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January 8, 2021

Israel court postpones Netanyahu trial date due to covid restrictions

An Israeli court has today postponed the hearing into Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s corruption trial indefinitely, citing coronavirus lockdown restrictions. The Jerusalem District Court announced that the next hearing, set for...

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January 8, 2021

Gulf reconciliation is a return to reason and pragmatism

Citizens across the Gulf States have rejoiced at the reconciliation agreed this week, especially the Qataris and Saudis. The blockade imposed on Qatar by Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Bahrain...

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January 8, 2021

Syria: journalist shot in opposition-held territory

A Syrian journalist has been shot by unidentified gunmen in the north-west province of Aleppo. The attack took place on Wednesday evening. Bahaa Al-Halabi works as a correspondent for...

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January 8, 2021

Lebanon, Israel reject moving maritime border talks to Europe

Lebanon and Israel have rejected attempts to move maritime border demarcation talks to Europe. The attempted move comes after the indirect talks stalled in late November when negotiations reached...

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January 8, 2021

Turkey arrests 3 Syrians for kidnapping Syria child for ransom

Police in Istanbul have detained three suspects on suspicion of kidnapping a Syrian child for ransom, security sources said yesterday. The suspects, also Syrian, demanded $8,000 from the child’s...

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January 8, 2021

Egypt bans mobile phones in hospitals following ICU ward mass death

Egypt’s health minister has stipulated that mobile phones must be taken away from hospital patients for the duration of their stay following the death of an entire ICU ward...

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January 8, 2021

Trump’s dictatorial impulses have been indulged, now the chickens have come home to roost

How the mighty have fallen. In the space of a few months, Donald J Trump, the 45th President of the United States, has gone from the dizzy heights of...

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January 8, 2021

US delegation in Algeria to discuss Western Sahara file

A high-level US delegation arrived in Algeria on Wednesday to discuss bilateral cooperation, the Western Sahara file and the situation in Libya and the Sahel. The delegation includes Air...

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January 8, 2021

Iraq seeks arrest of Donald Trump over killing of top militia commander

An Iraqi court yesterday issued an arrest warrant for outgoing US President Donald Trump on charges of assassinating the deputy head of Iraq’s Hashd Al-Shaabi or Popular Mobilisation Forces...

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January 8, 2021

Cameras confronting oppression

Phones have turned into weapons in the hands of many people. Most importantly, they have allowed people to capture a moment in real-time. Phones have therefore turned every citizen...

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