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November 27, 2019

Iran says 200,000 took to streets in anti-government protests

Iran gave a glimpse on Wednesday into the scale of what may have been the biggest anti-government protests in the 40-year history of the Islamic Republic, with an official...

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November 27, 2019

UN urges Greece to improve conditions in refugee camps

The UN’s top official on refugees on Wednesday urged Greece to improve conditions in refugee camps, saying Europe must do more for the country, Anadolu reports. Speaking to reporters...

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November 27, 2019

Lebanon petrol stations to begin nationwide strike Thursday -union statement

Lebanon’s petrol stations will begin an open-ended strike on Thursday nationwide, a union representing them said on Wednesday, amid the country’s worst economic crisis in decades, Reuters reports. Protests...

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November 27, 2019

Houthis: Ex-Saudi kings behind assassination of ex-Yemen president

Former Saudi Kings Khalid Bin Abdulaziz Al-Saud and Fahd Bin Abdulaziz and the latter’s brother Sultan have been named as the officials involved in the assassination of former Yemeni...

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November 27, 2019

Iran arrests 7,000 fuel protesters in one week

Iranian security forces have arrested 7,000 people who participated in protests against the rise in gasoline prices last week, a government spokesperson said. A spokesman of the Iranian Parliament’s...

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November 27, 2019

UN: Gaza mothers force their children to work to survive

Almost half of the mothers in Gaza feel they are unable to make long-term plans and pressure their children to give up their plans to continue their education in...

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November 27, 2019

There is no religious immunity for politicians and party leaders

The uprisings in Iraq and Lebanon raise a number issues, among them the problem of the relationship between men of religion and men of politics. Even though this is...

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November 27, 2019

Past and present perspectives on civil society in South Yemen

The Arab-British Chamber of Commerce was the venue for yesterday’s workshop organised by the Academic Forum Muhammad Ali Luqman and supported by Independent Diplomat focussing on civil society, women’s...

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November 27, 2019

Turkey: Ex-Erdogan ally to form new opposition party

Turkey’s former Deputy Prime Minister Ali Babacan has announced plans to form a “mainstream” political party by the end of this year in order to challenge President Recep Tayyip...

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November 27, 2019

EU: PKK found to be active in drug-trafficking throughout Europe

The Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) has been found to be actively involved in and playing a role in drug-trafficking throughout Europe, a recently released report by the EU has...

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