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  • December 21, 2020

    Flood waters damage Gaza strawberry crops

    Farmers in the Beit Lahia area appealed to the Ministry of Agriculture and international organisations to save them from losses after three days of rain that led to the...

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  • December 21, 2020

    67 Nepal migrant workers died in Qatar World Cup preparations 

    Qatar faces new shocking figures as deaths of Nepalese migrant workers ahead of the 2022 World Cup are at their highest level for at least three years, Sportsmail revealed. According to Sportsmail’s report, just two years before from the World Cup final, figures shows 67 Nepalese migrants died in Qatar between 16 July and 15 November. Nepal’s Foreign Employment Promotion Board (FEPB) also revealed that 104 deaths were registered in the year from 16 July 2019 to 15 July 2020. The current death tolls for this...

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  • December 21, 2020

    It is only a decade since the Arab Spring, but feels much longer

    Ten years have passed since the outbreak of Tunisia’s Jasmine Revolution, after Mohamed Bouazizi, a struggling young man who sold vegetables from his street cart, set himself on fire...

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  • December 21, 2020

    Germany, Finland repatriate 23 Daesh relatives from Syria camps

    Germany and Finland have repatriated 23 citizens from camps in northern Syria holding the relatives of suspected Daesh fighters, returning them on humanitarian grounds. Five women and 18 children...

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  • December 21, 2020

    Gaza holds paracycling race

      READ: MEMO photographer starts to document Gaza’s marine life...

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  • December 21, 2020

    UAE sisters attacked in London hotel lose appeal for compensation in UK court

    Three Emirati sisters, who suffered horrific injuries during a burglary at the Cumberland Hotel in 2014, have lost their bid for compensation, despite apparently citing 30 flaws in security...

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  • December 21, 2020

    Ghannouchi says Morocco’s normalisation with Israel violates Arab consensus

    The Speaker of the Parliament in Tunisia, and the head of Ennahda Movement, has pointed out that the normalisation agreement between Morocco and Israel is a violation of the...

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  • December 21, 2020

    Iraq devalues currency by 22 per cent

    Iraq has seen the biggest devaluation of its currency since the 2003 US led invasion with the Central Bank announcing on Saturday that it was devaluing the dinar by...

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  • December 21, 2020

    Egypt intelligence chief meets Haftar in Libya

    Head of Egyptian General Intelligence, Major General Abbas Kamel, held a meeting on Saturday with renegade Libyan General Khalifa Haftar and Tobruk Parliament Speaker Aguila Saleh. This came during...

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  • December 21, 2020

    UAE, Saudi used Israel spyware to hack Al Jazeera journalists’ phones, report reveals

    Spyware created by an Israeli company was reportedly used by Saudi Arabia and the UAE to hack into the phones and devices of dozens of journalists working for Qatari...

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