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August 5, 2020

Morocco: Ministry of Health suspends medical staff holidays

The health authorities in Morocco have suspended the annual holidays of doctors and other medical staff in public hospitals due to the coronavirus pandemic. The suspension takes effect as...

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August 5, 2020

Calls for Houthis to release head of Yemen university

The Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) on Monday called on the Houthis to release Dr Hameed Mohammed Aklan, rector of the University of Science and Technology in Yemeni, from prison. The GCHR said...

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August 5, 2020

Kuwait: MPs slam government for allowing foreigners to enter

Members of Parliament in Kuwait have criticised the government for allowing foreigners to enter the country, even from countries struggling to cope with Covid-19, the New Khalij news website...

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August 5, 2020

Pakistan PM: ‘US asked us to mediate between Saudi Arabia and Iran’

Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan said on Monday that the mediation efforts that the United States has asked his country to initiate between Saudi Arabia and Iran are making...

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August 5, 2020

Hamas denies responsibility for south Lebanon incidents

The Palestinian Resistance Movement Hamas has denied that the four people killed during an Israeli operation in the Sheba Farms in south Lebanon were members of its movement, Aram Media...

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August 5, 2020

Algeria appoints new anti-corruption Gendarmerie commander

Algeria’s President Abdelmajid Tebboune appointed a new commander for the National Gendarmerie Forces on Tuesday. Major General Nour Al-Jadin Qawasimia will be in charge of investigating corruption cases that...

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August 5, 2020

Algeria: We seek to strengthen neighbourly ties with Morocco

Algerian President Abdelmajid Tebboune yesterday stressed his country’s unwavering aspiration for closer, good, neighbourly ties with Morocco. This came in a congratulatory telegram sent to the Moroccan monarch, King...

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August 5, 2020

Jordan police clash with protesters over union crackdown

Jordanian security forces on Tuesday used tear gas to disperse stone-throwing demonstrators it blamed for disrupting public services during a protest demanding the release of leaders of the opposition-run...

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August 5, 2020

Trump says Beirut explosion seems to be ‘bomb of some kind’

President Donald Trump on Tuesday cast a massive explosion in Beirut as a possible attack, despite statements by Lebanese leaders that it was likely caused by highly explosive material...

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August 5, 2020

Investors raise concerns about migrant workers’ rights in Gulf

A group of investors is raising concerns about the treatment of migrant workers in the Gulf, warning that labour practices risk leading to abuses such as modern slavery. The...

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