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July 27, 2021

Egypt’s Supreme Council for Universities asks for list of ‘terrorist’ employees

Egypt’s Supreme Council for Universities has asked university deans to make lists of “terrorist” employees so they can be expelled. At the end of June Egypt’s parliament approved a draft...

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July 27, 2021

UN: Houthi reports on damaged oil tanker ‘disappointing’

The United Nations yesterday described statements made by Houthi leader, Abdul Malik Al-Ajri, regarding oil tanker FSO Safer as “disappointing”, Anadolu news agency reported. “We have seen the recent statements from...

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July 27, 2021

Tunisia president suspends work in state institutions

Tunisian President Kais Saied yesterday suspended work at public institutions for two days starting today, Anadolu news agency reported. The Tunisian presidency said in a statement that Saied also imposed a...

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July 27, 2021

Iran protesters: Spend on infrastructure not foreign militias

Iranian protesters yesterday called on authorities to focus on improving the country’s infrastructure including water and electricity services instead of supporting foreign militia groups. In recent weeks, protests have erupted across...

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July 27, 2021

Israel-UAE oil deal cancellation could lead to severing ties

A decision by Israel’s Environmental Protection Minister, Tamar Zandberg, to freeze a major oil deal with the UAE to Israel might lead to ties between the two countries being...

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July 27, 2021

Israel fines PA over 1980s kidnapping of 2 Jewish women, media reports

An Israeli District Court in Jerusalem has fined the Palestinian Authority (PA) one million shekels ($306,000) in case of the kidnapping of two Jewish women in the 1980s, local...

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July 27, 2021

Palestinian state would ‘cripple’ US interests in Middle East, claims journalist

A Jewish Israeli journalist said at the weekend that the establishment of a Palestinian state would “cripple” US interests in the Middle East. Yoram Ettinger added that the land...

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July 27, 2021

UN: 53% of displaced Yemenis are children

Fifty-three per cent of those displaced in Yemen are children, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) announced yesterday. The humanitarian organisation explained that Yemeni refugees are struggling...

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July 27, 2021

The Last Great War of Antiquity

The author of The Last Great War of Antiquity makes the point that its writing was “no easy task… but given the importance of the war, it is worth...

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July 27, 2021

UN: 57 migrants drowned off Libya coast

At least 57 irregular migrants have died after a boat sank off the Libyan coast, the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) announced yesterday. The United Nations organisation said the migrants died...

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