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  • September 25, 2020

    COVID-19 outbreak hits EU patrol boat docked in Italy

    Some 51 out of 186 crew members of a European Union naval vessel on Friday tested positive for the coronavirus, the EU’s Irini military mission said in a statement,...

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  • September 25, 2020

    Iran official dismisses US sanctions against judges, courts

    A top Iranian constitutional official on Friday dismissed the imposition of US sanctions on Iranian judges for alleged gross human rights violations and hit back at the United States...

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  • September 25, 2020

    France summoned Iranian envoy over human rights

    France’s foreign ministry this week summoned Iran’s envoy over the country’s human rights record, three sources aware of the matter said, signalling concern about what Paris calls “serious and...

  • September 25, 2020

    Palestine calls for international talks on 'real peace process'

    Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Friday called on UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres to hold an international conference on “a real peace process based on international law” to end the...

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  • September 25, 2020

    Iraq reports nearly 4,600 more virus cases, 68 deaths

    Iraq reported close to 4,600 new coronavirus cases and 68 more deaths on Friday, Anadolu Agency reports. The nationwide death toll now stands at 8,867, according to the Health Ministry. A...

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  • September 25, 2020

    On All Fronts: The Education of a Journalist

    “Under these circumstances, talking to a Western reporter could be a death sentence. And yet here in Douma, as soon as people saw that I was a journalist, they...

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  • September 25, 2020

    MPs urge UK to recognise Palestine, boycott settlement products

    Speaking during a House of Commons debate on settlements and annexation, UK Members of Parliament called on the government to immediately recognise the State of Palestine on the basis...

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  • September 25, 2020

    Turkey jails Australia's first Daesh bride  

    Australia’s first Daesh bride, Zehra Duman, who left Melbourne to join the terrorist group has been jailed in Turkey for three years after fleeing a Syrian refugee camp with...

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  • September 25, 2020

    Yemen: accusations fly over lack of access to medicine

    Yemen’s Houthi-aligned government yesterday accused the Saudi-led coalition of denying the country access to vital medicine. According to Dr Taha Al-Mutawakil, the Minister of Health in the National Salvation...

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  • September 25, 2020

    Iraq plans to build nuclear reactor for research purposes

    Iraq’s Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kadhimi has ordered the formation of a committee tasked to build a nuclear reactor for research purposes, the Iraqi Radioactive Sources Regulatory Authority (IRSRA) revealed...

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