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March 30, 2021

80% of Sudan’s debt to the UK is interest

Some 80 per cent of the debt Sudan owes the UK is made up of interest, a report by the Observer revealed on Sunday. A freedom of information request found that...

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March 30, 2021

Saudi signs MoU to combat domestic violence

Saudi Arabia’s Human Rights Commission (HRC) and the Mawaddah Charitable Association yesterday signed a memorandum of understanding to increase coordination in protecting human rights and increase awareness to reduce...

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March 30, 2021

Student group urges London University council to reject ‘not fit for purpose’ IHRA anti-Semitism definition

UCL’s Students for Justice for Palestine Society (SJP) has welcomed the London university’s Academic Board’s rejection of the highly controversial International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) definition of anti-Semitism. In...

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March 30, 2021

Tanker released by Suez might be damaged, warns Egypt official

Cargo ship Ever Given might have suffered some damage after being wedged for a week at the Suez Canal’s shoreline, an Egyptian official warned yesterday. The former chairman of...

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March 30, 2021

Egypt detains 8 people in Sohag train crash

Egypt’s top prosecutor yesterday ordered the detention of eight people following a train collision in Upper Egypt. Two trains collided on Friday in Egypt’s southern province of Sohag, leaving...

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March 30, 2021

Withholding files in the case of ex-Mauritania president shows it’s political, lawyers say

Lawyers of former Mauritanian President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz criticised the magistrate who charged their client with money laundering, corruption, and illicit enrichment for withholding the indictment file against him. In...

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March 30, 2021

Qatar rejects HRW report on women’s rights, freedom

Qatar yesterday rejected a report prepared by Human Rights Watch about women’s rights and freedoms in the Gulf state, saying that gender equality and female empowerment are central to...

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March 30, 2021

Libya tops agenda in US, France

Libya tops the diplomatic and security agendas of the United States and France, according to Intelligence Online. Paul Soler, French President Emmanuel Macron’s adviser on Libya since 2017, has been...

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March 30, 2021

Kuwait receives archives from Iraq, 30 year after they were seized

Kuwait on Sunday received from Iraq the third batch of Kuwaiti property and archives that had been seized during Iraq’s invasion of its Gulf neighbour in 1990. The Iraqi Foreign Ministry...

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March 30, 2021

Zarif: Iran aims to contribute to lasting peace in Afghanistan

The Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said his country wants to contribute to establishing lasting peace and ending the conflict in Afghanistan. The official made the remarks upon...

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