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November 14, 2021

People flee homes as quakes strike southern Iran

Two strong earthquakes struck southern Iran near the port of Bandar Abbas on Sunday, prompting residents to flee their homes and killing at least one person, Reuters reported. The...

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November 14, 2021

Al Jazeera's Sudan bureau chief arrested after protests

Sudanese security forces raided the home of Al Jazeera’s Khartoum bureau chief, El Musalmi El Kabbashi, and arrested him on Sunday, the Qatar-based news channel said, a day after...

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November 14, 2021

Israel denies espionage charge against couple arrested in Turkey

Israel is working for the release of an Israeli couple being held in Turkey, denying allegations carried by Turkish state media that the two were spies, the Israeli prime...

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November 14, 2021

Saudi Arabia sees no purpose in engaging Lebanon at this time, says foreign minister

Saudi Arabia’s foreign minister said the kingdom does not plan to engage with the Lebanese government at this time in a deepening rift, reiterating a call on the political...

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November 14, 2021

Yemen: Clashes erupt in Hudaydah as pro-coalition forces cede ground to Houthis

Yemen’s warring sides clashed south of the Red Sea port city of Hudaydah late on Saturday, after Houthi fighters moved into territory ceded by forces allied to a Saudi-led...

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November 14, 2021

Protesters face tear gas and bullets to oppose Sudan coup

Five protesters were killed on Saturday as huge crowds defied gunfire and tear gas in Sudan’s capital Khartoum and other cities to demonstrate against a military takeover, witnesses and...

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November 14, 2021

Algeria to introduce VAT tax on sugar to cut imports

Algeria will impose a 9% value-added tax on white and raw sugar from early next year to reduce imports and address health issues, Prime Minister Ayman Benabderrahmane said on...

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November 14, 2021

Morocco plans additional airport COVID testing amid Europe surge

Morocco will conduct rapid COVID-19 tests to passengers arriving in its airports and ports, and will deny access to any visitor with a positive result, Reuters reported the government...

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November 14, 2021

Kuwait's emir pardons and reduces sentences of 35 dissidents

Kuwait’s emir issued two decrees on Saturday granting pardons and reduced sentences to 35 dissidents, meeting a key demand of opposition lawmakers locked in a months-long standoff with the...

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November 14, 2021

Egypt: 3 dead, hundreds injured after scorpion swarm in Aswan

Three people have died and almost 500 were injured following a scorpion swarm in Egypt’s southern city of Aswan caused by thunderstorms since Friday, bringing many of them onto...

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