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March 25, 2021

Bahrain: Covid cases in prison under control

Bahraini authorities today said a number of cases of coronavirus discovered in a prison earlier this week had been isolated and the individuals concerned were in a stable condition, Reuters reports....

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March 25, 2021

Algeria: Military court issues arrest warrants against former gendarmerie commander

Algeria’s military court has issued four international arrest warrants against the former national gendarmerie commander, Brigadier General Ghali Belkecir, in light of his involvement in three corruption cases, while...

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March 25, 2021

Syria regime soldiers join Haftar’s forces for money

According to local Syrian sources, soldiers affiliated with Bashar Al-Assad’s regime have fled to join the militia of retired Field Marshal Khalifa Haftar in Libya due to the regime’s...

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March 25, 2021

Suez Canal blockage costs $9.6bn in trade per day

According to a financial estimate issued by a prominent banking institution, the blockade of the Suez Canal could result in losses of $9.6 billion in trade each day; or...

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March 25, 2021

10-year prison sentence for Tunisia flight attendant in France

Tunisian media has revealed new developments in a case involving a Tunisian flight attendant who was arrested by the French authorities at Marseille Provence Airport. A Tunisian radio station...

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March 25, 2021

Turkey raises Uyghur rights at meeting with China FM

Turkey raised the issue of Uyghur Muslims during talks with China’s foreign minister in Ankara today, Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said, as hundreds of Uyghurs protested against the treatment...

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March 25, 2021

Missile damages Israel-owned ship in the Gulf, Israeli media says

A cargo ship owned by an Israeli company was damaged by an Iranian missile in the Arabian Sea earlier today, Reuters reported Israel’s Channel 12 news publishing on its website. The report said...

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March 25, 2021

Covid vaccine to boost Qatar’s economy

Qatar’s ability to vaccinate its residents is set to help the Gulf state’s economy expand, according to the latest Middle East Economic Update report from Oxford Economics which was commissioned...

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March 25, 2021

Turkey saves 470 asylum seekers pushed back by Greece into its waters

Turkish Coast Guards have rescued a total of 468 asylum seekers who were illegally pushed back by the Greek side into Turkish territorial waters in the Aegean Sea, according...

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March 25, 2021

Turkey to become global financial hub, says D8 secretary-general

Turkey will become a global financial hub for foreign investment thanks to its reforms and landmark projects, the secretary-general of the D8 Organisation for Economic Cooperation has said. According...

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