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December 16, 2020

Iran parliament approves amendment to presidential election law

The Iranian parliament approved the amendment of the presidential election law, whereby anyone who holds a nationality other than the Iranian one or resides in another country, either now...

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December 16, 2020

Lebanon’s parliament speaker: ‘Govt formation completely stalled’

The path to forming a new Lebanese government is completely blocked, Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri said in statements published yesterday, adding that he hopes that French President Emmanuel Macron...

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December 16, 2020

US concerned by detention of citizens in Saudi

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has expressed his concern about the detention of US citizens and human rights activists in Saudi Arabia. Pompeo said during a phone call...

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December 16, 2020

Palestine decries Israel’s East Jerusalem policy

Palestinian authorities condemned Israel’s expansionist and aggressive policy in occupied East Jerusalem early Wednesday, reports Anadolu Agency. Israel aims to create a new reality that makes realizing the two-state...

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December 16, 2020

Libya: Mercenaries for Haftar brought from Syria

The Libyan army said Tuesday that a plane carrying Syrian mercenaries landed in Benghazi to support Libyan warlord Khalifa Haftar. In a statement to Anadolu Agency, Abdul Hadi Dara,...

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December 16, 2020

Libyans fail to streamline voting process for reforms

Members of the Libyan Political Dialogue Forum failed Tuesday to reduce the required votes to approve proposals to reform mechanisms regarding choosing executive leaders for the interim period, reports...

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December 16, 2020

UN Security Council approves new UN envoys to mediate Libya, Mideast

The UN Security Council on Tuesday approved a proposal by Secretary-General Antonio Guterres to appoint Bulgarian Nickolay Mladenov as the UN Libya special envoy and Norwegian Tor Wennesland as...

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December 15, 2020

Saudis detain hundreds of African migrants in squalid conditions, HRW says

Saudi Arabia is detaining hundreds of mainly Ethiopian migrants in squalid conditions in Riyadh, Human Rights Watch said, quoting some as saying they had been tortured or beaten, and...

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December 15, 2020

US sanctions spark rare show of unity in Turkey's parliament

Turkey’s parliament showed rare near-unity on Tuesday in condemning US sanctions over its procurement of Russian defence systems and said the country will not hesitate to protect itself in...

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December 15, 2020

Morocco rebuffs EU request to re-admit third-country migrants

Morocco has rebuffed a European Union request to take back third-party nationals who reach Europe from the North African kingdom, its interior ministry said on Tuesday. EU migration commissioner...

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