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June 8, 2020

Egypt religious authority says Ottomans ‘occupied’ Istanbul

Egypt’s Dar Al-Iftaa yesterday attacked Turkish President Recep Erdogan’s plan to change Hagia Sophia’s title from a museum to a mosque, describing the Muslims’ conquest of Constantinople (present-day Istanbul)...

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June 8, 2020

Does Martin Luther King’s ‘dream’ or Malcolm X’s ‘nightmare’ await America?

Two weeks have passed since the murder of George Floyd, who was suffocated under the knee of a white policeman in Minneapolis. Protests still sweep cities across the US,...

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June 8, 2020

Bernie Sanders: Any plans to illegally annex any part of the West Bank must be stopped

Former US presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders yesterday called Israel’s plans to annex parts of the occupied West Bank “illegal” and urged for action to be taken to stop them....

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June 8, 2020

Russia ordered its troops to move away from Iran militias due to covid fears

Russia ordered its troops in Syria to separate from pro-Iran militias in mid-March in an effort to protect them from the spread of the coronavirus, the New Khaleej reported. An opposition...

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June 8, 2020

Israel is on edge as the George Floyd murder sparks global demands for justice

Does the current wave of protests across America sparked by the brutal murder of George Floyd by a white police officer present an existential threat to Israel? I hope...

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June 8, 2020

Official: Saudi Arabia to build special museum for da Vinci’s painting

The Wall Street Journal revealed that Saudi Arabia plans to build a special museum to display Leonardo da Vinci’s “Salvator Mundi” painting. The journal quoted Saudi Deputy Minister of Culture, Hamid Bin Mohammed...

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June 8, 2020

Ex-Iran President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to make comeback

According to the semi-official Iranian news agency, Young Journalists Club, former Iranian President, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, intends to run in the next presidential elections for 2021. The conservative Ahmadinejad who was...

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June 8, 2020

Coronavirus spreads in Egypt’s Al-Qanater Prison

New suspected coronavirus infections have been detected in Al-Qanater men’s prison, according to the human rights organisation We Record. The infections are in four detention cells in which most...

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June 8, 2020

UAE sheikh’s granddaughter appointed as adviser to Yale environment body

The Yale Centre for Environmental Law and Policy yesterday announced that the UAE’s Sheikha Shamma Bint Sultan Bin Khalifa Al Nahyan was appointed as a member of its Board...

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June 8, 2020

University of Jordan faces backlash for inviting Israel-US academic to online workshop

The University of Jordan is facing a backlash on social media after it extended an invitation to an Israeli-American academic to give a lecture during an online workshop, the New...

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