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April 2, 2020

Yemen court starts trial of Houthi leaders in absentia

A criminal court in Yemen’s interim capital Aden on Thursday held the first sessions of a trial in absentia involving 32 top Houthi members, who mounted a coup against...

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April 2, 2020

Syria seals major shrine for Shia pilgrims to stem virus

Syrian authorities on Thursday sealed a major Shia shrine that is a magnet for tens of thousands of Iranian pilgrims whom medics and the UN officials warned their congregation...

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April 2, 2020

Iranian parliament speaker tests positive for COVID-19

Iranian Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani has tested positive for the novel coronavirus, authorities said Thursday, Anadolu reports. Larijani is receiving treatment under quarantine, according to a statement issued by...

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April 2, 2020

Elderly to be evacuated en masse from ultra-Orthodox Israeli town hit by coronavirus

The Israeli military will evacuate elderly residents en masse from an ultra-Orthodox Jewish town with a disproportionately large outbreak of coronavirus, the government said on Thursday, Reuters reports. Some...

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April 2, 2020

Global death toll from coronavirus exceeds 50,000

Coronavirus-related deaths pushed past the 50,000 mark Thursday as the spread of the pandemic surges, Anadolu reports. The virus emerged in Wuhan, China last December and spread to at least...

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April 2, 2020

Lebanon: COVID-19 laws put refugees at risk, says HRW

A Human Rights Watch (HRW) report has accused Lebanon of introducing laws in response to the coronavirus outbreak which put refugees at risk. The report alleges that at least 21...

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April 2, 2020

What does Haftar want with Tunisia?

Tunisian social media sites, quoting Libyan websites, circulated a video of officers belonging to retired Major General Khalifa Haftar’s militias threatening Tunisia and its people. Haftar’s followers, who seem...

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April 2, 2020

2019 record year for Israel destroying Palestinian homes

Israel demolished a record number of homes in occupied East Jerusalem in 2019, an Israeli advocacy group has revealed in a new report. Non-profit organisation Ir Amim said that...

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April 2, 2020

Palestinian prisoners simply don’t matter to Israel’s security narrative, even in a pandemic

Unsurprisingly, Israel has not heeded requests to safeguard the health of Palestinian prisoners in its jails. Besides recommending “precautionary measures”, which are likely to provide no protection in confined...

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April 2, 2020

Yemen’s Houthis: Saudi coalition destroyed 475 archaeological sites

The Minister of Tourism in the Sanaa-based National Salvation Government has revealed the extent of the losses sustained by Yemen’s tourism industry as a result of five years of aggression by the US-backed,...

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