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April 22, 2020

Report: Saudi Arabia, Russia continue oil dispute despite ‘truce’

Saudi Arabia and Russia are reported to have continued their oil dispute, despite previous announcements that measures are being taken to balance oil markets. Shipping data analysed by Reuters showed that...

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April 22, 2020

Israel holds Palestinian MP under administrative detention

The Israeli military court in Ofer Prison yesterday issued an administrative detention order against 68-year-old Palestinian MP Mohamed Abu Teir for four months, Safa news agency reported. Abu Teir is from...

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April 22, 2020

3 Palestinian brothers complete 18 years in Israel jails

Three brothers yesterday completed 18 consecutive years in Israeli jails, the Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS) said in a statement. Nasser, 48, Nasr, 46, and Sharif Abu Hmeid, 44, have...

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April 22, 2020

Saudi Arabia to hold prayers in Makkah and Madina ‘without worshippers’ during Ramadan

Makkah and Madina will hold the nightly Taraweeh prayers during Ramadan but only in the presence of clerics and staff who work on maintenance, the kingdom announced yesterday. “The...

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April 22, 2020

Mother of 2-year-old forcibly disappeared in Egypt

Egyptian security forces have arrested activist Marwa Arafa after storming her home at 1am on Tuesday morning. Her husband, the writer and researcher Tamer Muwafi, said yesterday that he...

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April 22, 2020

Iran releases 1,000 foreign prisoners amid coronavirus

Iran’s judiciary yesterday “temporarily” release 100,000 prisoners, including 1,000 foreign prisoners, due to the novel coronavirus outbreak. Judiciary spokesperson, Gholamhossein Esmaili, told reporters in Tehran that the freed foreigners...

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April 22, 2020

Israel orders PA security officers to withdraw from Jerusalem

Israeli occupation forces on Monday ordered Palestinian security officers to withdraw from Palestinian areas in the outskirts of occupied Jerusalem, Arab48 reported. According to the Palestinian security officers, occupation forces ordered...

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April 22, 2020

Covid19 in Palestine: Palestinians’ Double Struggle against an Epidemic and Apartheid

I write this on a day that saw the confirmation of a sudden and delayed rise of Covid-19 cases among Palestinians in the small neighborhood of Silwan, East Jerusalem....

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April 22, 2020

Sudan doctors warn against ‘collapse of health system’ amid coronavirus

The Central Committee of Sudan Doctors on Monday warned against a “possible collapse of the national health system” due to the lack of medical tools to prevent the spread...

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April 22, 2020

FIFA watchdog: Saudi ‘sportswashing’ abuse with purchase of UK football club

FIFA Ethics and Regulation Watch (FERW) has criticised the British government for allowing the Saudi Public Investment Fund (PIF), chaired by Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman, to take a...

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