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January 24, 2021

UAE confirms it inked $23bn deal to buy F-35 jets, drones from US

The United Arab Emirates confirmed that it signed agreements with the United States on former President Donald Trump’s last full day in office to purchase up to 50 F-35...

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January 24, 2021

British lawmakers seek investigation into UK-registered firm possibly linked to Beirut blast

Two senior British parliamentarians called on Friday for an investigation into a British-registered company possibly linked to last year’s devastating explosion in Beirut, after Reuters found that the firm...

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January 24, 2021

France: Commission approves bill targeting Muslims

A special commission in the French National Assembly approved the “charter of republican values” which was announced earlier by the nation’s president as the fight against Islamist separatism, Anadolu...

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January 24, 2021

Pay dispute halts oil exports at Libya’s Hariga port

Libya’s Petroleum Facilities Guard on Sunday ordered a suspension of oil exports at Al-Hariga port in the eastern city of Tobruk over a pay dispute, Anadolu reports. The private...

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January 24, 2021

UAE cabinet approves setting up embassy in Tel Aviv

The United Arab Emirates cabinet on Sunday approved the establishment of an embassy in the city of Tel Aviv in Israel, state media said, Reuters reports. The UAE and...

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January 24, 2021

Swiss court finds Israeli businessman Beny Steinmetz guilty of corruption

In a landmark verdict in one of the mining world’s most high profile legal cases, a Swiss criminal court found Israeli businessman Beny Steinmetz guilty of corruption and forgery...

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January 24, 2021

Possible ICC probe into Gaza war crimes worries Israel

With the end of the Trump administration, worries are rising in Israel over the possible reopening of an International Criminal Court (ICC) probe into suspicions of war crimes against...

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January 24, 2021

Israel allows US to deploy Iron Dome batteries in Gulf

Israel has allowed the US to install its Iron Dome missile defense system in the Gulf region...

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January 24, 2021

Kuwait's emir reappoints PM to form new cabinet after parliament standoff

Kuwait’s emir reappointed Sheikh Sabah al-Khalid al-Sabah as prime minister on Sunday after the cabinet resigned last week in a standoff with parliament over its vote to question the...

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January 24, 2021

Thematic space war and peace: Occupation, Apartheid and Palestinian struggles for justice

The WSF is an international open space organised by civil society, social movements and NGOs in order to articulate alternatives to neoliberal globalisation....

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