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July 10, 2020

Egypt cabinet approves bill to keep sexual harassment victims anonymous

Egypt’s cabinet has approved a bill which will keep the identities of women filing complaints of sexual assault a secret. However, identities could be revealed to courts and defendants...

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July 10, 2020

Ennahda official advises Tunisia’s PM to resign

The head of the Shura Council of Tunisia’s Ennahda Party has advised Prime Minister Elyas Al-Fakhfakh to resign. Abdul Karim Al-Harouni gave his advice on local radio station Express...

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July 10, 2020

Kuwait may charge Bangladesh envoy in human trafficking case

Details of human trafficking in Kuwait which saw the arrest of an MP from Bangladesh suggests that the scandal is not simply a case of one single rogue lawmaker....

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July 10, 2020

Ex-Egypt diplomat says Turkey trying to ‘encircle Egypt’

A former Egyptian diplomat said that Turkey wants to move its battles from the border of Syria to Libya so as to “encircle Egypt”, Libya’s neighbour to the east....

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July 10, 2020

Russia FM: Libya warlord Haftar is ready to sign ceasefire agreement

The Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said on Wednesday that Libya’s renegade General Khalifa Haftar was ready to sign a ceasefire agreement, however the internationally- recognised Government of National...

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July 10, 2020

Guterres expresses ‘alarm’ at military build-up around Libya’s Sirte

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has told the Security Council of his alarm at the military build-up around Sirte in Libya. The conflict in the North African country has entered...

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July 10, 2020

Woman throws children from rooftops in Syria’s Afrin

An unknown woman in the northern Syrian city of Afrin, near Aleppo, has been found to be throwing children from the rooftops of buildings in the city, local sources...

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July 10, 2020

Israel threatens to cut electricity supply to Palestinian towns

Israel has threatened to cut the electricity supply to several Palestinian towns in the occupied West Bank to “blackmail” the Palestinian leadership after the latter’s decision to severe coordination...

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July 10, 2020

Lebanon: 7 arrested over rape, abuse of Syria boy

Seven men have been arrested in Lebanon over the rape and abuse of a 13-year-old Syrian boy that took place over a two-year period, IranWire reports. The eighth suspect in...

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July 10, 2020

German federal press office employee charged with spying for Egypt government

German authorities have charged a federal press office employee with espionage after he was caught spying for the Egyptian intelligence service. According to a report presented by Germany’s Interior...

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