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April 3, 2021

Ennahda Movement: ‘Tunisia in urgent need of national dialogue’

Tunisia’s Ennahda Movement announced on Thursday that the country urgently needs a national dialogue to bring together all parties to ease political and social tensions. This came in a...

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April 3, 2021

Algeria court sentences former internal security director-general to 16 years in prison

The military court in the city of Blida, north of Algeria, has sentenced former Director-General of Internal Security General Wassini Bouazza to 16 years in prison. Bouazza, who was...

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April 3, 2021

Lebanon: Aoun to launch new initiative with Arab countries

Antoine Constantine, advisor to Michel Aoun, has announced that the president is preparing for a new initiative that will present great opportunities to the Lebanese people. Constantine confirmed in...

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April 3, 2021

Tunisia’s Grand Mufti confirms coronavirus vaccine does not break Ramadan fast

The Grand Mufti of Tunisia Othman Battikh confirmed that he had requested the coronavirus vaccine from the Ministry of Health on the first day of Ramadan. “I am still...

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April 2, 2021

UK crime agency considers investigating Lebanon corruption report

Britain’s organised crime agency is reviewing a report by a group of London-based lawyers which accuses Lebanon’s central bank governor Riad Salameh and associates of money laundering and corrupt...

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April 2, 2021

Protesters shut down oil facilities in southern Iraq

Iraqi protesters, on Thursday, closed three oil facilities in Dhi Qar governorate (south) to protest against the omission of clauses relating to job opportunities in the recently approved federal...

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April 2, 2021

Saudi government files lawsuit in Boston against former intelligence official

The Public Investment Fund of Saudi Arabia has filed a lawsuit in Boston against the country’s former top intelligence official accusing him of embezzling public funds, the Boston Globe...

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April 2, 2021

US, Iran to go to Vienna for indirect nuclear deal talks

Officials from Tehran and Washington will travel to Vienna next week as part of efforts to revive the 2015 nuclear deal between Iran and global powers, although they will...

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April 2, 2021

Suez Canal Authority says Egypt will seek $1 billion in damages

Head of the Suez Canal Authority (SCA), Osama Rabie, announced that the amount of compensation Egypt will seek for the grounded cargo ship crisis may exceed $1 billion. The...

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April 2, 2021

Ethiopia clears forests around Renaissance Dam

Ethiopia has begun to clear some 4,854 hectares of forests surrounding the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), in preparation for its second filling. The official Ethiopian News Agency (ENA)...

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