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February 9, 2022

UAE: 50% of camel deaths and record number of turtles dying due to plastic consumption

Shocking statistics released by the Executive Council of Dubai on Monday have revealed that 50 per cent of camel deaths in the UAE are caused by consumption of plastic...

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February 9, 2022

Tunisia: UN urges Saied to restore Supreme Judicial Council

The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet warned that the dissolution of Tunisia’s Supreme Judicial Council would seriously undermine the rule of law, the separation of powers...

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February 9, 2022

UK: Tabled amendment to controversial bill makes it hard for women escaping rape to secure refugee status

Peers in the UK have tabled an amendment to a clause in the controversial Nationality and Borders bill which could see women who are escaping rape, forced marriage, trafficking...

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February 9, 2022

Egyptians remember 20 Zamalek fans killed by police in 2015

Egyptians on social media are commemorating the anniversary of the death of 20 Zamalek SC football fans who died on 8 February 2015 after police fired teargas and shotgun...

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February 9, 2022

France tries Saudi artist for modern-day slavery

A Saudi abstract painter whose work has been exhibited in the Louvre is on trial in France charged with enslaving three employees. Fifty-one-year-old Shalimar Sharbatly has previously been sentenced...

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February 9, 2022

Lebanon: emigration increased by 346% last year

346% rise in emigration from Lebanon in 2021...

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February 9, 2022

UAE says gas cylinder behind explosion in Abu Dhabi

A loud explosion that struck a building in the centre of Abu Dhabi last night was caused by a gas container erupting...

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February 9, 2022

Tunisian union rejects dialogue without Saied or Ennahda

The Assistant Secretary-General of the Tunisian General Labour Union (UGTT), Samir Cheffi, denied his organisation’s approval of carrying out any national dialogue that excludes the President of the Republic...

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February 9, 2022

Fatah official says Israel’s killing of Palestinians in Nablus ‘a turning point’

A local Fatah official in Nablus has described Israel’s killing of three Palestinians in the city in broad daylight yesterday as a turning point in the conflict. “The situation...

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February 9, 2022

Belarus president denies sending troops to Syria

The President of Belarus denied on Tuesday reports claiming that his country intends to send 200 soldiers to Syria to serve alongside Russian forces there. Alexander Lukashenko told the...

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