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November 6, 2020

EU sanctions ministers of Syria’s Assad regime

The European Union on Friday imposed sanctions on eight newly appointed ministers of Syria’s Bashar al-Assad regime over violent repression against the civilian population, Anadolu Agency reports. The sanctions include a...

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November 6, 2020

Facebook removes ‘inauthentic’ networks spanning 8 nations

Facebook on Friday said it has dismantled seven separate networks of fake accounts and pages on its platform that were active in Iran, Afghanistan, Egypt, Turkey, Morocco, Myanmar, Georgia,...

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November 6, 2020

Israel soldiers and settlers storm the archaeological site of Sebastia

Israeli settlers invaded the Sebastia archaeological site in the northern West Bank city of Nablus for the second day in a row, reported Wafa news agency. The archaeological area has been...

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November 6, 2020

Winners of 2020 Palestine Book Awards announced

The winners of this year’s Palestine Book Awards (PBA) were announced yesterday following another year of strong submissions. Judges sifted through 38 books covering a number of genres. Due...

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November 6, 2020

UK, Morocco to boost security cooperation in Med and Sahel

Moroccan and British military officials yesterday discussed the security situation in the Mediterranean and Sahel regions during a meeting in the capital Rabat amid plans to strengthen defence ties....

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November 6, 2020

Saudi Arabia signs AI agreements with leading tech firms

Saudi Arabia has signed Memorandums of Understanding (MoU) with international tech companies, including IBM, Huawei and Alibaba covering artificial intelligence (AI). The move follows the formation of the Kingdom’s...

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November 6, 2020

Turkey policemen, Kurdish MP flee to Greek island in refugee boat

A boat full of asylum seekers arrived at the shores of western Greece earlier this week, with a Kurdish MP and 20 former Turkish police officers onboard. According to...

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November 6, 2020

Giant puppet to walk 8,000km to highlight plight of child refugees

A 3.5 metres tall puppet of a little girl is due to make the 8,000 kilometre journey from the Syrian-Turkish border to the UK in an effort to highlight...

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November 6, 2020

Ilhan Omar criticises Israel’s ethnic cleansing of Palestine

Muslim-American Congresswoman Ilhan Omar yesterday condemned Israel for violating international law following the demolition of a Palestinian village in the occupied West Bank earlier this week. Criticism comes after...

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November 6, 2020

Ex UN official: Censoring facts on Palestine a tool to ensure the dominance of the Zionist narrative, PBA counters this

The following is the Keynote Address delivered by Dr Rima Khalaf at the Palestine Book Awards 2020. Dr Khalaf served as the minister for several Jordanian ministries between 1993-2000;...

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