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January 15, 2021

Egypt hopes US’ Biden engages in Ethiopia dam crisis

Egypt on Friday called on the incoming US administration to play a role in finding a solution to the Ethiopia dam crisis, Anadolu Agency reports. Egypt’s official news agency quoted Motaz...

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January 15, 2021

Trump orders US Central Command to include Israel for more effective anti-Iran efforts

Donald Trump has ordered the US military to include Israel in its Central Command (CENTCOM), which oversees the Middle East, the Wall Street Journal has reported. The move comes...

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January 15, 2021

Palestinian prisoners in Israel to get virus vaccination next week

Israel will start vaccinating all prisoners, including Palestinian detainees, from next week as part of its nationwide anti-Covid-19 programme, the Minister of Health has confirmed. “We are adhering to...

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January 15, 2021

Syrian businessmen linked to Beirut blast explosives

Three Syrian businessmen have been linked to the purchase of the explosives that caused the Beirut blast last August. The link has been made in a documentary aired by...

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January 15, 2021

Qatar removed from UK’s safe travel corridor

Qatar has been removed from Britain’s safe travel corridor list, Transport Secretary Grant Shapps explained to the BBC on Thursday. The Caribbean islands of Aruba, Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and...

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January 15, 2021

US ignores famine in Yemen as it designates Houthis as ‘terrorists’

The US has rejected pleas from the UN to reverse its decision to designate Yemen’s Houthis as a terrorist group. The decision has been met with widescale condemnation and...

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January 15, 2021

Iran to step up border security in coordination with Turkey

Iran and Turkey are to enhance border security in a coordinated effort according to the commander of Iran’s border guards, Brigadier General Ahmed Ali Kuderzi. Kuderzi made the announcement...

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January 15, 2021

Kurdish militants fire on Syrian children while trying to recruit them forcibly

Militants belonging to the Kurdish Peoples’ Protection Units (YPG) are reported to have opened fire on children who attempted to flee after they were recruited forcibly by the militia...

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January 15, 2021

Istanbul: municipality to build water tanks to overcome drought

Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality is to build water storage tanks for every building over 1,000 square metres to store rainwater so that citizens can overcome drought, local media have reported....

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January 15, 2021

Saudi’s grand economic vision has ‘credibility gap’

Gulf based executives have warned of a “credibility gap” after Saudi Arabia announced that it was committing itself to step up domestic investment following the double shock of low...

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