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August 5, 2021

UN Security Council to discuss deadly tanker attack on Friday

Britain will discuss a deadly tanker attack off the coast of Oman during a closed-door United Nations Security Council meeting on Friday, diplomats said, but the 15-member body is...

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August 5, 2021

Who will compete in Morocco’s upcoming election?

In a few weeks Morocco will hold legislative elections to decide who will lead the government for the next five years, amid expectations of a fierce competition between the...

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August 5, 2021

Iraq: Sunni and Shia clerics urge unity at Makkah meeting

Sunni and Shia clerics from Iraq have met in Makkah, Saudi Arabia, to promote unity and coexistence between Islam’s two main sects. The Iraqi Scholars Forum got together yesterday...

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August 5, 2021

UAE extradites ex-head of Algeria state energy firm on corruption charges

The United Arab Emirates yesterday extradited the former chief of Algeria’s state oil and gas company Sonatrach to face trial over alleged involvement in corruption cases, Algerian state television...

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August 5, 2021

Pro-Israel group secures ‘stunning’ victory in US primary election

The Democratic primary election in the US state of Ohio on Tuesday saw pro-Israel Shontel Brown defeat progressive Nina Turner in a hotly contested race that has left a...

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August 5, 2021

Morocco: Press Syndicate regrets Algerian media reaction to king’s initiative

The Moroccan National Press Syndicate has criticised the reaction of a number of Algerian media outlets to the call of King Mohammed VI for the land border between the...

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August 5, 2021

Turkey evacuates power station as wildfires rage on

The 35-year-old coal-fired Kemerkoy Power Station in south-west Turkey’s Mugla region and a nearby town on the Aegean Sea were evacuated late yesterday as deadly wildfires reached the plant....

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August 5, 2021

Egyptians take to social media to slam Sisi’s call to raise bread prices

Many Egyptians took to social media to criticise President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi’s call to increase the price of the country’s subsidised bread, as part of austerity measures being taken...

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August 5, 2021

Egypt: Wives, children of detainees forced to walk barefoot in blazing heat for visits

Egyptian human rights organisations have reported that security forces in Gamasa Prison forced the wives and children of detainees to walk barefoot over sand in the blazing heat to...

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August 5, 2021

Tunisia’s president is largely responsible for the disaster that he is trying to fix

The constitutionally-limited role of the president of the republic in Tunisia doesn’t encourage involvement or intervention in day to day affairs; that is the role of parliament and the...

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