushbacks”, Amnesty reported...

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June 23, 2021

Israel votes to condemn China abuses against Uyghur Muslims

Israel signed a statement presented to the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHCR) yesterday urging China to allow independent observers access to its western Xinjiang region, where UN experts...

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June 23, 2021

UAE ‘forcibly disappearing’ Pakistani Shia

The UAE is facing sharp criticism over its inhumane practice of the enforced disappearance of members of a minority religious group in the latest of a series of reports...

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June 23, 2021

Gaza launches Journalism Square to honour media outlets

The Palestinian Media Forum launched ‘Sahafa Square’ (Journalism Square) in Gaza today in front of the destroyed Al-Jawhara Tower which housed media companies, in honour of journalists whose work...

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June 23, 2021

US seizes Iran and Shia affiliated websites

The US Justice Department has seized scores of websites affiliated with the Iranian government and allied movements which were, it says, hosted on US-owned domains in violation of sanctions....

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June 23, 2021

Qatar named safest country in the MENA

Qatar is the safest country in the Middle East according to the 2021Global Peace Index’s Societal Safety and Security measures. The Gulf state came in at 15th globally, but tops the regional...

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June 23, 2021

EU urges Egypt, Sudan and Ethiopia to discuss solutions to Nile dam crisis

The EU has urged Egypt, Sudan and Ethiopia to reach an agreement on the Grand Renaissance Dam crisis before Addis Ababa begins the second phase of filling the reservoir...

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June 23, 2021

Iran: US agreed to remove sanctions on oil, shipping

Iran said today that Washington had agreed to remove all sanctions on Iran’s oil and shipping, and take some senior figures off a blacklist, at talks to revive Tehran’s...

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June 23, 2021

Dubai incurs $4.2bn in losses in 2020

The Investment Corporation of Dubai, the principal investment arm of the government of Dubai, incurred 15.5 billion dirhams ($4.2 billion) in losses in 2020, new data revealed yesterday. Statistics...

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