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January 4, 2021

Iran seizes South Korea tanker bound for UAE

Iran today seized a South Korean-flagged tanker which was reportedly heading for the UAE, media sources in the country reported. Local news sources said the vessel had been seized...

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January 4, 2021

Iraq: $240bn smuggled out the country

An Iraqi parliamentary inquest has today revealed that an estimated $239.7 billion (some 350 trillion dinars) has left the country illegally since 2003. According to the Iraqi News Agency, one...

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January 4, 2021

Iraq’s PMF demand action on decision to withdraw foreign forces

Falih Al-Fayyadh, chairman of the Iranian-backed Popular Mobilisation Forces (PMF), yesterday called for the need to implement the parliament’s decision to withdraw foreign forces from Iraq. This came in a speech...

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January 4, 2021

US envoy travels to UAE, Jordan to discuss Syria conflict

The United States’ Special Envoy to Syria Joel Rayburn is set to travel to the United Arab Emirates and Jordan for discussions on the ongoing Syrian conflict, a statement by...

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January 4, 2021

British mum-of-three dies following liposuction in Turkey

A 38-year-old British social worker and mother-of-three, Abimbola Ajoke Bamgbose, died in August after buying an overseas package deal for treatment in Turkey, PA News Agency reports. Her husband, Moyosore Olowo,...

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January 4, 2021

Ghannouchi: Tunisia-Qatar relations are ‘exemplary, strategic’

Tunisia’s relations with Qatar are “exemplary and strategic”, Tunis’ parliament speaker said. Rached Ghannouchi said in an interview with the Qatari newspaper Al Sharq on Sunday that “relations between Tunisia and Qatar...

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January 4, 2021

Palestinian man paralysed after being shot in the neck by Israel soldiers

A Palestinian man is suffering from paralysis after being shot in the neck by Israeli forces in the occupied West Bank, the Palestinian Ministry of Health said. Haron Abu...

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January 4, 2021

Israel settlers attack Palestinians on New Year's Day

On New Year's Day, Israeli settlers attacked Palestinians...

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January 4, 2021

Ex-Speaker of the Israel Knesset gives up 'Jewish nationality' in protest over racist law

Former Speaker of the Israeli Knesset, Avraham Burg, has made the request to have his designation as a Jew discarded in an extraordinary affidavit where he has suggested that...

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January 4, 2021

Report: Israel expects ‘major flare-up’ with Hezbollah

Israel expects a “resumption of full-fledged hostilities” with Lebanese Shia militia Hezbollah in the near future, a senior army official was quoted by Israel Hayom newspaper as claiming. The unnamed official...

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