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June 17, 2020

UK PM faces backlash over DfID merger which endangers projects across the Middle East

UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson is facing a backlash after he announced plans to merge the Department for International Development (DfID) with the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) yesterday,...

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June 17, 2020

UN urges Libya to investigate viral video of Egypt labourers being abused

The UN is urging Libyan authorities to investigate a video circulating on social media of a group of Egyptian labourers being abused. In the video the Egyptian workers are...

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June 17, 2020

Israel, Greece to resume tourism in August

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his Greek counterpart Kyriakos Mitsotakis announced yesterday that tourism between the two countries will resume on 1 August if the coronavirus precautions permit, Anadolu reported....

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June 17, 2020

Malaysia’s King urges his country to unite in prayer for Palestine

Malaysia’s King, Sultan Abdullah Sultan Ahmad Shah, has called on his country to pray for the “well-being of Palestinians who are being oppressed by Israel” and who are resisting...

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June 17, 2020

Palestine FM warns of Israel’s misleading campaign ahead of West Bank annexation

The Palestinian Ministry of Foreign Affairs yesterday warned of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s “tricks” to mislead the international community regarding Tel Aviv’s plans to annex nearly 30 per...

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June 17, 2020

Will Israel’s annexation plan undermine Arab-Israeli normalisation?

The position adopted by Arab states over Israel’s plan to annex swathes of the occupied West Bank from next month, including the Jordan Valley, can be split broadly into...

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June 17, 2020

1.2m expats to leave Saudi in 2020, report says

Some 1.2 million foreign workers will leave Saudi Arabia this year due to the coronavirus outbreak in the country, a report from the Jadwa Investment company has revealed. According to the...

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June 17, 2020

Yemen government calls for UN to relocate office from Houthi-controlled Hudaydah

The internationally recognised Yemeni government yesterday demanded the headquarters of the United Nations Mission to Support the Hudaydah Agreement (UNMHA) be relocated from the Houthi-controlled Red Sea port to...

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June 17, 2020

UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson opposes Israel’s West Bank annexation plan

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson stressed yesterday in the House of Commons that his government strongly objects to Israel’s annexation of the occupied West Bank. “I believe that what...

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June 17, 2020

Russia sends 2 firefighting planes to Turkey

The Russian United Aircraft Corporation (UAC) said yesterday that it had sent two Be-200ES amphibious planes to Turkey on firefighting missions. “Two Russian Be-200ES amphibious planes arrived in Turkey...

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