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April 8, 2020

Israel’s main virus threat comes from its ultra-Orthodox community

Israel’s first confirmed case of the Covid-19 virus was on 21 February, after a citizen returned from Japan, since then the number has increased steadily, standing currently at 9,248...

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April 8, 2020

Egypt and PLO agree on need to resume negotiations

Egypt’s Foreign Minister and the Secretary General of the Executive Committee of the Palestine Liberation Organisation have agreed on the importance of resuming peace negotiations, Anadolu has reported. Sameh...

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April 8, 2020

Netanyahu says Israel is ready to talk about prisoner swap

Benjamin Netanyahu issued a call through his office on Tuesday for the immediate initiation of talks through mediators to conclude a prisoner swap with Hamas in order to recover...

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April 8, 2020

UNRWA: Palestinian refugees from Syria in Lebanon down by 25,377

Palestinian refugees from Syria living in Lebanon decreased to almost 27,700 in February, the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) announced yesterday. In 2013, Palestinian refugees from Syria in...

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April 8, 2020

Morocco makes face masks compulsory in public

Morocco on Monday ruled that wearing protective masks is mandatory for anyone who goes out during the ongoing health emergency, in a new measure to contain the spread of the...

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April 8, 2020

Libya: Coronavirus patients evacuated from hospital bombed by Haftar militia

Libya’s Government of National Accord revealed yesterday that patients with coronavirus Covid-19 were evacuated from Independence (formerly Al-Khadra) Hospital south of the capital after it was targeted by the...

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April 8, 2020

Egypt’s parliament to donate salaries to fight coronavirus

Egyptian parliament members have decided to contribute a three-month bonus to the state-run Tahya Masr fund to help the government in the fight against the novel coronavirus, the parliament’s...

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April 8, 2020

Saudi actress calls for prisoners to be used to test coronavirus vaccines

Saudi actress Maram Abdulaziz has sparked controversy after calling for prisoners to be used as guinea pigs to test new medicines to combat the coronavirus. On Twitter Abdulaziz wrote...

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April 8, 2020

Egypt suspends 90% of national projects over coronavirus fears

More than 90 per cent of Egypt’s major projects have been suspended following the outbreak of the novel coronavirus. An official source at the Egyptian cabinet told the New Khaleej that...

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April 8, 2020

Sudan agrees $30m package for USS Cole victims, but doesn’t admit involvement in attack

Sudan has reached a final settlement with the families of those killed in the 2000 USS Cole bombing in Yemen, the country’s Ministry of Justice said on Monday. In...

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