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June 1, 2020

COVID-19 forces cancellation of pro-Israel conference in US

The American Israeli Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) has cancelled its 2021 conference due to COVID-19. AIPAC President Betsy Korn sent an email to supporters citing “no predictable avenue” for...

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June 1, 2020

Saudi cleric: ‘It is prohibited to protest in Islam’

A prominent Saudi cleric, Shaikh Assim Al-Hakeem, has come under fire on Twitter over his response to a question posed to him by a user regarding the permissibility of...

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June 1, 2020

Egypt expats stranded in Qatar protest outside embassy

Hundreds of Egyptian expatriates stranded in Qatar yesterday protested outside their country’s embassy in the capital, Doha, demanding to be returned home. The protesters called on the Egyptian authorities...

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June 1, 2020

Egypt: 4 MPs in isolation after displaying covid symptoms

Four Egyptian MPs are in isolation after displaying COVID-19 symptoms, the parliament’s secretary-general has said. Wafd Party MP Fawzi Said Eid Heikal was admitted to a private hospital yesterday...

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June 1, 2020

Iraq activists launch new campaign to reveal fate of forcibly disappeared persons

Hundreds of Iraqi activists, journalists and social media users launched a new campaign on social media calling to reveal the fate of tens of thousands of forcibly disappeared persons....

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June 1, 2020

With unrest across the US, asks the Twittersphere, where is the ‘Free American Army’?

The scenario is all too familiar: the almost casual murder in Minneapolis of an unarmed African American citizen — say his name: George Floyd —by police officers has sparked...

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June 1, 2020

Iran’s new Parliament Speaker rejects talks with US as ‘futile’

The new Speaker of the Iranian Shura Council, Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf yesterday rejected negotiations with the United States, describing them as “futile”. “The new Shura Council considers negotiating with America; the...

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June 1, 2020

UN suspends 80% of reproductive health facilities in Yemen

The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) announced on Saturday the suspension of reproductive health services in 80 per cent of the facilities it supports in Yemen, due to lack...

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June 1, 2020

Coronavirus spreads in Egypt’s Tora Prison

Suspected coronavirus cases have been detected in two out of four blocks of Egypt’s notorious Tora Prison, human rights organisation We Record reports. The cases cannot be confirmed to...

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June 1, 2020

Leading Yemen MP dies of coronavirus in Sudan

Dr Saleh Al-Sanabani, a prominent Yemeni MP and representative of Al-Islah Party in parliament, died of the coronavirus yesterday morning in Sudan, Yemeni sources reported. The informed sources said...

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