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August 7, 2020

5 Egypt men arrested for verbally assaulting TV presenter Reham Saeed

Five Egyptian men have been arrested for verbally assaulting the Egyptian TV presenter Reham Saeed. According to the state-run Al-Ahram, the men insulted her over her 2018 detention when she...

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August 7, 2020

Syria: US-backed Kurdish fighters besiege villages in Deir Ez-Zor

Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) have imposed a siege on several towns in the countryside of Deir Ez-Zor in eastern Syria, with help from US forces. Syria’s SANA news agency said the...

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August 7, 2020

Egypt: Travellers entering must present negative COVID-19 test

Egypt has said that travellers wishing to enter the country must present a negative coronavirus test within 72 hours of arriving in the country. Foreign tourists arriving by direct...

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August 7, 2020

Rights groups call for aid for flood-stricken Yemen

Five human rights organisations have called to provide humanitarian and relief assistance to thousands of Yemenis who had been affected by the two-weeks of heavy rain and floods especially...

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August 7, 2020

Turkey says maritime deal between Greece and Egypt is ‘null and void’

Turkey has criticised and dismissed a maritime agreement between Greece and Egypt for an exclusive economic zone (EEZ) in the eastern Mediterranean intended to counter Turkey’s own such deal...

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August 7, 2020

The regime is determined to rewrite history. Egyptians are giving their lives to prevent it

On 23 June Sanaa Seif, along with her sister Mona, arrived at the Egyptian attorney general’s office to file a complaint. The night before, a group of government thugs,...

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August 7, 2020

Bin Salman ordered hit squad to kill former official, claims lawsuit

Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammad Bin Salman ordered a hit squad to seek out and kill one of his former top intelligence officials in Canada just 13 days after...

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August 7, 2020

Lebanon’s Jumblatt calls for ‘international investigation’ into the Beirut blast

Lebanon’s leading Druze politician, Walid Jumblatt, yesterday called for an “international investigation” into the Beirut port explosion and said he had “no trust” in the government finding the truth....

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August 7, 2020

Saudi chemical giant registers $500m in losses

Saudi Basic Industries Corporation (SABIC) yesterday said it had suffered quarterly losses for the third time “due to low sales and impairments”. SABIC, the world’s fourth largest chemical company,...

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August 7, 2020

Iraq clears ports of ‘hazardous materials’ following Beirut blast

Iraq will create an inventory of all “hazardous materials” at its ports and airports as a precautionary measure, after a warehouse filled with ammonium nitrate fertiliser exploded in the...

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