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March 2, 2021

Egypt: Human rights defender Ezzat Ghoneim completes 3 years in pretrial detention

Lawyer and human rights defender Ezzat Ghoneim has just completed three years in pretrial detention in Egypt. Yesterday, the Egyptian Network for Human Rights (ENHR) said that Ezzat had...

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March 2, 2021

100 years of political division continues to affect Egypt

The political division in modern Egypt is nothing new. It has its roots in the national movement which grew from the 1919 revolution, or even before it. The division...

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March 2, 2021

Khashoggi fiancée: Saudi crown prince should be punished

Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman should be punished “without delay”, the fiancée of slain Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi said yesterday. Speaking after a US intelligence report found that the de facto ruler...

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March 2, 2021

Ready to work with Netanyahu: Mansour Abbas splinters Arab vote in Israel

At a glance, it may appear that the split of Arab political parties in Israel is consistent with a typical pattern of political and ideological divisions which have afflicted...

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March 2, 2021

EU lawmakers call for action against ‘de-facto’ Israeli annexation of West Bank

Some 442 European lawmakers have signed a letter calling on European governments and leaders, as well as US President Joe Biden, to take action against “de facto” Israeli annexation...

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March 2, 2021

Israel demolishes house of disabled Palestinian

Israeli occupation forces demolished the house of disabled Palestinian Hatim Hussein Abu Rayala in the Issawiya neighbourhood in the northeast of occupied Jerusalem, Quds Press reported yesterday. Occupation forces...

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March 2, 2021

Saudi plans to order 70 Airbus, Boeing jets, report says

State-owned Saudi Arabian Airlines (Saudia) plans to order 70 airliners from Airbus and Boeing, Saudi news outlet Maaal reported yesterday, citing unidentified sources. According to Reuters, Saudia is in talks...

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March 2, 2021

Kuwait reserves insufficient for April salaries, says source

Kuwait’s General Reserve Fund, managed by the state-run Kuwait Investment Authority (KIA), has insufficient deposits to pay the salaries of public employees next month, a ministerial source told the...

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March 2, 2021

$84m more EU funding to support Sudan families in need

The European Union (EU) announced on Sunday that it had agreed to pay a €70 million ($84 million) second tranche of its contribution to a project that supports impoverished...

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March 2, 2021

UN appeals for $3.85bn for humanitarian aid for Yemen

The United Nations has appealed for $3.85 billion to fund the humanitarian needs of Yemen in 2021. In a statement issued yesterday, the UN said it expects to provide...

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