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May 9, 2021

Libya armed groups raid hotel where presidency met

Armed groups in Tripoli on Friday stormed a hotel where Libya’s new Presidency Council meets, the council’s spokeswoman said in a social media post, underscoring the continued risks to...

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May 9, 2021

Egypt to test visitors from countries with COVID-19 variants on arrival

Egypt will require all visitors arriving from “countries where variants of the virus have appeared” to take a rapid COVID-19 test upon arrival, its health ministry said in a...

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May 9, 2021

Sudan officials meet with US envoy over stalled dam talks

Sudanese officials held talks with a new US envoy to the Horn of Africa on Saturday aimed at resolving a dispute over Ethiopia’s giant hydropower dam on the Blue...

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May 9, 2021

Turkey COVID cases below 20,000 for first time since mid-March

Turkey’s daily COVID-19 cases fell below 20,000 for the first time since March 17 on Saturday, with 18,052 infections over the last 24 hours, health ministry data showed, Reuters reports....

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May 9, 2021

Ethiopian Orthodox Church head says genocide is taking place in Tigray

The head of Ethiopia’s Orthodox Church has said that atrocities amounting to genocide are being committed in Tigray, in his first comments on the conflict in the region that...

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May 9, 2021

Israel and South Korea to sign free trade pact

Israel will sign a free trade agreement with South Korea this week, marking the first such arrangement with an Asian market, Israel’s economy ministry said on Sunday, Reuters reports....

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May 9, 2021

Activist’s killing triggers protests in Iraq’s Karbala

The assassination of an Iraqi activist by unidentified gunmen on Sunday triggered protests in the southern city of Karbala, Anadolu Agency reports. Ihab Jawad Al-Wazni was killed at dawn near...

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May 9, 2021

100 Palestinians injured after Israel fired at worshippers at Al-Aqsa Mosque

At least 100 people on Sunday were injured after Israeli police fired plastic bullets and sound bombs after dawn prayer time, Anadolu Agency reports. After performing the dawn prayer, hundreds...

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May 9, 2021

Saudi-led coalition destroys Houthi drone from Yemen

The Saudi-led coalition in Yemen said today that it had intercepted and destroyed an explosive-laden drone fired by Houthis towards Saudi Arabia, Anadolu Agency reports. A brief statement said the...

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May 9, 2021

Meshaal: Sheikh Jarrah evictions ‘ethnic cleansing’

Khaled Meshaal, the head of Hamas’ diaspora office, described the eviction of Palestinian families from their homes in Sheikh Jarrah neighbourhood in East Jerusalem by Israeli authorities as “ethnic...

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