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April 30, 2020

Abbas backtracks on benefits package for senior PA officials

Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas has backtracked on an improved benefits package for senior PA officials, Arab48.com has reported. The announcement was made by Prime Minister Mohammed Shtayyeh on...

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April 30, 2020

Sudan confirms seeking COVID-19 aid from Russia

Sudan has asked Russia for aid to confront the COVID-19 pandemic, the Charge d’Affaires at the Sudanese Embassy in Moscow, Onur Ahmed Onur, told Sputnik. Khartoum wants Moscow to primarily...

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April 30, 2020

Lebanon’s central bank governor defends record

Lebanon’s central bank Governor Riad Salameh has defended his record by hitting back at government criticism which blamed him for the country’s economic crisis, in a nearly hour-long televised address...

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April 30, 2020

UNICEF: Over 110,000 suspected cholera cases in Yemen this year

The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has recorded more than 110,000 suspected cholera cases across 290 of Yemen’s 331 districts since January, 25 per cent among children under the...

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April 30, 2020

Remembering Nizar Qabbani (21 March 1923 – 30 April 1998)

Nizar Qabbani is arguably the most popular and widely read poet in the Arab world, renowned particularly for his poems on themes such as religion, love and femininity, which...

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April 30, 2020

UN warns WHO could suspend 80% of its services in Yemen

The United Nations humanitarian coordinator for Yemen Lise Grande warned that the World Health Organisation (WHO) could suspend about 80 per cent of its health care services in Yemen...

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April 30, 2020

Saudi foreign reserves fall to lowest record in 20 years

Saudi Arabia’s Monetary Authority said on Tuesday that the kingdom’s net foreign assets, which include securities such as US Treasuries and foreign deposits, fell by $27 billion in March...

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April 30, 2020

A Trump war on Iran or its proxies could swing the election for him

Despite the effects of the global coronavirus pandemic, US President Donald Trump succeeded in distracting the world on one occasion and imposing his own news agenda when he ordered...

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April 30, 2020

Over 180 rights bodies urge ICC prosecutor to investigate Israel’s crimes in Palestine

More than 180 Palestinian, regional and international human rights coalitions, organisations, and individuals yesterday urged International Criminal Court (ICC) Prosecutor, Fatou Bensouda, to investigate Israeli crimes against Palestinians. In...

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April 30, 2020

Saudi Arabia to reopen holy mosques in Makkah and Madinah ‘in days’

Muslim worshippers will be able to return to the two holy mosques in Makkah and Madinah “in days”, the head of Saudi Arabia’s General Presidency for the Affairs of...

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