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October 1, 2020

Yemen: Over 100 doctors resign over delayed salaries

As many as 110 doctors working at the Ibn Sina General Hospital in the city of Mukalla in Hadhramaut governorate resigned after payment of their salaries were repeatedly delayed....

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October 1, 2020

Russia to supply Egypt with 25m doses of coronavirus vaccine

The Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF) yesterday announced that it had agreed to supply Egypt with 25 million doses of its Sputnik-V coronavirus vaccine through Pharco, one of the...

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October 1, 2020

Before the flood of change sweeps us away

As the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain initiate diplomatic relations with Israel, with the implicit blessing of Saudi Arabia, enormous strategic changes are on the horizon. We can think...

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October 1, 2020

Salaries of Iraq senior officials depleting state budget

The “astronomical” salaries of the president, ministers, members of parliament and other senior ranking officials in Iraq are depleting the state’s budget and wasting public money, Iraqis have said....

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October 1, 2020

President: Iraq won’t turn into an arena for ‘settling scores’

Iraqi President Barham Salih said yesterday that his country will not be used as an arena for settling scores between “others”, adding that the Iraqi government is working to...

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October 1, 2020

Official: Yemen government, STC to swap 200 prisoners

Yemen’s internationally recognised government and the UAE-backed Southern Transitional Council (STC) have agreed on a prisoner swap which will see 200 detainees handed over in the Abyan governorate, Anadolu reported. The...

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October 1, 2020

Egypt warns citizens of ‘possible heavy rains’

Egyptian Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly yesterday ordered his government’s relevant ministries to work on “necessary preparations ahead of possible torrential rains across the country”. His remarks came during a...

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October 1, 2020

PA: Dialogue with Hamas takes place from national perspective

Bilateral dialogue between Fatah and Hamas is taking place from a national perspective, the secretary of Fatah’s central committee, Jibril Rajoub, announced yesterday. Responding to rumours about “disputes in...

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October 1, 2020

US embassy closure ‘dangerous for region’, warns Iraq FM

Those who believe victory will be achieved in Iraq through the US’ withdrawal from the country are living an illusion, Foreign Minister, Fuad Hussein, warned yesterday. Such a decision...

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October 1, 2020

Nadia Khiari’s satirical cats recount the contradictions of today’s Tunisia

“It was one humiliation too many,” is how artist Nadia Khiari recalls the speech of Tunisian dictator Zine El Abidine Ben Ali on 13 January 2011, following the street...

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