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December 30, 2020

Egypt: new Batel campaign launched for release of elderly and sick prisoners

A new campaign has been launched in Egypt for the release of elderly and sick prisoners, The New Khaleej reported on Tuesday. The latest campaign by Batel, a campaigning...

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December 30, 2020

Biden official slams Saudi jail sentence against rights activist Loujain Al-Hathloul

Jake Sullivan, the incoming national security adviser of US President-elect Joe Biden, yesterday criticised Saudi Arabia for sentencing prominent women’s rights activist Loujain Al-Hathloul to nearly six years in...

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December 30, 2020

Gunmen assassinate pro-Sadr military leader in Iraq

Unidentified gunmen have assassinated a senior official in Shia leader Muqtada Al-Sadr’s Peace Brigades in Diwaniyah Governorate in southern Iraq. Police Captain in Diwaniyah, Jamal Al-Din Al-Sudairy, said the...

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December 30, 2020

Official: Number of female alcohol, drug addicts on rise in UAE

The number of women addicted to alcohol and drugs in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) is on the rise, a top official at Dubai Police said citing social changes...

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December 30, 2020

Fans of Israeli football club protest against sale to UAE official

An Israeli football club notorious for the anti-Arab racism of its fans is facing a crisis now that a member of Abu Dhabi’s ruling family has bought a 50...

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December 30, 2020

Israel Attorney General secretly took advice on Netanyahu’s cases from law scholars

Israeli government’s Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit has secretly consulted law experts on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s corruption cases without the knowledge of the Justice Ministry, Haaretz revealed yesterday. Mandelblit carried out...

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December 30, 2020

Palestinian factions hold joint military drills in Gaza

Palestinians in the Gaza Strip have held their first joint military drills in an effort to coordinate defence capabilities in the face of any future Israeli strike. In a...

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December 30, 2020

The new Yemeni government is what Saudi Arabia wanted, not what Hadi wanted

The government of technocrats was finally sworn in before Yemeni President Abdrabbuh Mansur Hadi on Saturday. The ceremony was held in Riyadh, and not in Yemen’s temporary political capital,...

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December 30, 2020

Financial crises, corruption cripple Egypt plans to develop rural areas

Egyptian projects to develop infrastructure in 100 rural areas are facing severe financial crises and corruption, Lebanese newspaper Al-Akhbar has revealed. President Abdel-Fattah Al-Sisi launched the “Decent Life” initiative in 2019...

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December 30, 2020

Tunisia man discovers Palestine origins 30 years after his adoption

In 2005, not long after the death of his mother in Tunisia, Ayman knelt down next to her bed surrounded by her possessions and noticed a piece of paper...

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