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January 15, 2020

UAE-backed Yemen group, Hadi government complete prisoner swap

The President of the Yemeni Southern Transitional Council (STC), Aidarus Al-Zoubaidi, yesterday received a number of STC prisoners who had been released under the peace deal signed in Saudi...

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January 15, 2020

Israel soldiers beat Palestinian man for not carrying his ID card

A Palestinian security guard was brutally assaulted by Israeli occupation forces after he failed to show them identification documents, video footage has shown. Omar Hendi, who lives in the...

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January 15, 2020

Twitter campaign calls for Saudi Arabia to release Palestine prisoners

Social media activists on Monday launched a campaign calling for Saudi Arabia to release Palestinian and Jordanian prisoners from its jails, Safa news agency reported. The Twitter account Prisoners...

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January 15, 2020

Kuwait expects $30.4bn budget deficit next fiscal year

The Kuwaiti ministry of finance said yesterday that the budget deficit is set to increase by 11.2 per cent year-on-year to reach 9.2 billion KWD ($30.4 billion) in the...

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January 15, 2020

Algeria constitution amendment committee begins work

The rapporteur of the committee of experts charged with formulating proposals for the Algerian constitution amendment, Walid Laggoune, announced yesterday in Algiers that the committee has officially started its...

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January 15, 2020

Israel bans fencing team from competing in Qatar

The Israeli fencing team has been banned from travelling to Qatar to compete as a result of the security threat posed by Iran, media sources have said. National broadcaster...

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January 15, 2020

Egypt extends state of emergency for 11th time since 2017

Amidst the tight security grip, the Egyptian parliament extended on Tuesday the state of emergency across the whole country for 11th time since April 2017, Anadolu news agency has...

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January 15, 2020

PA committed 4,703 rights violations in West Bank, Jerusalem in 2019

The Palestinian Authority (PA) committed 4,703 rights violations against Palestinians in West Bank and Jerusalem during 2019, the Committee of Families of Political Prisoners revealed yesterday. In a report,...

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January 15, 2020

UK’s Lord Polak says new Tory government is opportunity for pro-Israel lobbyists

A veteran pro-Israel lobbyist in Westminster believes the recently-elected Conservative government represents an important opportunity to advance Israel’s interests amongst British decision-makers. Lord Polak, a Tory peer, and president...

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January 15, 2020

100 Iran MPs call for relations with UK to be downgraded

Some 100 Iranian legislators yesterday submitted a bill to the Islamic Shura Council (parliament) calling for the UK’s diplomatic representation in the country to be downgraded from ambassador level...

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