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April 2, 2020

Houthi official calls for 12-country arbitration with Saudi

Member of the Supreme Political Council, Mohammed Al-Houthi, has extended a new arbitration initiative to the Saudi-led coalition, urging it to “accept the arbitration of 12 countries”. In a Twitter post yesterday,...

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April 2, 2020

Philippines envoy to Lebanon dies from coronavirus, as case toll mounts

Philippines Ambassador to Lebanon Bernardita Catalla died early this morning of coronavirus in Beirut, according to local media reports. Catalla, 62, was being treated in a hospital in Beirut...

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April 2, 2020

Yemen: thousands of families displaced by floods

At least 4,625 families have been displaced by flooding in several Yemeni governorates, Anadolu news agency reported on Wednesday. According to the UNHCR, heavy rain fell across southern and...

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April 2, 2020

One year on with his offensive and Haftar is more determined but less successful

This Saturday marks a year since Libya’s Khalifa Haftar ordered his self-styled Libyan National Army (LNA) to march on Tripoli to expel the Government of National Accord (GNA). On...

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April 2, 2020

Lebanon to investigate the death of Ghanaian migrant worker

Lebanon’s labour ministry announced yesterday that it will investigate the death of a Ghanaian migrant domestic worker after an Al Jazeera report revealed how she feared for her life because of alleged abuse...

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April 2, 2020

Talks on forming Israel government delayed until after Passover

Leaders of major Israeli parties have decided to postpone discussions on forming the country’s next government until after the Passover holiday, Safa news agency reported yesterday. Reporting Israeli sources, Safa said that there...

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April 2, 2020

Iran: coronavirus provides historic opportunity for US to lift sanctions

The coronavirus crisis provides a historic opportunity for the US to lift sanctions on Iran, President Hassan Rouhani said on Wednesday. The Iranian leader made his comment after a...

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April 2, 2020

Egypt’s COVID-19 response delayed, trains remain overcrowded

Egypt’s response to COVID-19 was delayed and has failed to enforce social distancing measures, according to the independent website Mada Masr. Health minister Hala Zayed formed an operations room to centralise...

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April 2, 2020

Calls for Israel to release sick Palestinian prisoners

A number of rights groups yesterday launched a petition calling on Israel to release sick Palestinian detainees, Quds Net News reported. The Palestinian Prisoner’s Club and the Centre for Defence of Liberties and Civil...

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April 2, 2020

Netanyahu can’t be trusted, nor can Benny Gantz

Days after he was tapped by Israeli President Reuven Rivlin to form the next government, the erstwhile head of the nominally centre-left Blue and White bloc, Benny Gantz, shocked...

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