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May 12, 2020

UN warns 320,000 pregnant women at risk due to lack of funding in Yemen

The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) yesterday warned that as many as 320,000 pregnant women in Yemen will lose access to life-saving reproductive health services due to the lack...

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May 12, 2020

Yemen ends school year early due to coronavirus outbreak

The Yemeni government yesterday decided to end the school year for the primary stage “prematurely” due to the outbreak of the novel coronavirus, SABA news agency reported. The agency said the...

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May 12, 2020

HRW: Lebanon’s coronavirus response overlooks disabled

Lebanon’s coronavirus response has overlooked and failed the country’s disabled people, a Human Rights Watch (HRW) report released yesterday warns. According to the report, Lebanese with disabilities are facing challenges to accessing...

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May 12, 2020

Shtayyeh has boosted his chances of running for the Palestinian presidency

Mohammad Shtayyeh is finishing his first year as Palestinian Prime Minister, but he faces several challenges, most notably the coronavirus pandemic in the occupied West Bank, which is taking...

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May 12, 2020

Algeria using COVID-19 to quash anti-government protests

Analysts believe that the Algerian authorities are using the COVID-19 pandemic to eradicate the popular protest movement, which led to the ousting of long-term dictator Abdelaziz Bouteflika last year. Authorities have...

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May 12, 2020

Russia to offer investment in Iraq gas field, official says

The Russian Ambassador to Iraq, Maxim Maksimov, said that Russia is seeking to invest heavily in Al-Mansouriya gas field, in the Diyala governorate. Maksimov said in a press statement...

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May 12, 2020

WHO lifts restrictions on staff activity in Houthi-held areas in Yemen

The World Health Organisation (WHO) yesterday lifted restrictions imposed on the activities of its staff in areas controlled by the Houthis in north and central Yemen. “WHO hasn’t locked...

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May 12, 2020

Iraq loses $11bn in four months as oil prices plunge

Iraq has incurred around $11 billion in losses in four months due to the global drop in oil prices, the State Organisation for Marketing of Oil (SOMO) announced yesterday....

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May 12, 2020

Iran says will support new Iraq government

Iran will continue to support the new Iraqi government, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani announced yesterday. “Iran attaches great significance to the independence, political stability, national sovereignty and integrity of...

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May 12, 2020

The claim that Israel ‘violates the values’ of British Jews reveals a damaging split in the Diaspora

Israel’s planned annexation of the West Bank is threatening to cause a rift among Britain’s Jews as longstanding supporters of the Zionist state have spoken out against its “violation”...

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