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October 31, 2021

Lebanese minister says no question of resigning over Saudi dispute

The Lebanese minister at the centre of a dispute with Saudi Arabia said on Sunday resigning from the government “is out of the question,” Al Jadeed TV channel quoted...

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October 31, 2021

Kuwait, UAE become latest Gulf states to withdraw diplomats from Lebanon

Lebanon's Information Minister George Kordahi said in a television interview Yemen's Houthis are only defending themselves from external aggression in the form of the Saudi-led coalition causing a diplomatic...

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October 31, 2021

Biden talks F-16s, raises human rights in meeting with Turkey's Erdogan

US President Joe Biden told Turkey’s President Tayyip Erdogan his request for F-16 fighter jets had to go through a process in the United States and expressed a desire...

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October 31, 2021

UN envoy meets Sudan’s Hamdok, says still under house arrest

The UN Special Representative to Sudan, Volker Perthes, on Sunday met with deposed Sudanese Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok, saying he is still under house arrest, Anadolu Agency reported. “Just met with...

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October 31, 2021

Top military official blames US, Israel for Iran cyberattack

A top Iranian military official has blamed the United States and Israel for this week’s cyberattack on Iran’s gas distribution network, Anadolu Agency reported. Brig. Gen. Gholam Reza Jalali, who heads...

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October 31, 2021

Likud offers full backing to strike Iran if no nuclear deal is reached

Israel should strike Iran in a year if no nuclear deal is reached, Likud MK Tzachi Hanegbi said on Saturday, Times of Israel reported. Hanegbi said that former party...

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October 31, 2021

Israeli refusenik serves third term in jail

Israeli refusenik Shahar Perets has served her third term in jail for not joining the Israeli military. In an email sent out to supporters of refuser network Mesarvot between...

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October 31, 2021

UN chief calls for restoration of legitimacy in Sudan

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Sunday called for restoring the “legitimate constitutional arrangements” in Sudan, Anadolu Agency reported. In a statement, Guterres hailed the Sudanese people who “peacefully protested military rule”...

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October 31, 2021

Biden to warn Turkey's Erdogan against 'precipitous' actions

US President Joe Biden will warn Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan during a meeting on Sunday that any precipitous actions would not benefit US-Turkish relations and that crises should be...

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October 31, 2021

Western leaders urge Iran to act in 'good faith' on nuclear deal

The United States, Germany, France and Britain urged Iran on Saturday to resume compliance with a 2015 nuclear deal in order to “avoid a dangerous escalation”, Reuters reported. Leaders of the...

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