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August 1, 2021

17 Palestinians strike to protest Israel’s administrative detention

Seventeen Palestinian detainees in Israel have launched a hunger strike in protest of their administrative detention without charge or trial, a local NGO said on Sunday, reports Anadolu Agency....

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August 1, 2021

Israeli cabinet start first state budget debate in three years

Israeli cabinet ministers on Sunday began debate on the 2021-2022 state budget, more than three years after the government last approved a fiscal spending package, reports Reuters. Due to...

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August 1, 2021

Anger over Tunisia's pandemic failures fuels political crisis

Waiting in line to receive a COVID-19 jab from the Tunisian army, Zubeir Bin Ammar was in little doubt that the military and President Kais Saied were succeeding where...

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August 1, 2021

21 coalitions to run in Iraq parliamentary elections

Twenty-one electoral coalitions will run in Iraq’s upcoming parliamentary elections in October, according to the country’s election commission, reports Anadolu Agency. “There are a total of 3,249 candidates vying...

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August 1, 2021

UN: mercenaries must leave Libya to facilitate peace, elections

UN experts on Friday called on all private military contractors and mercenaries to leave Libya immediately, saying their departure is “overdue” and a “vital precondition” for the peaceful elections...

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August 1, 2021

Rescuers pull 394 migrants from dangerously overcrowded boat off Tunisia

Two humanitarian rescue ships pulled 394 migrants from a dangerously overcrowded wooden boat in the Mediterranean overnight on Sunday in an operation lasting about six hours, a Reuters witness...

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August 1, 2021

Iran says not behind attack on Israeli-operated oil tanker off Oman

Iran on Sunday denied involvement in an attack that targeted an Israeli-operated oil tanker off the shores of Oman, in which two crew members were killed, reports Anadolu Agency....

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August 1, 2021

Turkey welcomes reopening of strategic coastal road in Libya

Turkey welcomed the reopening of a strategic coastal road linking Libya’s east to its west, the Turkish Foreign Ministry said Saturday, reports Anadolu Agency. “We welcome the official opening...

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August 1, 2021

Qatar's Al Jazeera television broadcasts live from Egypt after 8-year hiatus

Qatar-based Al Jazeera television broadcast live from Egypt on Saturday for the first time in eight years, reports Anadolu Agency. Al Jazeera, which closed its offices after Egyptian security...

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August 1, 2021

Haniyeh re-elected as chief of Palestinian Hamas

Ismail Haniyeh has been elected to a second term as head of Hamas, the Palestinian Islamist group that controls the Gaza Strip, two Palestinian officials told Reuters on Sunday....

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