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September 14, 2020

Angry protesters burn government property in eastern Libya

Angry demonstrations erupted on Saturday night in areas under the control of renegade General Khalifa Haftar’s forces in eastern Libya with protesters setting fire to government buildings in Benghazi....

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September 14, 2020

Israel approves 1,000 settlement units in occupied West Bank

Israeli authorities approved 980 settlement units in the illegal Efrat settlement in occupied Bethlehem, reported Wafa news agency. Hasan Brijiyeh, a local anti-settlement and anti-apartheid activist, told Wafa that Israel announced its approval...

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September 14, 2020

Iraq’s top Shia cleric backs early parliamentary elections

Iraq’s top Shia cleric, Ayatollah Ali Al-Sistani, yesterday said he supported early legislative elections slated for June 2021. His remarks came following a meeting with the UN envoy to...

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September 14, 2020

Report: Iran planning to kill US envoy to South Africa

The Iranian government is weighing a plot to assassinate the US ambassador to South Africa, a report said yesterday. Authorities have been aware of a general threat against Ambassador...

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September 14, 2020

Netflix can air ‘porn’ in Saudi but not criticism of MBS

The co-CEO of the streaming service Netflix has acknowledged that Saudi Arabia allowed the shows such as “Queer Eye”, “Sex Education” and “Orange is the New Black” to...

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September 14, 2020

4 Egypt police officers imprisoned over death of Islam the Australian

Four police officers have been imprisoned over the death of Islam the Australian at Munib Police Station. One other officer was released on bail of 5,000 Egyptian pounds ($317.30)....

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September 14, 2020

Egypt TV presenter Radwa El-Sherbiny under investigation for hijab comments

Egyptian TV presenter Radwa El-Sherbiny is being investigated after saying that women who wear the hijab are better than those who don’t. “To every woman who is the only...

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September 14, 2020

Lebanon: 90 UN peacekeepers contract Covid-19

At least 90 peacekeepers stationed with the UN Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) have contracted Covid-19, a spokesperson said yesterday. According to Agence France Presse (AFP), 88 of the...

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September 14, 2020

Saudi accuses detained Palestinians, Jordanians of supporting terror

The Saudi Public Prosecution has accused Palestinian and Jordanian prisoners being held in the kingdom of being affiliated to terror groups and supporting or financing terror acts, a Jordanian...

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September 14, 2020

Bahrain civil society groups reject normalisation agreement

Civil society groups in Bahrain have rejected the government’s normalisation agreement with Israel which is expected to be signed formally in Washington DC on Tuesday. Seventeen organisations have issued...

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