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January 19, 2021

Rights groups criticise Saudi failure to follow through death penalty annulment for minors

Human rights organisations have criticised the Saudi Arabian authorities for failing to annul death sentences handed down on five people who were minors when they were charged, despite promises...

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January 19, 2021

Britain, Ireland and UN condemn Israel’s plan to build illegal settler housing units

The British government is “seriously concerned” about Israel’s approval for the construction of 800 new settler housing units in the occupied West Bank. “The Government of Israel’s decision… could...

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January 19, 2021

Syria denies reports about meeting Israeli officials at Russian air base

The Syrian Foreign Ministry has dismissed reports about alleged secret meetings with Israeli officials last month at a Russian airbase in Hmeimim, Syria. According to Asharq Al-Awsat, the Russian-brokered...

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January 19, 2021

Turkey bans adverts on social media refusing to comply with new law

Turkey has imposed advertising bans on a number of social media companies due to their refusal to comply with a new law requiring them to assign legal representatives in...

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January 19, 2021

Morocco: Israeli romantic novel translated into Arabic for the first time

An Israeli romantic novel has become the first Hebrew book to be translated into Arabic in Morocco, the Jerusalem Post has reported. A Girl in a Blue Shirt will...

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January 19, 2021

The PA’s ‘hope’ masks the reality of the two-state compromise

UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres is “deeply concerned” about Israel’s ongoing settlement expansion, the Palestinian Authority’s official media, Wafa news agency, has reported. Another 800 settlement units will endanger...

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January 19, 2021

Iran to form ‘NATO’ defence and security pact with allies

The Iranian parliament announced yesterday that it is preparing a draft resolution on a “defence and security treaty for the Axis of Resistance” which it will sign with its...

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January 19, 2021

Turkey: opposition leader asks for snap elections

An early election is inevitable in Turkey, the main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) leader, Kemal Kılıcdaroglu, said yesterday when he repeated the opposition argument that citizens want snap...

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January 19, 2021

Egypt security arrest chef for ‘immoral’ penis-shaped birthday cakes

Egyptian security services have arrested a chef who made cakes in the shape of male and female private parts for a birthday party at Al-Jazirah Club. The news has...

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January 19, 2021

Snow blankets Saudi Arabia and Algeria as temperatures plummet

Snow fell in Saudi Arabia and Algeria at the weekend as temperatures plummeted to below freezing. Residents of the southern Aseer region in the Kingdom also saw an extremely...

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