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March 1, 2022

Fears grow that Russia invasion of Ukraine will hit Egypt’s tourism sector hard

As the Russian war in Ukraine continues, fears are growing in Egypt about the effect the fighting will have on its economy as it recovers from the global coronavirus...

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March 1, 2022

Quds Press: 211 rights groups call for respecting Amnesty’s report on Israel’s apartheid

Some 211 rights groups and NGOs yesterday called for the international community to respect Amnesty International’s report which labelled Israel an apartheid state, Quds Press reported. In a joint statement, the rights groups...

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March 1, 2022

Why Israel is no longer the exception to international norms

Can Israel be pressured? Or is it the only exception to international norms and the global political order in which every country, big or small, is subjected to pressures...

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March 1, 2022

Poll: 77% of Jordanian journalists summoned by security agencies in 2021

The Centre for Defending Freedom of Journalists (CDFJ) said yesterday that 77.3 per cent of Jordanian journalists were summoned by security agencies in 2021, Arabi21 reported. In a report released yesterday the...

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March 1, 2022

Palestine PM: Israel main reason for Palestinian financial crisis

Palestinian Authority (PA) Prime Minister Mohammed Shtayyeh said yesterday that the Israeli occupation is the main cause of the Palestinian financial crisis, Wafa news agency reported. During a virtual meeting with Deputy Chief of the International Monetary Fund...

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March 1, 2022

PA protests against French PM’s remarks on Jerusalem

The Palestinian Authority (PA)’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates summoned the French Consul General in Jerusalem, Rene Trokaz, to protest against French Prime Minister Jean Castex’s remarks on...

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March 1, 2022

Netanyahu: Bennett, Lapid ‘bow’ heads before US

Leader of Israeli opposition Benjamin Netanyahu yesterday criticised the Israeli government for failing to take action against a potential nuclear agreement between Iran and world powers. “In the face of the nuclear agreement with Iran, the...

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March 1, 2022

Russia’s war in Ukraine even exposes football’s hypocrisy

Fighting continues across Ukraine as Russian forces get closer to the capital, Kyiv. Ukraine’s second city, Kharkiv, is also being bombed. As the first round of high-level talks between...

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February 28, 2022

Ukraine war threatens to make bread a luxury in the Middle East

The war in Ukraine may be unfolding several thousand miles away, but 32-year-old Ilham fears her family will feel its consequences on their dinner table in Yemen. Conflict between...

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February 28, 2022

Airbus hits back at Qatar with $220m A350 claim

Airbus AIR.PA hit back in an escalating dispute with Qatar Airways over A350 jets on Monday, asking a British judge to award $220 million in damages over two undelivered airliners, Reuters reports. The plane...

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