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November 19, 2020

Poverty in Iraq’s Basra rises to record 40%

The Office of the High Commission for Human Rights (OHCHR) has warned that the Iraqi city and governorate of Basra is suffering from an increasingly high poverty rate, with...

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November 19, 2020

Liverpool's Mo Salah congratulates Egypt on victory over Togo

Egyptian and Liverpool football star, Mohamed Salah, yesterday congratulated his country’s national football team and fans on their recent victory over Togo in the Africa Cup of Nations (CAF)...

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November 19, 2020

Turkey parliament approves troop deployment to Nagorno-Karabakh

Turkey’s parliament approved the deployment of troops to join Russian forces at an observation post in Nagorno-Karabakh after Armenia and Azerbaijan signed a Russian-brokered ceasefire to end fighting over...

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November 19, 2020

Jailed Saudi women activists ‘tortured’, forced to carry out ‘sex acts’, claims new report

There is mounting pressure on world leaders to boycott the upcoming G20 Summit, which is to be held later this month in Saudi Arabia, over the kingdom’s detention and...

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November 19, 2020

Bahrain, UAE vote against Israel sponsored UN entrepreneurship resolution

The United Arab Emirates and Bahrain voted against an Israeli sponsored resolution on entrepreneurship for sustainable development yesterday at the UN General Assembly’s Second Committee. This comes despite the...

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November 19, 2020

Spain roadworks run into ancient Muslim burial site

Roadworks near the Spanish city of Zaragoza have uncovered an ancient Muslim burial site, the Times reported. The burial site was noticed by workers who were widening Obispo Conget avenue in...

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November 19, 2020

US lawmakers grill Pompeo on complicity in Israel’s ‘serious violation of international law’

US lawmakers have joined in the near global condemnation of the “brutal and violent” Israeli home demolitions. Some 41 Democratic Congress members signed a letter to Secretary of State...

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November 19, 2020

Syria regime opens Bassel Al-Assad museum amid economic crisis, shortage of essentials

The Syrian regime has opened a new museum dedicated to President Bashar Al-Assad’s deceased brother Bassel Al-Assad, as the country undergoes an economic crisis and a severe shortage of...

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November 19, 2020

Another woman has been murdered in Libya, but no one is being held accountable

A well-known lawyer and human rights activist was gunned down in Benghazi, Libya, on 10 November. Hanan Al-Barassi, known as the “Granny of Burqa”, was murdered at around 2pm...

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November 19, 2020

Pompeo: BDS movement to be branded ‘anti-Semitic’

The US will brand the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement as anti-Semitic, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said today. Pompeo termed the movement, a non-violent Palestinian led global initiative...

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