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July 11, 2020

UN: Saudi prince suspect in Khashoggi murder case

A UN official has said that Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (MBS) was a prime suspect in the case of the murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi in...

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July 11, 2020

Iran’s president calls for ban on weddings, wakes to halt virus spread

Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani called on Saturday for big gatherings such as weddings and wakes to be banned to stem a rise in coronavirus infections, but insisted the country’s...

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July 11, 2020

Yemen: UAE-backed militias clash with Saudi-backed combatants

Separate militia groups, one backed by the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and the other backed by Saudi Arabia, have clashed in Yemen, where both countries are part of a...

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July 11, 2020

Tension between Netanyahu, Shin Bet over Iran’s hacking of Gantz’s phone

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has voiced his anger several times as Nadav Argaman, head of Shin Bet, concealed information about Iran’s hacking of Defence Minister Benny Gantz’s mobile...

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July 11, 2020

Oxfam: Remittances dropped by 80% in Yemen

Cash transfers from Yemenis abroad to their country have declined by 80 per cent in the first four months of 2020, Oxfam announced on Thursday. “Remittances dropped by 80...

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July 11, 2020

Israel: ‘Our relations with Arab states do not depend on peace with Palestine’

Israel’s relationship with Arab states does not depend on peace with the Palestinians, Israel’s Minister of Intelligence Eli Cohen told i24NEWS on Thursday. He stressed that even if a peaceful solution...

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July 11, 2020

Iran denies explosion west of Tehran amid news of unusual incidents

The Iranian authorities denied the occurrence of an explosion west of Tehran, according to Iranian media, amid news of a series of recent unusual incidents. It was reported that the...

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July 11, 2020

Gaza: 1,500 housing units destroyed by Israel in 2014 still to be rebuilt

More than 1,500 housing units in the Gaza Strip have not yet been rebuilt since their destruction during the Israeli offensive on the coastal enclave in 2014, Palestinian MP Jamal...

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July 11, 2020

Negotiations between Lebanon government and IMF suspended

Negotiations between representatives of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the Lebanese government have been suspended in the middle of the worst economic crisis that the country has endured....

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July 11, 2020

UNESCO says World Heritage Committee to review Hagia Sophia

UNESCO said on Friday its World Heritage Committee would review Hagia Sophia’s status after Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan declared the ancient monument in Istanbul a mosque again. Erdogan made...

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