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July 6, 2021

Ethiopia PM: Dam's sole goal is to meet our electricity needs

Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed said yesterday that “his country’s goal behind building the Grand Renaissance Dam is only to meet its electricity needs, without posing a threat to...

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July 6, 2021

Ethiopia begins second filling of dam

The Egyptian Ministry of Irrigation said Ethiopia has officially notified it that it had begun filling the reservoir behind its giant hydropower dam, the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD),...

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July 6, 2021

Rockets target army base housing US troops in western Iraq

Six rockets yesterday targeted the Ain Al-Asad military base which houses US troops in western Iraq, Anadolu reported. The agency quoted an Iraqi army officer who preferred not to be named,...

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July 6, 2021

Israel fails to extend 'racist' family reunification law

Members of the Israeli Knesset last night failed to pass the extension of the controversial family reunification law...

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July 6, 2021

Libya is limping from chaos towards a state

The various Libyan factions with different regional, tribal and political affiliations have met for the twentieth time in Geneva but, unfortunately, it was announced on Saturday that they had...

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July 6, 2021

Syria refugees swim back to Turkey after Greece turns them away

Three Syrian asylum seekers were left with no choice but to swim back to Turkey after Greek authorities turned them away, Anadolu Agency reported. Upon receiving a distress call, Turkish coast...

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July 6, 2021

US shoots down suspicious object near embassy in Iraq

US forces yesterday shot down an armed drone near the American embassy in the Iraqi capital Baghdad, Anadolu reported. The agency quoted an unnamed Iraqi police captain as saying that the...

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July 5, 2021

Egypt reports 14.9% rise in deaths in first half 2021 from year earlier

Egypt registered a 14.9% increase in deaths in the first half of 2021 compared with the same period in 2020, the country’s statistics agency CAPMAS said on Monday, without...

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July 5, 2021

UNICEF: education of 6m Yemeni children at risk

The UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said on Monday that more than 6 million children in Yemen are at risk of missing out on education as armed conflict in the...

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July 5, 2021

UAE, Bahrain, Morocco influencers visit Israel to promote normalisation

Influencers from the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Bahrain, and Morocco met in Israel last month for a tour of the country in a bid to celebrate last year’s Abraham...

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