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November 11, 2020

UN: Over 1,500 Yemenis killed, injured in 9 months

More than 1,500 civilians were killed and injured in Yemen during the first nine months of 2020, the United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR) for Yemen announced yesterday. “From January...

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November 11, 2020

UN: Over 1,000 Africans migrated to Yemen in October

More than 1,000 African migrants travelled to Yemen in October via sea smuggling routes, the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) announced yesterday. “1,038 migrants entered Yemen,” IOM said in...

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November 11, 2020

Possible changes to OPEC+ pact lead to 6% surge in oil prices

Crude oil prices increased by more than six per cent on Monday following statements by Saudi Arabia and the Emirates about the possibility of amending the OPEC+ production cut...

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November 11, 2020

Bahrain prime minister has died, royal palace says

Bahrain’s Prime Minister Sheikh Khalifa bin Salman al-Khalifa has died, the royal palace announced on Wednesday on Twitter. Sheikh Khalifa passed away on Wednesday morning at Mayo Clinic hospital...

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November 11, 2020

PLO's Saeb Erekat to be buried amid military ceremony

The veteran PLO official contracted coronavirus on 8 October, his condition became critical ten days later and he was transferred to intensive care where he was placed on a...

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November 11, 2020

Turkey interested in producing Russia's Sputnik V vaccine

Turkey is interested in producing Russia’s first coronavirus vaccine, Sputnik V, at domestic facilities, Russia’s health ministry said on Wednesday after a phone call between the countries’ health ministers....

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November 10, 2020

Turkey's Erdogan congratulates US President-elect Biden for election win

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan on Tuesday congratulated US President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris on their victory in the 2020 presidential election, after years of rising tension...

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November 10, 2020

Jordan extends voting by two hours in contentious poll

Jordan extended voting by two hours on Tuesday in elections set to keep parliament in the hands of tribal and pro-government deputies, and which have been criticised by the...

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November 10, 2020

US imposes Iran-related sanctions on individuals, companies

The United States on Tuesday imposed Iran-related sanctions on six companies and four people, accusing the network of supplying sensitive goods to an Iranian military firm in the Trump...

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November 10, 2020

Ennahda leader denies running for movement's presidency

Speaker of the Tunisian parliament and Ennahda leader, Rached Ghannouchi, said that he did not run for the movement’s presidency or any other leading position. Ghannouchi pointed out that...

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