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June 10, 2021

Kuwait anchor: The silent majority support building ties with Israel

Controversial Kuwaiti writer and TV host, Fajr Al-Saeed, has sparked outrage on social media after she appeared on an Israeli TV channel and expressed support for normalising ties with...

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June 10, 2021

Egypt delegation visits Sudan to discuss Ethiopia’s Renaissance Dam

Egypt’s Ministers of Foreign Affairs Sameh Shoukry and Water Resources and Irrigation Mohamed Abdel-Aty yesterday visited the Sudanese capital, Khartoum, to discuss bilateral cooperation and issues of common interest...

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June 10, 2021

Egypt whistleblower Mohamed Ali calls for Nile Revolution on 10 July

Egyptian whistleblower Mohamed Ali has called for Egyptians to go down onto the streets and protest on 10 July against authorities’ failure to stand up to Ethiopia amid the ongoing dam...

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June 10, 2021

Russia FM warns US over supporting separatists in Syria

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov yesterday warned the United States over backing Syrian separatists, saying it “may end badly”. Speaking at the Primakov Readings International Forum, Lavrov said: “We...

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June 9, 2021

UAE ratifies extradition deal with South Africa as hunt for Guptas intensifies

The United Arab Emirates has ratified a 2018 extradition treaty with South Africa, its embassy in Pretoria said on Wednesday, a move that President Cyril Ramaphosa’s government hopes will...

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June 9, 2021

Jailed Bahrain activist Husain Barakat dies of COVID-19

A Bahraini activist serving a life sentence has died after contracting COVID-19, the interior ministry and activists said on Wednesday, reported by Reuters, as the tiny Gulf state fights...

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June 9, 2021

US: Iran nuclear talks to resume over the weekend

Negotiations between Iran and the world powers on how to revive the 2015 nuclear accord will resume this weekend, Reuters reported US Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman as...

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June 9, 2021

The End of Empire in the Gulf: From Trucial States to the United Arab Emirates

Tancred Bradshaw concludes in his new book – The End of Empire in the Gulf: From Trucial States to the United Arab Emirates – that, “The British imperial project...

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June 9, 2021

UAE, Saudi, Egypt deporting Uyghurs to China, report says

Turkey, the United Arab Emirates, Egypt, and Saudi Arabia have been named among the countries that are deporting Uyghur Muslims to China, raising concerns about Beijing’s growing reach, CNN reports. According...

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June 9, 2021

PKK terrorism in Iraq is no less a threat than Daesh terrorism

Governments sometimes resort to terrorism to achieve short-term goals. This is no secret. Even the leader of the “war against terror”, the United States, is not averse to using...

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