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January 29, 2021

France refuses to hand over ex-President Ben Ali’s son-in-law to Tunisia

The French judiciary yesterday refused to deport Belhassen Trabelsi, son-in-law of the late Tunisian President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, due to the “risk of inhuman and degrading treatment”...

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January 29, 2021

PA welcomes US intention to reopen PLO liaison office

The Palestinian Authority (PA) leadership yesterday welcomed the US’ announcement that it hoped to reopen the Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO) office in the American capital Washington DC. “The US...

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January 29, 2021

Concerns over Google’s ‘dangerous’ Saudi-based cloud plans

A digital rights advocacy group has expressed concern over plans by tech giant Google to establish a new Google Cloud region in Saudi Arabia. Access Now issued a statement on...

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January 29, 2021

Libya to open oil hub in London

Libya’s National Oil Corp. (NOC) is in the process of opening an office in the UK capital London in an effort to increase the North African state’s production, the...

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January 29, 2021

Lebanon: Central Bank governor charged with dereliction of duty

The governor of Lebanon’s Central Bank was charged yesterday with dereliction of duty and breach of trust, the state-run National News Agency (NNA) has reported. According to Bloomberg, Riad...

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January 29, 2021

2,106 Israel soldiers infected with covid

Some 2,106 Israeli soldiers are currently infected with coronavirus, the army announced today. In a statement obtained by Anadolu Agency, the army said another 10,164 soldiers are currently in quarantine...

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January 29, 2021

10 years since Egypt’s Friday of Rage

It is ten years since the Friday of Rage, 28 January 2011, which many revolutionaries have described as the most important day in Egypt’s Arab Spring uprising. Demonstrations against Hosni Mubarak’s...

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January 29, 2021

Sharjah: Emir’s wife criticises UAE-Israel education cooperation

The wife of the Emir of Sharjah has criticised the UAE’s cooperation with Israel in the education field. Sheikha Jawaher Bint Mohammed Al-Qasimi made her comment about an online...

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January 29, 2021

Egypt: Calls for justice after influential businessman’s son kills woman

The son of an influential businessman in Egypt who killed an architect in a car crash has been accused of trying to get out of the crime. May Gayed Iskander,...

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January 29, 2021

Iraq to execute hundreds of innocent detainees, says human rights group

Executions are imminent in Iraq following the president’s approval of the death sentences for hundreds of Sunni prisoners in response to the suicide bombings in the capital Baghdad last...

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