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May 5, 2021

British academic sues UAE officials over assault claims

A British academic, who was detained in the United Arab Emirates two years ago on spying charges, has launched legal action against a number of senior officials from the...

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May 5, 2021

Israeli forces besiege Palestinian town of Aqraba

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May 5, 2021

Egypt to close stores, restaurants early for 2 weeks to curb COVID-19

The closing hours of Egyptian stores, malls and restaurants will be brought forward to 9pm (1900 GMT) to help contain the coronavirus for two weeks from Thursday, straddling the...

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May 5, 2021

Jerusalemites really are the salt of the earth

Jerusalemites really are the salt of the earth. Their resilience resembles the robust trees standing at the Damascus Gate to the Old City, as they shout fiercely in front...

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May 5, 2021

Australia military to stop using Israel defence system

The Australian government has informed Israel’s largest private arms company, Elbit Systems, that its military will stop using its Battle Management System (BMS) from mid-June. “The news was given...

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May 5, 2021

Saudi removes ‘Muslims only’ signs from highway to Madinah

Saudi Arabian authorities appeared to have replaced the “Muslims only” phrase from traffic signs leading to the Prophet’s Mosque in Al-Madinah Al-Munawwarah, Islam’s second holiest site after Makkah. Images...

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May 5, 2021

Egypt on the brink as third covid wave engulfs the country

Earlier this week, Egypt’s Ministry of Health denied the news that covid cases had spiralled out of control in Sohag Governorate and reassured the public that there were enough...

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May 5, 2021

Israel settlers set fire to Palestine farmland in Nablus

Extreme right-wing Jewish settlers set fire to Palestinian farmlands and attacked houses in the occupied West Bank village of Burin, near Nablus, yesterday evening, Wafa has reported. According to Ghassan Douglas,...

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May 5, 2021

Far-right crimes in Germany hit record high

Germany’s Interior Minister has said that far-right crimes in the country have hit a record high. Far-right offences accounted for more than half of all politically motivated crimes and...

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May 5, 2021

Tunisia is facing a constitutional crisis with political depth

Tunisians and observers of their democratic experience are asking where the country is heading. Is there, they wonder, an implementable solution to the crisis involving the three major institutional...

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