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August 4, 2020

Massive blast rocks Beirut

Two explosions, which were felt as far away as Cyprus, struck Beirut today razing the city’s port, shattering windows, and destroying nearby buildings. Official reports initially claimed the explosions...

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August 4, 2020

Iran concealing accurate Covid-19 statistics, reveals leaked data

Iran has been concealing the number of Covid-19 deaths during the pandemic, leaked data has revealed. The accurate figure is almost three times that which the government claims, investigators...

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August 4, 2020

Will the demonstrations end Netanyahu’s political career?

Massive demonstrations across Israel are calling for the unseating of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu over corruption cases and his alleged mishandling of the coronavirus crisis. Worryingly for Netanyahu, the...

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August 4, 2020

Iran arrests 19 Afghans who raised Taliban flag in Tehran

Iranian authorities have arrested 19 Afghans after the Taliban flag was raised in the capital Tehran during Eid Al-Adha celebrations, Anadolu reported today. According to the news site, Commander of Tehran...

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August 4, 2020

Report: Hezbollah is using cyber army to ‘sow instability’ across Middle East

The Lebanese resistance movement Hezbollah is using “fake news training camps” in order to spread disinformation and instability across the region, according to a report in the Daily Telegraph. The...

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August 4, 2020

Egypt stock market continues to plunge amid political, economic uncertainty

The Egyptian stock market plummeted over the past seven months, with losses reaching 122.5 billion Egyptian pounds (around $7.7 billion), as the country’s economy suffers from Covid-19 closures, tensions...

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August 4, 2020

Israel orders 2 Palestinian families to demolish their own homes

Israel soldiers forced two Palestinian families to demolish their homes yesterday in the Silwan neighbourhood of occupied Jerusalem, reported Wafa news agency. Member of the Silwan Lands Defence Committee, Khaled Abu...

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August 4, 2020

Egypt: Sisi orders metro station be named after Safaa Hegazy because she broadcast coup statement

The deputy editor-in-chief of the state-run Al-Ahram has announced that President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi gave the order to name a metro station in Cairo after Safaa Hegazy because she authorised the...

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August 4, 2020

Yemen political prisoner dies in Maldives without fair trial

A Yemeni political prisoner died on Sunday in the Maldives after staging a hunger strike in protest of his detainment which has been at the request of the Saudi...

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August 4, 2020

Further cracks as Israel’s unity government fails to agree on budget

Israel’s power sharing government has been unable to reach an agreement to approve the state budget. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is at loggerheads with Alternate Prime Minister Benny Gantz...

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