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June 8, 2022

ITUC: dismissal of 57 judges is a new threat to freedom and the rule of law in Tunisia

The International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) yesterday described President Kais Saied’s decision to dismiss 57 judges, as a “new threat to freedom and the rule of law in Tunisia”....

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June 8, 2022

Sudan farmers warn of failing harvests as hunger rises

On the fertile clay plains of Sudan’s Gezira Scheme, farmers would have normally started tilling the soil weeks ago before planting out rows of sorghum, peanuts, sesame, and other...

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June 8, 2022

Lebanon's patients face crisis as medical staff exodus

Outside one of Lebanon’s leading hospitals, desperate parents arrive seeking help for their sick children, while inside its pediatric intensive care unit the beds lie empty and unattended. There...

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June 8, 2022

Hollywood's Mark Ruffalo praised for calling out PayPal’s discrimination against Palestinians

Hollywood A-lister, Mark Ruffalo, has called out PayPal Holdings for its discrimination against Palestinians in the Israeli-occupied West Bank and the Gaza Strip, who are denied access to its...

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June 8, 2022

UK charities seek injunction to block migrant deportations to Rwanda

Human rights groups said they had today submitted papers at the High Court in London to get an injunction to halt next week’s planned deportation of asylum seekers from Britain to Rwanda, a...

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June 8, 2022

UK cinema pulls movie of Prophet Muhammad's daughter after protests

This comes after peaceful protests by British Muslims outside venues in Birmingham, Bolton, Bradford and Sheffield over the negative portrayal of some of Islam's most important figures...

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June 8, 2022

UAE adjourns appeal of Arab-Israeli woman

An Emirati court yesterday postponed, for the third time, the hearing of an appeal filed by Arab-Israeli woman, Fidaa Kiwan, who was sentenced to death for carrying half a...

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June 8, 2022

Egypt imports record volume of gas from Israel

Egypt has made a new record high in gas imports from Israel in the first quarter of the year. According to the weekly newsletter by the Middle East Economic...

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June 8, 2022

Tunisia: 99% of judges joined second day of strike

Some 99 per cent of judges and judicial staff suspended their work on the second day of the week-long strike in rejection of President Kais Saied’s decision to dismiss...

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June 8, 2022

Oman denies deal signed with Iran on joint oil field

The Omani Minister of Energy and Minerals, Mohammed Bin Hamad Al-Ramahi, yesterday denied Iranian media reports claiming Muscat had reached an agreement with Tehran on the distribution of shares...

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