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March 20, 2020

Sudan confirms second coronavirus case, Khartoum bans mass gatherings

Sudan confirmed its second case of coronavirus on Friday in the capital Khartoum, as Khartoum state announced a range of measures to prevent the spread of the disease. The...

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March 20, 2020

Khamenei lauds Iranians’ ‘dazzling’ sacrifices to fight virus

Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, in a speech on state television for the Persian New Year, praised Iranians for their “dazzling” sacrifices in fighting the coronavirus outbreak in...

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March 20, 2020

Algerians forego weekly protest amid coronavirus

Algerian protesters heeded a presidential order over the coronavirus, and the pleas of some of their own leaders, by not staging their weekly demonstration against the ruling elite on...

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March 20, 2020

US to send senior official to Saudi Arabia for months to help stabilise oil markets

The United States believes Saudi Arabia’s flooding of oil markets compounds the coronavirus-caused global economic crash and intends to send a senior official to Riyadh for months to boost...

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March 20, 2020

Bahrain prime minister returns from medical treatment in Germany

Bahrain’s Prime Minister Sheikh Khalifa bin Salman al Khalifa returned to the kingdom after medical treatment in Germany, the state news agency BNA said on Friday. The agency said...

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March 20, 2020

Coronavirus proves we need a global response to improve human rights

The coronavirus pandemic has presented a serious test to how different societies and countries can work together to tackle an unprecedented force. Many governments and individuals have grappled the...

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March 20, 2020

Saudi Arabia arrests two men for drinking disinfectant as coronavirus ‘cure’

Two men have been arrested by the authorities in Saudi Arabia after posting videos online showing them drinking disinfectant and sterilising liquid that is unfit for human consumption, and...

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March 20, 2020

Turkey sends 500,000 coronavirus test kits to US

Turkey has sent 500,000 coronavirus test kits to the United States upon their request, Health Minister Fahrettin Koca said yesterday. In a speech to Turkish parliament (TBMM), Koca said...

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March 20, 2020

Corona and Egypt’s detainees

Due to the spread of the coronavirus, the voices of human rights organisations and political activists are growing louder, calling on the families of the prisoners to continuously send...
March 20, 2020

Arab states urge Yemen’s Houthis to allow UN to assess oil tanker

Six Arab countries have urged the UN Security Council to exert “maximum pressure” on the Houthi-aligned National Salvation Government (NSG) to allow the UN to inspect an oil tanker...

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