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November 18, 2020

Sultan of Oman pardons 390 prisoners on national day

The Sultan of Oman, Haitham Bin Tariq, yesterday issued a royal pardon for 390 prisoners, including 150 expats who were convicted in various cases. The official news agency said...

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November 18, 2020

US legislator: Israel ‘asked me’ to introduce bill against groups boycotting it

Georgia’s Legislator Deborah Silcox has said that an Israeli consulate asked her to introduce a bill against groups advocating a boycott of the Israeli occupation, news agencies reported yesterday....

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November 18, 2020

Netanyahu faces Gantz’s hesitation and Bennett’s impulsiveness

As Israel’s internal disputes continue with ever more calls to dissolve parliament and hold early elections, the popularity of right-winger Naftali Bennett, who aspires to be Benjamin Netanyahu’s successor,...

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November 18, 2020

Oxfam slams arms sale to countries that fuel war in Yemen

Oxfam International yesterday slammed arms sales to countries that are fuelling the war in Yemen and exacerbating the Yemeni people’s suffering, saying it was “immoral and incoherent” for the...

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November 18, 2020

Tawakkol Karman’s criticism of Ibn Baz’s fatwa sparks controversy

Yemeni Nobel Peace Prize-winner Tawakkol Karman attacked the former Grand Mufti of Saudi Arabia, Abdul Aziz Ibn Baz, who claimed that the earth does not rotate, sparking controversy among...

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November 18, 2020

Tunisia: El Kamour protests resume after leader arrested

Protests were renewed yesterday in the Tunisian governorate of Tataouine a day after the general coordinator of El Kamour sit-in, Dhaou El-Ghoul, was arrested. The arrest of El-Ghoul came...

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November 18, 2020

Trump may withdraw troops from Somalia as part of global pullback

President Donald Trump may withdraw nearly all U.S. troops from Somalia as part of a global pullback that includes reductions of forces in Afghanistan and Iraq, US officials said...

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November 18, 2020

Iran’s Zarif says Biden can lift sanctions with ‘three executive orders’

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said Iran would fully implement its 2015 nuclear deal if US President-elect Joe Biden lifts sanctions on Tehran, which Zarif said could be...

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November 18, 2020

Israeli military says it struck Syrian, Iranian forces in Syria

Israel said it launched airstrikes against Syrian army and Iranian Quds Force targets in Syria on Wednesday after explosive devices were planted in the Israeli-held Golan Heights. The Syrian...

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November 18, 2020

Bahrain delegation heads to Israel on Gulf Air flight

Bahrain’s first official government delegation to Israel set off on Wednesday on the first Gulf Air commercial flight to Tel Aviv, as the two countries look to broaden cooperation...

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