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January 25, 2021

EU welcomes restarted Turkey-Greece talks

The European Union welcomes the resumed exploratory talks between Turkey and Greece, the bloc’s foreign affairs chief said on Monday, Anadolu reports. In a press conference following a meeting...

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January 25, 2021

Saudi Arabia to get AstraZeneca shots in about a week from India

The Serum Institute of India (SII) will supply Saudi Arabia with 3 million AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine doses priced at $5.25 each in about a week on behalf of the...

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January 25, 2021

US approves all deals involving Yemen’s Houthis for one month

The United States on Monday approved all transactions involving Yemen’s Houthi movement for the next month as Washington reviews a Trump administration designation of the Iran-aligned group as a...

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January 25, 2021

Kuwait will keep airport at 30% of capacity until further notice

Kuwait’s government has delayed the second phase of its plan for resuming commercial flights until further notice, the state news agency said on Monday, citing a cabinet decision, keeping...

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January 25, 2021

Sudan prevents ambassador from travelling back to Ethiopia by land

Sudan has prevented Ambassador Yibtalal Amero from travelling overland back to Ethiopia due to tension on the border between the two countries. A security source told Anadolu Agency that...

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January 25, 2021

Yemen: YouTube closes 7 Houthi-affiliated channels

Following former US President Donald Trump’s designation of Yemen’s Houthi movement as a foreign terrorist organisation, YouTube has permanently deleted seven Houthi-affiliated channels. The US’ decision has since been criticised by...

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January 25, 2021

Biden appoints Palestinian-American as senior intelligence director

US President Joe Biden has appointed Palestinian-American Maher Bitar as the senior director for intelligence programmes at the National Security Council (NSC), Politico newspaper reported. Bitar served as general counsel to...

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January 25, 2021

UN: Decade of war deprives over half of Syrian children of education

Over half of children in Syria remain deprived of an education due to a decade of the ongoing civil war, the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has revealed. There are...

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January 25, 2021

Turkish ship hijacked in Gulf of Guinea

A Turkish cargo ship with 19 crew on board has been hijacked in the Gulf of Guinea, Anadolu has reported. At least one crew member was killed in the...

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January 25, 2021

US oil firm operating in ‘murky’ Syria oil business

“Pioneering” American entrepreneurs have waded into the “murky” oil business in Syria, according to a report by the Financial Times which investigated the US oil firm Delta Crescent Energy (DCE). The...

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