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March 11, 2021

Palestinian Authority calls on UN to protect 'Palestinian religious sites'

The Palestinian Foreign Ministry yesterday called on the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) “to protect all Palestinian archaeological and religious sites from Israeli violations, attacks and...

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March 11, 2021

Saudi sovereign fund signs $15bn loan with 17 international banks

Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund, the Public Investment Fund (PIF), announced yesterday that it had agreed to a $15 billion multi-currency revolving credit facility with 17 banks. In a...

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March 11, 2021

Saudi Arabia allows diplomats to see activist Loujain Al-Hathloul

Saudi Arabia yesterday allowed foreign diplomats to meet human rights activist Loujain Al-Hathloul before she appeared in the appeals court in the capital Riyadh. Video clips showed the Saudi...

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March 11, 2021

Libya’s ceasefire: Hold your fire, but be ready to fire

On 23 October, Libya’s 5+5 Joint Military Commission (JMC) agreed to a country-wide ceasefire which has been holding ever since, with the exception of little wars and episodes of...

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March 11, 2021

Israel must accept ICC notification letters regarding war crimes investigation, says legal expert

Lawyer Nick Kaufman has stated in an article published by Hebrew newspaper Haaretz that it is in Israel’s best interests to communicate to Fatou Bensouda, prosecutor of the International...

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March 11, 2021

39 Africa migrants drown as boats sink off Tunisia coast

Thirty-nine migrants have died while 160 were rescued after two boats carrying migrants from several African countries sank off the coast of Tunisia. According to Agence France-Presse (AFP), the...

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March 11, 2021

Pro-Houthi organisation says movement is responsible for migrant deaths in Sana’a

A human rights organisation affiliated with the Yemeni Houthi group has reported that the movement is responsible for killing and wounding dozens of African migrants and refugees in a...

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March 11, 2021

El-Dabaa nuclear plant as important as Aswan Dam, says Russia ambassador to Egypt

Russia’s Ambassador to Egypt Georgy Borisenko has visited the construction site of El-Dabaa Nuclear Power Plant, accompanied by Chairman of Egypt’s Nuclear Power Plants Authority (NPPA) Amjad Al–Wakeel, according to a statement by...

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March 10, 2021

Jared Kushner plans book on Trump White House, Abraham Accords-source

Jared Kushner, who was a senior adviser to then-President Donald Trump, plans to write a book about his White House experiences, including his role in negotiating normalization deals between...

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March 10, 2021

New coronavirus cases in Turkey hit highest level this year after measures eased

The daily number of new coronavirus cases in Turkey rose on Wednesday to the highest level this year, Health Ministry data showed, ten days after President Tayyip Erdogan announced...

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