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January 28, 2021

US top diplomat holds first call with Iraqi counterpart

Secretary of State Antony Blinken held his first telephone call Thursday with Iraqi Foreign Minister Fuad Hussein since the top US diplomat took office earlier this week, Anadolu Agency reports....

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January 28, 2021

Will Palestinian elections be held in East Jerusalem?

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has announced plans to hold legislative elections on 22 May and presidential polls on 31 July, for the first time in 15 years. Concerns, however,...

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January 28, 2021

Israel destroys nature reserve, uproots 10,000 trees

The Israeli army yesterday destroyed a natural reserve and uprooted at least 10,000 trees in a military campaign in the northern West Bank in a move that Palestinians termed...

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January 28, 2021

US secretly moved Russia air defence system from Libya, report reveals

The United States’ military has been revealed to have transported a captured Russian air defence missile system from Libya to Germany, in covert efforts to gather intelligence from the...

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January 28, 2021

Somalia, Syria, Yemen most corrupt states in the world

The annual Corruption Perceptions Index survey released by Transparency International, which measures perceived public-sector corruption and highlights the impact of corruption on government responses to COVID-19, revealed that the...

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January 28, 2021

After 7 years, Algeria to reopen embassy in Libya

Algeria said it will reopen its embassy in Tripoli in the coming days after seven years of closure over security threats, Al Quds Al-Arabi reports. The announcement came yesterday after the...

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January 28, 2021

Qatar-Somalia relations are historical and longstanding, minister says

Relations between Somali and Qatar as historical and long-standing, based on the mutual respect, joint understanding and co-ordination in the regional and international forums, Minister of Labour and Social...

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January 28, 2021

Russia scientists discover ancient Roman port off Syria coast

An ancient port believed to date back to the Roman-era has been discovered off the Syrian coast of Tartus, according to an announcement by Dmitry Tatarkov, the director of...

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January 28, 2021

4,000 families at risk of displacement in North Sinai’s Arish

Almost 4,000 Egyptian families are at risk of being displaced from Arish, the capital of North Sinai, as a result of the Egyptian army’s campaign to expand the port....

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January 28, 2021

BDS ‘verges’ on anti-Semitism, says Biden’s pick for UN ambassador

US President Joe Biden’s nominee for America’s ambassador to the UN has denounced the global Boycott Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) campaign against Israel. Linda Thomas-Greenfield pledged to fight what...

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