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March 24, 2021

UN: Libya facing power, water shortages ahead of summer

Libya is facing an “acute” shortage of electricity as it braces for skyrocketing temperatures in the summer, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres’s special envoy warned on Wednesday, Anadolu reports. The...

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March 24, 2021

1.4m doses of BioNTech vaccine ready for use in Turkey

With the arrival of the latest batch in Turkey on Wednesday, there are 1.4 million doses of BioNTech coronavirus vaccine ready for use in the country, the nation’s health...

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March 24, 2021

Gunmen assassinate Haftar militia commander in East Libya

Gunmen assassinated on Wednesday a commander of the Haftar militia in the eastern Libyan city of Benghazi, local media reported, Anadolu reports. A spokesman for the special forces of...

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March 24, 2021

Israel: army bulldozers destroy Palestinian land to expand settlement entrance

Israeli bulldozers churned up a plot of Palestinian-owned land today in the village of Kisan, east of the occupied West Bank city of Bethlehem, Wafa news agency has reported....

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March 24, 2021

Dubai deputy ruler Sheikh Hamdan dies

Sheikh Hamdan Bin Rashid Al-Maktoum, Dubai’s deputy ruler and for decades one of the most influential figures in international horseracing, has died, Reuters reported Dubai’s ruler saying today. Sheikh Hamdan, 75,...

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March 24, 2021

Tunisia: MPs call for an end to attempts to disrupt parliament

Members of parliament in Tunisia from various parliamentary groupings have demanded that the competent authorities should take measures to stop attempts by the head of the Free Destourian Party...

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March 24, 2021

UAE invests $150m in Telegram messaging app

Mubadala Investment Company and Abu Dhabi Catalyst Partners yesterday announced that they had invested $150 million in the mobile messaging application Telegram. Reuters reported that the investment would be...

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March 24, 2021

Hajj firm warns about booking without up-to-date requirements

One of the leading travel companies in north-west England used by Muslims going to Saudi Arabia for the Hajj pilgrimage has warned that it is not taking bookings until...

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March 24, 2021

Study: Minors make up 25% of Yemen’s civilian casualties

Over the past three years, children have made up a quarter of civilian casualties in Yemen’s war, Save the Children announced yesterday. The organisation said that there were 2,341...

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March 24, 2021

Post-Brexit Britain relies increasingly on Moroccan fruit and vegetables

Britain’s reliance on Moroccan fruit and vegetable has grown rapidly following its withdrawal from the EU at the end of last year, prompting it to establish alternative trading partners....

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