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April 12, 2020

Sudan's health minister says country needs $120m to fight coronavirus

Sudan urgently needs $120 million to fight the new coronavirus, the country’s health minister told Reuters on Saturday, amid a shortage of the equipment to fight the epidemic which...

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April 12, 2020

Iran renews coronavirus warning as 'low risk' activities re-start

President Hassan Rouhani urged Iranians to continue to respect measures to guard against the new coronavirus as “low-risk” business activities resumed in most of the country on Saturday, state...

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April 12, 2020

UN condemns water shutoff to Libyan capital

The United Nations humanitarian coordinator for Libya on Friday condemned the cutting off of water supply to the capital Tripoli over the past week as “particularly reprehensible” and said...

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April 12, 2020

Saudi-Mexican clash stops record oil cut deal despite US pressure

Top oil nations struggled to finalise record output cuts at G20 talks on Friday to boost prices slammed by the coronavirus crisis, as Saudi Arabia clashed with Mexico despite...

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April 12, 2020

Turkey seems torn between appeasing Israel and helping Palestine during this pandemic

As the coronavirus pandemic overwhelms the world, bringing to a halt almost all social, cultural and economic activities, Turkey is in the firing line. Bizarrely, it is facing the...

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April 11, 2020

Gaza police stop cars parking along the beach to reduce public gatherings in an attempt to tackle the coronavirus

To stop the spread of coronavirus...

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April 11, 2020

Coronavirus tally soars in several Arab nations

The Arab states of Morocco, Kuwait, Lebanon, Oman, and Palestine all reported new coronavirus cases on Saturday, Anadolu Agency reports. In Morocco, authorities recorded three deaths, bringing the total death toll...

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April 11, 2020

Jeremy Corbyn was defeated because he refused to defend himself against the Israel lobby

So that’s it. Jeremy Corbyn is out. Not with a bang, but with a whimper. With the media’s attention rightly focused on the coronavirus pandemic, coverage of Corbyn’s departure...

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April 11, 2020

The trouble with letting Assad ‘win’

Without substantial change on the part of the Assad regime, effective intervention and deterrence measures are still absolutely necessary in Syria. How such policy action materialises is debatable, but...

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April 11, 2020

United Nations calls to end suffering of asylum seekers from Libya

On Thursday the United Nations called on European countries to end the suffering of asylum seekers who were rescued at the Mediterranean, and not to return them to Libya,...

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