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January 17, 2021

State media: Oman to close land borders again to curb coronavirus

Oman will close its land borders for one week from Monday to curb the spread of the coronavirus, especially a more contagious variant, state news agency ONA said on...

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January 17, 2021

Iran’s Zarif tells France: Avoid “absurd nonsense” about Tehran’s nuclear work

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif on Sunday dismissed a claim by France that Tehran was in the process of building up its nuclear weapons, calling it “absurd nonsense”, Reuters reports....

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January 17, 2021

Israel urged to provide COVID vaccines to Palestinians

Human Rights Watch on Sunday called on the Israeli authorities to provide coronavirus vaccines to the more than 4.5 million Palestinians in the occupied West Bank and Gaza Strip, Anadolu...

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January 17, 2021

UN: Libya talks make progress towards new temporary government

A Libyan political dialogue arranged by the United Nations has made progress towards agreeing a new transitional government to oversee the run-up to elections in December, the UN said...

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January 17, 2021

Iraq grants $20bn projects to Chinese companies

Iraq has given construction projects worth $20 billion in the southern province of al-Muthanna to a consortium of Chinese companies, an Iraqi official said on Sunday, Anadolu Agency reports. “The projects...

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January 17, 2021

Report: Israelis joined Dakar Rally in Saudi Arabia

A number of Israelis participated in the 2021 Dakar Rally car race in Saudi Arabia between Jan. 3 and 15, The Times of Israel reported on Sunday, Anadolu Agency reported. The...

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January 17, 2021

Lebanon inks final deal for 2.1m doses of Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine

Lebanon’s caretaker health minister signed a final deal on Sunday to secure 2.1 million doses of Pfizer-BioNTech’s COVID-19 vaccine as the country battles a steep rise in infections, Reuters reports....

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January 17, 2021

Lebanon patriarch tells feuding president and PM-designate to reconcile

Lebanon’s top Christian cleric has urged President Michel Aoun to set up a reconciliation meeting with Prime Minister-designate Saad al-Hariri to form a cabinet and end the country’s political...

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January 17, 2021

2 US bombers fly over Israel towards Persian Gulf

Two American Boeing B-52 Stratofortress military bombers were spotted on Sunday flying over Israeli airspace heading to the Persian Gulf, according to Israeli daily Yedioth Ahronoth, Anadolu Agency reported. “This is...

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January 17, 2021

Terror blast kills 1, wounds 6 others in NW Syria

A bomb-laden vehicle exploded in the northwestern Azaz city of Syria on Sunday, killing at least one civilian and wounding six others, Anadolu Agency reported. The explosion took place in a...

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