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December 23, 2020

MEMO in conversation with Reza Zia-Ebrahimi

Our interview with Dr Reza Zia-Ebrahimi, historian of nationalism and race at King's College London, about Islamophobia in France in light of President Emmanuel Macron's recent comments about Islam...

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December 23, 2020

Israel: Officials in probe into Netanyahu’s corruption case resign

Members of the inquiry into Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s corruption case related to submarines and warships resigned yesterday over a jurisdiction dispute, local media reported. The mission, which...

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December 23, 2020

Trump mulls granting legal immunity to Saudi’s MBS over ex-spy chief’s assassination plot

The US administration of President Donald Trump is considering a Saudi request to grant Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman (MBS) legal immunity from a federal lawsuit accusing him of...

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December 23, 2020

Libya presidential council denies asking Haftar to nominate a PM

The Presidential Council of Libya yesterday denied media reports claiming its head and Prime Minister of the Government of National Accord (GNA), Fayez Al-Sarraj, had sent a letter to...

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December 23, 2020

Ethiopia, Sudan agree solution to end unrest at border

The Ethiopian Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced yesterday that Addis Ababa and Khartoum reached a final accord to resolve the ongoing border crisis. The announcement followed negotiations between an...

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December 23, 2020

Turkey discusses maintaining army in Libya, Afghanistan

The Turkish parliament yesterday began discussing a memorandum submitted by the Presidency of the Republic to extend the tasks of Turkish forces in Libya and Afghanistan for an additional...

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December 23, 2020

Having unemployed oil engineers in oil-rich Iraq is unacceptable

Engineering graduates gathered again on Sunday to protest in front of the headquarters of the Shuaiba Refinery near Basra in southern Iraq because of the government’s failure to respond...

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December 23, 2020

Egypt to sue Ethiopia over economic losses caused by Tigray unrest

Egypt plans to file an international lawsuit in an effort to protect Egyptian investments in Ethiopia which have been negatively affected by the unrest in the Tigray region of...

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December 23, 2020

Lebanon criminalises sexual harassment

The law punishes perpetrators with up to two years imprisonment and a fine of up to 20 times the value of the minimum wage, which would currently amount to...

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December 23, 2020

Why does the world keep quiet about the murder of nuclear scientists?

On 27 November, Iranian nuclear scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh was assassinated; the killing has been assumed widely to have been the work of Israel. While some people expected an immediate...

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