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June 29, 2021

UN expert backs probe into Iran's 1988 killings, Raisi's role

The UN investigator on human rights in Iran has called for an independent inquiry into allegations of state-ordered executions of thousands of political prisoners in 1988 and the role...

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June 29, 2021

Coronavirus Delta variant detected for first time in Iran

Iran reported on Tuesday that the highly contagious Delta variant of the coronavirus, first discovered in India, was detected in more than 10 people, Anadolu Agency reported. “Unfortunately, more than 10...

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June 29, 2021

Israel demolishes 72 buildings and displaces dozens of Palestinians in three months

The Palestinian ambassador to the UN has warned officials about the increasingly violent and racist attacks carried out by Israeli occupation forces and extremist settler groups against Palestinians in...

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June 29, 2021

Turkish lawmaker: Egypt should 'reverse death sentences' on Muslim Brotherhood members

A longtime Turkish lawmaker on Tuesday appealed to Egypt to reverse the death sentences handed down to Muslim Brotherhood members, Anadolu Agency reported. “The implementation of these death sentences will deal...

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June 29, 2021

Lebanon: Russian delegation visits with construction projects

A Russian delegation of officials and business people arrived in Lebanon on Monday for the second time, with project offers covering oil and electricity, as well as the reconstruction...

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June 29, 2021

EU asylum applications fall by 32%

The European Asylum Support Office (EASO) has announced that the number of asylum applications in the European Union fell in 2020 by an average of 32 per cent, compared...

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June 29, 2021

Iraq borrows $360m from World Bank to expand gas facility

Iraq Basra Gas (BGC) consortium has signed a $360 million loan agreement with the World Bank’s International Finance Corporation (IFC) to help it reduce gas flaring across the south...

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June 29, 2021

Palestinians call for Israel to release hunger strikers

Hundreds of Palestinians took part in sit-in protests on Tuesday in front of the International Red Cross offices in the occupied West Bank. Protesters called for the immediate release...

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June 29, 2021

Complicity and accountability in Banat’s killing

In the international community’s narrative of illusory state-building in Palestine, the Palestinian Authority’s security services are dissociated from violence. Whether such violence is meted out according to PA Leader...

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June 29, 2021

Qatar donations to enter Gaza via UN, says IDF

An agreement between Qatar and Israel is being put together for the transfer of humanitarian aid to the besieged Gaza Strip through the UN as early as this weekend,...

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