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March 18, 2021

Tunisia court frees prominent women’s activist

A Tunisian appeals court released on Wednesday a prominent women’s rights defender and LGBTI activist who had been jailed on charges of “insulting police and abuse of morals”, her...

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March 18, 2021

Sudan military company to give up its civilian operations

One of Sudan’s biggest military firms has agreed to gradually hand over its civilian operations to the finance ministry, with the goal of eventually converting it to a public...

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March 18, 2021

World Bank, EU, UN say agreement to give Lebanon aid in US dollars

Impoverished groups in Lebanon could soon receive more aid after a letter from international donors said on Wednesday there had been an agreement to hand out assistance in hard...

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March 18, 2021

Iran’s final report blames air defence operator error for Ukraine plane crash

Iran’s civil aviation body, in a final report, has blamed a misaligned radar and an error by an air defence operator for the shooting-down of a Ukrainian passenger plane...

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March 17, 2021

Syria to get first deliveries of COVAX vaccines within weeks

Syria will take delivery within weeks of its first COVID-19 vaccines from the global vaccine sharing platform COVAX, allowing it to kick off its national inoculation programme as early...

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March 17, 2021

Egypt: Foreign minister attributes harm caused to country’s reputation to Muslim Brotherhood

Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry has stated that the international criticism directed at his country regarding human rights abuses is generated by the powerful media machine owned by the...

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March 17, 2021

Brawls in shops as Lebanon’s financial meltdown hits food supply

The collapse of Lebanon’s currency has forced many grocery shops to temporarily shut within the last 24 hours, raising fears that a country reliant on imports could soon face...

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March 17, 2021

Iraq parliament votes in favour of Halabja as 19th governorate

The Iraqi parliament has voted unanimously on Tuesday to oblige the federal government to declare Halabja as the 19th governorate in Iraq, announced the parliament’s media department. The parliament’s...

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March 17, 2021

Official: Iran received letters from US through European countries, Swiss embassy

Iran has received letters from the US through European countries and the Swiss embassy in Tehran, disclosed a senior official in Iranian President Hassan Rouhani’s office. “We have not...

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March 17, 2021

Russia denies supplying Algeria with Su-34 fighters

A Russian military official on Wednesday denied manufacturing Su-34 fighters for the Algerian Air Force this year. The Russian Sukhoi SU-34 fighter is among the latest additions to the...

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