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January 18, 2021

Palestine Central Elections Committee to meet with factions ahead of Cairo talks

The Palestinian Central Elections Committee is set to hold meetings with representatives of the Palestinian factions to brief them about the administrative issues related to the elections, Al-Quds Al-Arabi...

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January 18, 2021

Rainwater floods prisoner cells in Israel’s West Bank prison

Heavy rainwater has flooded prisoners’ cells on Sunday in the Israeli Huwwara Detention Centre located in the occupied West Bank, the Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO)’s Committee for Prisoners and...

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January 18, 2021

Sudan protests against normalisation with Israel, burn Israel flag in Khartoum

Tens of Sudanese protesters took to the streets of Khartoum on Saturday protesting against the normalisation of ties with Israel, Anadolu Agency reported. According to Anadolu Agency, the protesters...

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January 18, 2021

UN welcomes presidential decree to hold Palestine elections

Secretary-General of the United Nations (UN) Antonio Guterres has welcomed a presidential decree issued by Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmoud Abbas to hold the Palestinian elections. A statement issued...

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January 18, 2021

Despite the presidential decrees, will the Palestinian elections actually be held?

A positive development has occurred in the form of President Mahmoud Abbas’s decrees to hold legislative, presidential and National Council elections in May, July and August this year. They...

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January 17, 2021

Oman’s new parliament law shrouds budget talks in secrecy

Oman has introduced a new law for parliament stipulating that state budget talks and the questioning of ministers should be carried out in secret, reducing transparency as the indebted...

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January 17, 2021

State media: Oman to close land borders again to curb coronavirus

Oman will close its land borders for one week from Monday to curb the spread of the coronavirus, especially a more contagious variant, state news agency ONA said on...

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January 17, 2021

Iran’s Zarif tells France: Avoid “absurd nonsense” about Tehran’s nuclear work

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif on Sunday dismissed a claim by France that Tehran was in the process of building up its nuclear weapons, calling it “absurd nonsense”, Reuters reports....

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January 17, 2021

Israel urged to provide COVID vaccines to Palestinians

Human Rights Watch on Sunday called on the Israeli authorities to provide coronavirus vaccines to the more than 4.5 million Palestinians in the occupied West Bank and Gaza Strip, Anadolu...

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January 17, 2021

UN: Libya talks make progress towards new temporary government

A Libyan political dialogue arranged by the United Nations has made progress towards agreeing a new transitional government to oversee the run-up to elections in December, the UN said...

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