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August 5, 2020

Jordan police clash with protesters over union crackdown

Jordanian security forces on Tuesday used tear gas to disperse stone-throwing demonstrators it blamed for disrupting public services during a protest demanding the release of leaders of the opposition-run...

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August 5, 2020

Trump says Beirut explosion seems to be ‘bomb of some kind’

President Donald Trump on Tuesday cast a massive explosion in Beirut as a possible attack, despite statements by Lebanese leaders that it was likely caused by highly explosive material...

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August 5, 2020

Investors raise concerns about migrant workers’ rights in Gulf

A group of investors is raising concerns about the treatment of migrant workers in the Gulf, warning that labour practices risk leading to abuses such as modern slavery. The...

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August 5, 2020

Lebanon: Toll expected to rise in blast that shook Beirut, killing 100, injuring thousands

Lebanese rescue workers dug through rubble looking for survivors of a powerful warehouse explosion that shook the capital Beirut, killing 100 people and injuring nearly 4,000 in a toll...

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August 4, 2020

Turkey’s COVID-19 cases up over 1,000 in ‘severe’ rebound

Turkey’s new coronavirus cases jumped above 1,000 for the first time in three weeks on Tuesday in what the government called a troubling rise during peak holiday season, raising...

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August 4, 2020

Iraqi teenager mistreated by security forces freed from jail, meets PM

When teenager Hamid Saeed’s family saw videos circulating on social media last week showing him being abused by Iraqi security forces, they hoped he was still alive, having looked...

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August 4, 2020

Six years on: Yazidi survivors see ‘only empty promises’ in aftermath of massacre

Nesreen Rasho had applied to attend college in northern Iraq when Daesh militants kidnapped her and sold her into slavery in their 2014 assault on her Yazidi homeland. Rasho...

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August 4, 2020

The Palestinians are caught between ‘waiting’ and ‘the possibility’ of annexation

While the Palestine Liberation Organisation has been calling upon the EU to step up from rhetoric to action regarding Israel’s forthcoming annexation of occupied West Bank territory, Europe’s Foreign...

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August 4, 2020

Egypt lawmakers approve bill to protect sex assault victims’ identity

Egyptian lawmakers on Tuesday approved a draft law that would give survivors of sexual assault and harassment the automatic right to anonymity, under pressure to do more to encourage...

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August 4, 2020

Jordan delays resuming international flights after COVID-19 surge abroad

Jordan on Tuesday postponed a resumption of international flight services that was planned for Wednesday almost five months after they were suspended due to the coronavirus outbreak, officials said....

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