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June 20, 2021

Libya to reopen coastal road connecting east, west

The main coastal road linking Libya’s east and west will be opened Sunday to give time to renegade general Khalifa Haftar to pull out Russian mercenaries, a Libyan military...

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June 20, 2021

Israel's Bennett warns against nuclear talks with Iran's 'hangmen regime'

Israel condemned on Sunday the election of hardline judge Ebrahim Raisi as Iranian president, saying his, would be a “regime of brutal hangmen” with which world powers should not...

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June 20, 2021

Rights groups call for probe into Iran's Raisi for crimes against humanity

Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch said Ebrahim Raisi’s election as Iran’s new president was a blow for human rights and called for him to be investigated over his...

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June 20, 2021

Israel says Iran's Raisi extreme, committed to nuclear programme

Israel on Saturday condemned Iran’s newly-elected president Ebrahim Raisi, saying he was its most extreme president yet and committed to quickly advancing Tehran’s nuclear programme, reports Reuters. “Iran’s new...

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June 20, 2021

UAE to suspend entry from three countries, Dubai updates travel protocols

The United Arab Emirates will suspend travellers from Liberia, Sierra Leone and Namibia from entering the country on national and foreign flights, effective 23:59 pm on Monday, June 21,...

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June 20, 2021

Biden to host Israeli President Rivlin on June 28

US President Joe Biden plans to host Israel’s outgoing president, Reuven Rivlin, at the White House on June 28, the White House said on Saturday, reports Reuters. “President Rivlin’s...

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June 20, 2021

Saudi air defences intercept 17 Houthi armed drones

Saudi Arabian air defences late on Saturday destroyed six armed drones launched by Yemen’s Houthi movement towards the kingdom, bringing the total it intercepted during the day to 17,...

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June 20, 2021

Libya's Haftar closes border with Algeria

Forces loyal to Libya’s eastern-based commander Khalifa Haftar have closed the border with Algeria, they said on Sunday, after major deployments of his forces to the south underscored his...

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June 20, 2021

Award-winning novelist Jalal Barjas is inspired by the suffering of Arab citizens

Jordanian writer Jalal Barjas has won the 2021 International Prize for Arabic Fiction, administered by the Booker Prize Foundation, for his novel Notebooks of the Bookseller. The prize is...

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June 19, 2021

HRW calls on Egypt’s Sisi to commute death sentences

Human Rights Watch (HRW) has called on Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi to immediately commute the death sentences for 12 protestors, including prominent Muslim Brotherhood leaders “who had been convicted...

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