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February 26, 2021

Turkey draws nearly $1bn direct investment from Italy

Turkey saw nearly $1 billion foreign direct investment (FDI) flowing into the country from Italy in 2020, the head of the Italian Chamber of Commerce and Industry said yesterday....

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February 26, 2021

Israel bans Muslim call to prayer to allow settlers to celebrate Purim

Israel today banned the raising of the Muslim call to prayer at the Ibrahimi Mosque in occupied Hebron under the pretext that settlers were celebrating the Jewish holiday of...

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February 26, 2021

US Biden stresses human rights in talk with Saudi king

US President Joe Biden raised human rights in a call with Saudi King Salman after reading a forthcoming US report into the murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, the White...

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February 26, 2021

China’s treatment of Uyghurs is genocide, Dutch parliament says

The Dutch parliament yesterday declared the treatment of the Uyghur Muslim minority in China a genocide in a non-binding motion, Reuters reported. “A genocide on the Uighur minority is occurring...

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February 26, 2021

Palestinians search for drowned Egypt sailors

Palestinian divers in the Gaza Strip have launched a search mission in an effort to locate the remains of Egyptian sailors lost at sea during stormy weather last week....

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February 26, 2021

Israel in talks with Gulf states to form defence alliance, report claims

Israel is currently in talks with the Gulf states of Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) for the purpose of forming a defence alliance, a report...

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February 26, 2021

HRW: Al-Werfalli is still at large despite committing war crimes in Libya

Human Rights Watch (HRW) criticised retired General Khalifa Haftar’s failure to hand over the commander of Al-Saiqa Brigade Colonel Mahmoud Al-Werfalli, despite his involvement in war crimes and the arrest...

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February 26, 2021

Profile: Sir Gerald Kaufman MP (21 June 1930-26 February 2017)

On this day, the veteran British Member of Parliament Sir Gerald Bernard Kaufman died at the age of 86. The Labour Party MP left a legacy as one of...

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February 26, 2021

Lebanon president follows up on damage from oil spill

Lebanon said yesterday that President Michel Aoun is following up on reports concerning an oil spill on Israel’s shores which reached Lebanon’s southern beaches. “President of the Republic, General...

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February 26, 2021

Jewish groups call on Biden to stop settlement goods being labelled ‘made in Israel’

Six progressive Jewish American organisations have called on the administration of US President Joe Biden to revoke a directive from his predecessor that all exports from illegal Israeli settlements...

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