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February 2, 2021

Concerns grow over UK barracks housing asylum seekers

Concerns are growing over the UK Home Office’s decision to use barracks as accommodation for asylum seekers on the grounds that they are freezing cold, dirty and without drinking...

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February 2, 2021

Reports: Lebanon model strangled to death by husband

Zeina Kanjo who had submitted several complaints of domestic violence was in the process of divorcing her husband...

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February 2, 2021

Israel firm secretly sold spyware to Bangladesh through a criminal gang

Israeli-made surveillance equipment sold via a convicted criminal is being used by the Bangladeshi government to target political opposition...

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February 2, 2021

Palestine and the election game (Part 3)

Read part 1 here and part 2 here There is no doubt that Hamas has a major dilemma, but the solution does not involve escaping by playing the last card...

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February 2, 2021

Egypt journalist repeatedly sexually assaulted in prison

Detained journalist Solafa Magdy’s lawyer has submitted a complaint to the Egyptian attorney general to say that his client has repeatedly been physically and sexually assaulted. One of the...

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February 2, 2021

Iran parliament rejects president's budget proposal

Iran’s parliament today rejected a draft state budget presented by President Hassan Rouhani’s government as factional tensions rise ahead of presidential elections next year, Reuters reported. The rejection came with a...

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February 2, 2021

Turkey, Qatar agree to boost economic cooperation

The Capital Markets Board of Turkey and the Qatar Financial Centre Authority have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to boost economic cooperation, Anadolu news agency reported. The Capital Markets Board...

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February 2, 2021

Assad orders state fund to repay loans of wounded Syrian soldiers

Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad has ordered his government to repay the loans taken out by soldiers who were wounded in battle prior to 31 December 2020. The order includes...

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February 2, 2021

Erdogan calls for new constitution in Turkey

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has stated that his party and its coalition allies may begin working on a new constitution, making his government the first civilian administration in...

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February 2, 2021

Iraq commission allows 27 coalitions to run in elections

The Independent High Electoral Commission of Iraq announced yesterday that it has so far approved the participation of 27 electoral coalitions representing 235 parties in the early elections slated...

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