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December 30, 2020

Egypt teacher shot dead by student in Saudi Arabia

An Egyptian teacher working at a school in Saudi Arabia was shot dead by one of his teenage students last week. The 35-year-old named as Hani Abdel Tawab was an English teacher at...

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December 30, 2020

Uyghur rights cause tensions between China, US embassies in Algeria

The Chinese embassy in Algeria protested against an “offensive” US embassy statement on the Uyghur issue, saying it was constitutes “an interference in China’s internal affairs.” On Sunday, Washington’s...

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December 30, 2020

UN official urges US to lift Syria sanctions

A senior UN official has expressed concern over the US sanctions imposed on the Syrian regime of President Bashar Al-Assad, saying that they obstruct efforts to rebuild the country’s...

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December 30, 2020

Egypt: 11m women receive health checks under Sisi’s initiative

The Egyptian Minister of Health, Hala Zayed, announced that 11.3 million women have been examined since the launch of Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi’s initiative to support women’s health. Zayed stated...

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December 30, 2020

Sudan lifts immunity of army members accused of torturing citizen to death

The Sudanese army’s Rapid Support Forces (RSF) announced yesterday that it had lifted the immunity on several members, after the prosecutor’s office charged them with killing a citizen just four...

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December 30, 2020

Yemen tribes call on Arab coalition to remove STC from Zinjibar

Yemen tribal leaders in the southern Abyan province yesterday called on the Saudi-led Arab coalition to put pressure on the UAE-backed Southern Transitional Council (STC) to force it to...

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December 30, 2020

Hamas: Gulf reconciliation benefits Palestinians

The head of the Hamas Political Bureau has welcomed reconciliation between the Gulf States, noting that such a move will eventually be in favour of the Palestinian cause. Ismail...

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December 30, 2020

Egypt: new Batel campaign launched for release of elderly and sick prisoners

A new campaign has been launched in Egypt for the release of elderly and sick prisoners, The New Khaleej reported on Tuesday. The latest campaign by Batel, a campaigning...

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December 30, 2020

Biden official slams Saudi jail sentence against rights activist Loujain Al-Hathloul

Jake Sullivan, the incoming national security adviser of US President-elect Joe Biden, yesterday criticised Saudi Arabia for sentencing prominent women’s rights activist Loujain Al-Hathloul to nearly six years in...

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December 30, 2020

Gunmen assassinate pro-Sadr military leader in Iraq

Unidentified gunmen have assassinated a senior official in Shia leader Muqtada Al-Sadr’s Peace Brigades in Diwaniyah Governorate in southern Iraq. Police Captain in Diwaniyah, Jamal Al-Din Al-Sudairy, said the...

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