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January 11, 2021

US imposes $8.6m penalty on French-Arab bank for violating sanctions

The Paris-based Union of Arab and French Banks (UBAF) has agreed to pay an $8.6 million penalty imposed by the US Treasury Department for violating a series of sanctions...

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January 11, 2021

Libya urged to search for mass graves in Tarhuna

Libya’s United Nations-backed government was urged on Thursday to investigate the deaths of hundreds of people in Tarhuna, an agricultural town 45 miles southeast of the Libyan capital, which...

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January 11, 2021

Algeria: former-PM admits selling gold bars on black market

A former Algerian prime minister has admitted selling gold bars on the black market, Algerie Presse Service (APS) has reported. Ahmed Ouyahia, 68, received the gold in his official...

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January 11, 2021

Israel rejects WHO’s request to provide Palestine medics covid vaccines

Israel rejected the World Health Organisation’s (WHO) informal request to immediately provide Palestinian medical staff COVID-19 vaccinations. The country has been widely criticised for intentionally barring Palestinians from getting vaccinated in...

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January 11, 2021

‘Israel’ is a short story

A few years ago, I read about an American dentist who asked one of his patients about his hobbies. “Reading,” the patient replied. “What do you read these days?”...

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January 11, 2021

US to designate Yemen’s Houthis as terrorist group, says Pompeo

Outgoing US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced yesterday that Washington will designate Yemen’s Houthi movement, known as Ansarallah, as a foreign terrorist group. “I also intend to designate three of Ansarallahs leaders, Abdul Malik al-Houthi, Abd al-Khaliq Badr al-Din al-Houthi,...

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January 11, 2021

UAE FM expresses willingness to normalise ties with Turkey

The United Arab Emirates’ Foreign Minister Anwar Gargash has expressed his country’s desire to normalise and re-establish relations with Turkey, following tensions between the two. Gargash made the remarks in an interview...

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January 11, 2021

Saudi’s MBS leads drive to lure multinationals to Riyadh from Dubai

Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman is spearheading a campaign to lure multinationals to relocate from Dubai to Riyadh in an ambitious plan that could anger the kingdom’s smaller...

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January 11, 2021

Lebanon currency dollar peg ‘finished’: central bank governor

Lebanon’s central bank governor said the dollar peg is “finished” in an interview with France24 last week. Riad Salameh, 70, who has headed Lebanon’s central bank since 1993, told the French...

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January 11, 2021

Israel: Former minister says democracy in state ‘more fragile’ than US

Former Israeli Justice Minister Avi Nissenkorn said on Friday that democracy in Israel is “more fragile” than in the US, despite the chaos in Washington last week, local media...

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