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October 14, 2020

Arsenal's Ozil favours Azerbaijan in Karabakh dispute

Arsenal midfielder Mesut Ozil voiced his support Tuesday for the Azerbaijani army’s operation in Upper Karabakh, a region occupied by the Armenian military. The 31-year-old German citizen of Turkish descent...

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October 14, 2020

FBI says it has reached no conclusion on cause of Beirut blast

The US Federal Bureau of Investigation said on Tuesday it has reached no firm conclusion about what caused the August 4 explosion in the port of Beirut that killed nearly...

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October 13, 2020

Tunisian governor sacked amid protests

The governor of Tunisia’s Kasserine province was sacked on Tuesday following protests over the death of a local resident during the demolition of his unlicensed store, reports Anadolu Agency....

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October 13, 2020

Somalia reopens major roads closed over group attacks

Years after busy Mogadishu roads were closed causing traffic snarl-ups, Somalia on Tuesday opened the streets that had been blocked to contain terror attacks from al-Qaeda affiliated al-Shabaab militant...

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October 13, 2020

Turkey wants conditions on Caucasus ceasefire, floats broader talks

Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said on Tuesday calls for a ceasefire in Nagorno-Karabakh are reasonable but must include an Armenian withdrawal from Azeri lands, and he floated holding...

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October 13, 2020

Palestinian, Israeli rights groups fear for life of Palestinian hunger striker

Palestinian and Israeli human rights groups voiced concern on Tuesday over the condition of a Palestinian who began a hunger strike 79 days ago against his detention without charge...

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October 13, 2020

Lebanon's Bassil criticises Hariri efforts to form government

Lebanese Christian politician Gebran Bassil criticised Sunni former prime minister Saad al-Hariri on Tuesday for putting himself forward to lead a government that would champion a French initiative to...

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October 13, 2020

Armenian PM: Only a change in Turkey's stance can unlock Nagorno-Karabakh settlement

Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said on Tuesday he believed that only a change in Turkey’s stance on Nagorno-Karabakh could prompt Azerbaijan to halt military action over the tiny...

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October 13, 2020

Turkish minister criticises EU 'double standards' on human rights and international law

Turkey’s foreign minister angrily dismissed European Union calls to withdraw troops from northeast Syria on Tuesday, accusing it of double standards and trying to lecture Ankara on human rights...

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October 13, 2020

200,000 cholera cases in Yemen in 2020

Although the number of cases is still high it marks a 72% drop from 2019...

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