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September 2, 2020

Yemen president Hadi returns to Riyadh after medical treatment in US

Yemen’s President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi has returned to the Saudi capital Riyadh after routine medical treatment in the United States, according to his Twitter account on Wednesday, Reuters reports....

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September 2, 2020

Turkey: Maritime deal with Libya ‘red line’ for Ankara

The maritime agreement between Turkey and Libya is Ankara’s “red line” in the Eastern Mediterranean, Turkish Vice President Fuat Oktay said Wednesday, Anadolu reports. Oktay warned that “no one...

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September 2, 2020

US blacklists ICC prosecutor over Afghanistan war crimes probe

The United States on Wednesday imposed sanctions on International Criminal Court prosecutor Fatou Bensouda, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said, over her investigation into whether American forces committed war...

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September 2, 2020

Egypt delegation postpones mediation visit to Gaza

Cairo has postponed its delegation’s planned visit to Gaza to discuss calming the tensions with Israel after Qatar was successful in its manoeuvres, the New Khaleej news website reported....

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September 2, 2020

Turkey arrests Daesh ‘emir’ plotting to kidnap politicians

A high-ranking Daesh figure has been arrested by security forces in Turkey, in the latest development in the country’s crackdown on the terror group and its affiliates. The arrest...

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September 2, 2020

Envoy admits US ‘pushed Germany hard’ to blacklist Hezbollah

US Ambassador to Germany, Richard Grenell has acknowledged that the US pressurised Germany into banning the Lebanese resistance movement, Hezbollah. Berlin banned Hezbollah in its entirety in April, with the Interior...

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September 2, 2020

Netanyahu holds video call with UAE in Hebrew

A video call between Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and a United Arab Emirates (UAE) representative was held today in Hebrew, reported the Jerusalem Post. The UAE representative named Khalifa, who...

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September 2, 2020

Egypt arrests prominent businessman over financial charges

Egyptian security sources yesterday arrested the prominent businessman, Salah Diab, as part of an investigation over “financial charges”, local media reported. Diab owns a number of companies that were...

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September 2, 2020

Who won Gaza’s battle of the incendiary balloons, Israel or the resistance?

The Palestinian Resistance Movement, Hamas, announced on Monday night the end of a period of cross border tension. Thanking Egyptian and Qatari mediation for the understanding with Israel, Hamas...

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September 2, 2020

Egypt’s external debt hits $111.3bn

Egypt’s external debt rose 4.78 per cent during the third quarter of the last financial year 2019-20, reaching $111.3 billion, the Central Bank of Egypt (CBE) announced yesterday. “Egypt’s...

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