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August 13, 2020

Senior Muslim Brotherhood official dies in Egypt jail

Prominent Muslim Brotherhood leader, Essam El-Erian, died today in the notorious Scorpion Prison, south of Cairo, at the age of 66, according to several sources. Local media, including Al-Youm Al-Sabe’ and El-Watan newspapers,...

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August 13, 2020

Yemen pro-gov’t forces clash with UAE-backed southern separatists

Renewed clashes have erupted between forces loyal to the internationally-recognised Yemeni government and the UAE-backed Southern Transitional Council (STC) in Abyan Governorate, south-east of Yemen. A RT correspondent said the clashes...

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August 13, 2020

Economy Minister: Lebanon has only 4 months of wheat stock

Outgoing Lebanese Minister of Economy, Raoul Nehme, said the country’s stock of wheat and flour will suffice the local market for the next four months. “Lebanon has 32,000 tonnes...

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August 13, 2020

Iran health official sceptical of Russia’s COVID-19 vaccine

A spokesperson of the Iranian Ministry of Health Kianoush Jahanpur said yesterday that Russia’s coronavirus vaccine dubbed ‘Sputnik-V’ has not completed the third phase of clinical trials and therefore using it...

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August 13, 2020

Algeria: President orders referendum on constitutional amendment

Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune called on the relevant state institutions on Wednesday to initiate preparations for the holding of a referendum on a “profound constitutional amendment” that is under...

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August 13, 2020

UN-backed Libya parliament launches initiative to address conflict

Libya’s Tripoli-based parliament yesterday announced a new comprehensive political initiative aimed at “resolving the Libyan crisis, ending the transitional phase, and implementing parliamentary and presidential elections on a constitutional...

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August 13, 2020

Saudi cruise ships to sail from late August

Cruise ships operated by Saudi Arabia are to sail in the Red Sea for the first time as from 27 August, the Saudi Tourism Authority (STA) has announced. The...

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August 13, 2020

Does Egypt have the right to build military bases in Somalia?

In the context of the Renaissance Dam crisis which recently escalated between Egypt and Ethiopia, Somali reservations emerged regarding the fifth clause of the nine-clause resolution submitted by Arab...

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August 13, 2020

Lebanon prosecutor to question ministers over Beirut explosion

Several former and current ministers will be questioned by a Lebanese prosecutor over the explosion in Beirut’s port last week, Agence France Presse reports. Questioning is set to start with the former Minister...

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August 13, 2020

Jailed Iran activist Nasrin Sotoudeh goes on hunger strike

Human rights activist and lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh has begun a hunger strike to protest “the injustice and illegal conditions that political detainees are subjected to in Iranian prisons”. “My...

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