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May 20, 2020

Rights group: 2 detainees died of COVID-19 in Egypt

An independent human rights organisation based in Geneva said on Monday that two persons who were suspected of having been infected by the coronavirus have died in detention in...

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May 20, 2020

Yemen: UAE-backed STC refuses to hand government coastguards control of waters

The Vice President of the UAE-backed Southern Transitional Council (STC), Hani Bin Brik, said on Monday that the council will not hand over the coasts under its control to...

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May 20, 2020

Saudi Arabia welcomes investigation into trainee who killed US sailors

Saudi Arabia yesterday welcomed yesterday welcomed the result of an investigation into an armed attack carried out by Saudi Air Force trainee Muhammad Al-Shamrani who killed three American sailors at the...

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May 20, 2020

Iraq PM says country’s treasury ‘almost empty’, sovereignty ‘violated’

Iraq’s new Prime Minister, Mustafa Al-Kadhimi, said yesterday that when he assumed his duties the country’s treasury had been almost “empty”. In an article published in the Baghdad Today newspaper, Al-Kadhimi...

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May 20, 2020

Iraq: Daesh militants attack power lines in Diyala governorate

Daesh militants yesterday attacked overhead power lines on the outskirts of Mansouriya district, in the Diyala governorate, a local source reported. Iraq’s Shafaq News Agency yesterday quoted the source as saying...

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May 20, 2020

Lebanese man pleads guilty to exporting US drone parts to Hezbollah

A Lebanese man, Osama Hamada, on Monday pleaded guilty before a federal court in the state of Minnesota of conspiring to illegally export drones spare parts and technology from...

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May 19, 2020

Egypt says proposed standby funding from IMF aimed at helping businesses

Egypt’s talks with the IMF about a standby loan to help it through the coronavirus pandemic will focus on structural reforms to remove constraints on private businesses, Egypt’s planning...

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May 19, 2020

Abu Dhabi’s Etihad makes first known flight to Israel, carrying Palestinian aid

An Etihad Airways plane flew from the United Arab Emirates to Israel on Tuesday to deliver coronavirus supplies to the Palestinians, a spokeswoman for the Abu Dhabi airline said,...

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May 19, 2020

US sanctions Chinese firm for aiding Iran’s Mahan Air

The US sanctioned a Shanghai-based firm Tuesday for allegedly working on behalf of Iran’s Mahan Air airliner, reports Anadolu Agency. The Treasury Department said Saint Logistics Limited was blacklisted...

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May 19, 2020

Egypt registers 720 new coronavirus cases in one day

Egypt on Tuesday registered 720 new coronavirus cases, the health ministry said in a statement, its highest daily toll since detecting the first confirmed case in February. The new...

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