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March 25, 2021

Covid vaccine to boost Qatar’s economy

Qatar’s ability to vaccinate its residents is set to help the Gulf state’s economy expand, according to the latest Middle East Economic Update report from Oxford Economics which was commissioned...

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March 25, 2021

Turkey saves 470 asylum seekers pushed back by Greece into its waters

Turkish Coast Guards have rescued a total of 468 asylum seekers who were illegally pushed back by the Greek side into Turkish territorial waters in the Aegean Sea, according...

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March 25, 2021

Turkey to become global financial hub, says D8 secretary-general

Turkey will become a global financial hub for foreign investment thanks to its reforms and landmark projects, the secretary-general of the D8 Organisation for Economic Cooperation has said. According...

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March 25, 2021

Oman to impose night curfew to tackle covid

Oman will impose a curfew from 8pm to 5am from Sunday until 8 April, as the Gulf Arab state tightens restrictions to curb a rise in coronavirus cases, state...

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March 25, 2021

Israel forces tied detained Palestinian child to prison bed, rights group says

The Palestinian Commission of Detainees’ and Ex-Detainees’ Affairs has accused the Israeli occupation police and jailers of physically assaulting and maltreating a Palestinian child from Jerusalem during his detention,...

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March 25, 2021

UK pledges $17.3m to UNRWA

The UK is to contribute a further £12.6 million ($17.3 million) to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA), bringing the UK’s contribution for Financial Year April 2020-March...

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March 25, 2021

Israel demolishes Bedouin village for 185th time

Israeli occupation authorities this morning demolished all the tents and structures in the Palestinian Bedouin village of Araqeeb in the Negev desert for the 185th time, displacing its residents....

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March 25, 2021

Child prisoner in Egypt attempts suicide

A 15-year-old boy in detention in Egypt has attempted suicide after not being able to bear the conditions of his imprisonment any longer. Sources confirmed to the Egyptian Network for Human...

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March 25, 2021

Traffic suspended, as ship blocking Suez Canal may take weeks to move

A container ship blocking the Suez Canal like a “beached whale” sent new shockwaves through global trade today as officials stopped all ships entering the channel and the salvage...

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March 25, 2021

Yemen Nobel laureate calls on warring parties to end fighting

Yemeni human rights activist and Nobel Peace Prize laureate, Tawakkol Karman, has called on Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and the Houthi group to end their dispute and...

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