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November 24, 2020

Amnesty renews call on Egypt to release rights defenders

Amnesty International yesterday renewed its call on Egyptian authorities to “immediately” release prominent human rights defenders detained since last week. This came following the announcement of the Egyptian Initiative for Personal...

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November 24, 2020

GCC countries exceed 1m COVID-19 cases

The six countries of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) have recorded more than one million cases of infection with the novel coronavirus, according to Reuters. The news service tallied...

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November 24, 2020

UN: Ex-Nissan president’s detention ‘extrajudicial abuse’ with ‘no legal basis’

Former Chairman of Nissan Carlos Ghosn should receive compensation from the Japanese government for “illegally arresting and detaining him”, officials at the UN said yesterday. “Ghosn’s deprivation of freedom...

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November 24, 2020

Saudi seeks to be part of any US deal with Iran

Saudi Arabia wants to be part of any deal between the incoming US administration and Iran, Foreign Minister Faisal Bin Farhan told America’s CNBC on Saturday. Bin Farhan said that any...

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November 24, 2020

Israel, Lebanon talks on maritime borders stall

US-brokered Israeli-Lebanese talks on the countries ‘maritime borders have reached a dead end due to conflicting positions, Israel Hayom reported yesterday. On Sunday, following the fallout of the talks, Israeli Energy...

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November 24, 2020

Morocco: Former minister announces new phase in Western Sahara conflict

A former spokesman for the Moroccan government, Mustapha El-Khalfi, has said that there is a “new phase” in the Western Sahara issue, after recent tension in the region. “Morocco...

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November 24, 2020

Fatah accuses Hamas of foiling reconciliation talks in Cairo

Secretary of Fatah’s Executive Committee, Jibreel Al-Rajoub, has claimed that Hamas’ insistence on carrying out all elections together was the reason for the failure of talks in Cairo, the Shehab news...

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November 24, 2020

Britain, Germany, France, Italy threaten to punish those obstructing Libya deal

France, Germany and Britain hinted yesterday that they will impose sanctions on any party that obstructs the political agreement between the two parties to the Libyan conflict. In a...

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November 24, 2020

Sudan: Formation of transitional parliament to be postponed

The Forces of Freedom and Change Alliance (FFC) announced the postponement of the formation of the transitional parliament to the end of the year. The agreement signed between the...

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November 23, 2020

Expansion and mass eviction: Israel ‘takes advantage’ of Trump’s remaining days in office

In a few words, a close associate of Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, summed up the logic behind the ongoing frenzy to expand illegal Jewish settlements in Israel. “These...

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