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March 21, 2021

Turkey: 2,764 foreign ‘fighters’ deported since 2019

Turkey has deported a total of 2,764 ‘foreign terrorists fighters’ of 67 different nationalities since 2019, the country’s Interior Ministry announced on Sunday, reported by Anadolu Agency. In a...

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March 21, 2021

UAE cabinet approves programme to attract remote workers

The federal cabinet of the United Arab Emirates approved a new system allowing professionals to reside in the Gulf state while working remotely for employers abroad, a scheme that...

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March 21, 2021

Saudi oil giant Aramco to scale back spending after 2020 profit slump

Saudi Arabian state oil giant Aramco is betting on an Asian-led rebound in energy demand this year after it reported a steep slide in net profit for 2020 on...

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March 21, 2021

Saudi-led coalition pounds Houthi military sites in Sanaa

The Saudi-led coalition battling Yemen’s Houthi group struck military targets belonging to the Iran-aligned movement in the capital Sanaa in the early hours of Sunday, residents said, according to...

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March 21, 2021

Thousands of Israelis protest against Netanyahu ahead of election

Thousands of Israelis demonstrated outside the residence of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem on Saturday, calling for an end to his leadership just three days before the country’s...

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March 21, 2021

Syrian army shelling of hospital kills 7 in rebel held northwest Syria

At least seven civilians were killed and at least 14 medics were injured when artillery shelling from a Syrian army outpost hit a hospital in a rebel-held town in...

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March 21, 2021

Turkey quits European treaty on violence against women

President Tayyip Erdogan pulled Turkey out of an international accord designed to protect women, the government said on Saturday, prompting protests and criticism from those who said it was...

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March 21, 2021

Supreme leader ushers in Iranian New Year with message of hope

Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei welcomed the Iranian New Year as one of “production, support and removal of barriers” in a live televised speech on Saturday, reported Reuters....

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March 21, 2021

I haven’t heard from my mother in 1,400 days due to the Chinese crackdown, says Uyghur academic

As a Uyghur academic and representative of Uyghur Muslims, Professor Abdulresit Celil Karluk has spoken out on the plight of his people languishing in China’s concentration camps since 2017....

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March 20, 2021

Discover Ur, Iraq

Wearing their traditional cassocks and scarlet fascias, and with large golden crosses around their necks, members of the Vatican delegation to Iraq paced across the ruins of the House...

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