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August 5, 2021

Tunisia: presidential measures must be opportunity for reform,’ says Ennahda

Tunisia’s Ennahda movement called yesterday for the exceptional measures taken by President Kais Saied to be an “opportunity for reform”, Anadolu has reported. “If this is done, it could...

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August 5, 2021

IMF allocates $860m in aid to Lebanon

Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Kristalina Georgieva, announced yesterday that Lebanon will receive $860 million from the IMF’s Special Drawing Rights (SDR) Fund, to strengthen the...

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August 5, 2021

Iran’s new president vows to enhance ties with Latin America

Iran’s new President Ebrahim Raisi has vowed to boost political and economic relations with Latin American states, as a top priority for his country’s foreign policy. Raisi, who will...

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August 5, 2021

Yemenis in Saudi Arabia face humiliation, arbitrary measures and forced expulsion

In southern Saudi Arabia, which is historically part of Yemen, the Yemenis who provide quality services to the local people in the higher education and health sectors are now...

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August 5, 2021

Supreme Judicial Council is only body able to discipline judges, Tunisia adjudicators’ body says

The Association of Tunisian Judges yesterday confirmed that the Supreme Judicial Council is the only body empowered by the Constitution to hold judges accountable and able to decide on...

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August 5, 2021

56 injured in protests to mark Beirut blast anniversary

Fifty-six people were wounded yesterday evening during violent confrontations between Lebanese security forces and protesters who gathered to mark the first anniversary of the Beirut Port blast which killed...

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August 5, 2021

Tunisia president says ‘certain parties’ want to infiltrate interior ministry

Tunisian President Kais Saied yesterday said that “certain parties” are working to infiltrate “the state, and the Ministry of the Interior in particular”. A presidential statement said Saied visited...

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August 5, 2021

Israel maintains contacts with almost all Arab countries, official says

Israel maintains contacts with almost all Arab states, the Times of Israel newspaper reported a senior Foreign Ministry official saying today. The Israeli newspaper identified the official as the outgoing director...

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August 5, 2021

The electricity crisis in Iraq is a microcosm of the corruption afflicting the country

When the Green Party’s Caroline Lucas MP asked Britain’s Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs whether the government was supporting gas-related projects in other countries financially,...

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August 5, 2021

The international community’s tacit complicity in Sheikh Jarrah

So brief is the international community’s attention span when it comes to Palestinian rights, that the forced evictions planned by Israel for the residents of Sheikh Jarrah have become...

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