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June 28, 2020

Ethiopia to begin filling Nile dam in 2 weeks

Ethiopia will start filling its $5 billion hydroelectric dam on the Nile River in two weeks, the government said Saturday, Anadolu Agency reports. The announcement came after an online...

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June 28, 2020

Saudi Arabia says it forces three Iranian boats out of its waters

Saudi Arabia forced three Iranian boats to retreat from its waters on Thursday after firing warning shots, a spokesman for Saudi border guards said on Saturday, Reuters reports. The...

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June 28, 2020

Egypt court jails belly dancer for ‘debauchery’ in social media crackdown

A high-profile Egyptian belly-dancer, Sama el-Masry, was sentenced to three years in prison and fined 300,000 Egyptian pounds ($18,500) on Saturday for inciting debauchery and immorality as part of...

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June 28, 2020

Rouhani: US sanctions, coronavirus make for Iran’s toughest year

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said on Sunday that his country is experiencing its toughest year because of U.S. sanctions coupled with the COVID-19 pandemic, Reuters reports. The coronavirus crisis...

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June 27, 2020

Libya calls for sanctions on foreign mercenaries

Libya’s permanent representative to the UN, Taher El-Sonni, on Saturday called for imposing sanctions on Russian and Sudanese mercenaries in the country. On Friday, mercenaries from Wagner Group and...

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June 27, 2020

PA urges Gantz to halt annexation of West Bank

The Palestinian Authority (PA) has called on alternate Prime Minister Benny Gantz to end the occupation of Palestinian lands and halt the annexation of the occupied West Bank before...

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June 27, 2020

Iraq: Hezbollah Brigades threaten PM

Iraqi Hezbollah Brigades threatened on Friday the new Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kazemi over the detention of brigades’ leaders, Al-Watan Voice reported. Abu Ali Al-Askari, security leader of the brigades,...

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June 27, 2020

South Africa’s Chief Justice should retract his pro-Israel comments or resign

South Africa’s Chief Justice has come under intense fire for publically expressing his love for Israel. Mogeong Mogeong made his pro-Israel comments on an online platform hosted by the...

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June 27, 2020

Tzipi Livni: Annexation of West Bank a ‘historic mistake’

Former Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni asserted on Friday that Israeli annexation of large parts of the occupied West Bank is a “huge historic mistake”, CNN reported. Several days...

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June 27, 2020

Likud considers abandoning rotation deal with Gantz

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud party is considering scrapping the rotation deal with Defence Minister and alternate Prime Minister Benny Gantz, Yedioth Ahronoth reported on Friday. Likud is...

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