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November 20, 2020

Iran's deputy health minister resigns amid virus surge

Iran’s deputy health minister resigned Friday amid a spike in the number of novel coronavirus cases in the country, according to Iranian media, Anadolu Agency reported. Reza Malekzadeh accused Health Minister Saeed Namaki...

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November 20, 2020

Saudi prisoners unveil details on Ritz-Carlton purge

Elite figures arrested by Saudi authorities in the capital Riyadh’s Ritz-Carlton hotel in 2017 amid the “biggest purge” in the country’s history have revealed details about their imprisonment, according...

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November 20, 2020

UN: Ethiopia fighting may drive 200,000 to Sudan

The UN and its international partners are working on a response plan for about 2000,000 refugees that may arrive over the next six months from the conflict-ridden Tigray region...

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November 20, 2020

UN chief warns Yemen in imminent danger of famine

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned on Friday that war-torn Yemen “is now in imminent danger of the worst famine the world has seen for decades”, Reuters reports. Guterres warning comes as...

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November 20, 2020

Israel bars Palestinians from Al-Aqsa for Friday prayer

Israeli police on Friday prevented hundreds of Palestinian residents of the occupied West Bank from reaching Al-Aqsa Mosque to perform Friday prayer, Anadolu Agency reports. According to an Anadolu Agency correspondent,...

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November 20, 2020

Algerian assembly backs death penalty for child abduction

The new bill approved by the National Assembly must pass a second reading in the Council of the Nation before offenders who are convicted could be sentenced to death...

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November 20, 2020

Covid deals blow to Saudi Arabia's G20 summit ambitions

When Saudi Arabia, the world’s top oil exporter and a leading US ally, took over the G20 presidency in December 2019, hopes in the kingdom were high, Reuters reports. A...

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November 20, 2020

Egypt rejects France’s interference in its internal affairs

Spokesman of the Egyptian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ahmad Hafez, on Wednesday rejected what he described as France’s interference in Egypt’s internal affairs, Al-Youm Al-Sabea newspaper reported. Th official said his...

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November 20, 2020

Palestinian medic arrested while treating protesters in West Bank

Israeli occupation forces today arrested a medic who was treating injured protesters during a demonstration against the establishment of a new settlement outpost in the Ras Al-Tin area in...

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November 20, 2020

UN expert urges countries on lifting Qatari blockade

An independent United Nations expert urged countries which are blockading Qatar as part of a regional dispute led by Saudi Arabia to “immediately” lift all sanctions against Doha, Al Jazeera reported....

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