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February 18, 2021

Turkey arrests 5 Russians, Libyan near border with Syria

Turkish border guards yesterday arrested five Russians and a Libyan citizen as they attempted to infiltrate the country from Syria. “Our border guards stationed in the northern Hatay Narlica...

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February 18, 2021

Israel prepares law to prohibit cooperation with ICC

Israeli authorities are preparing a law that would prohibit any cooperation with the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague, and would propose five years in prison for any...

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February 18, 2021

New Zealand PM: Doha agreement a ‘chance’ to solve Afghanistan conflict

New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said yesterday the ongoing peace process between the Afghan government and the Taliban movement in the Qatari capital Doha is the best opportunity...

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February 18, 2021

Khamenei: Iran wants actions not words from parties to 2015 nuclear deal

Iranian Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, said yesterday that his country wants “actions not words” from the parties to the 2015 nuclear agreement. “We have heard many nice words and...

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February 18, 2021

Vatican wants Iraq to provide Pope protection during his visit

The Undersecretary of Iraqi Foreign Ministry Nizar Al-Khair Al-Sayed said yesterday that the Vatican wishes Iraqi authorities to provide protection for Pope Francis during his visit to the country...

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February 18, 2021

The UAE's notorious limits on free speech have serious implications for expats

Expatriate workers in the UAE be warned: overzealous securocrats in the Gulf oligarchies are watching you and all other foreigners, ready to pounce if you dare to criticise any...

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February 18, 2021

2.6m Palestinians register to take part in first elections in 15 years

The Central Elections Committee said that 2.6 million Palestinians had registered to take part in the first presidential and parliamentary elections in 15 years. On its website, the committee...

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February 18, 2021

Houthis bomb refugee camp west of Marib, Yemen government says

Houthi militias in Yemen on Monday bombed a refugee camp in the district of Sarwah, west of the governorate of Marib, Yemen’s Information Minister, Moammar Al-Eryani, said. “Iranian-backed Houthi...

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February 18, 2021

Israel installs cameras around springs in West Bank

Security personnel of the Gush Etzion settlement bloc began installing surveillance cameras in the vicinity of water springs south of Bethlehem in the occupied West Bank, Arab48 reported yesterday. The cameras are...

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February 18, 2021

Israel’s elections body refuses to disqualify Joint List

Israel’s Central Elections Committee yesterday refused to disqualify Joint List bloc, an alliance of predominantly Arab parties, ahead of the Knesset elections due next month, local media reported. Prior to...

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