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September 14, 2020

Little Mix’s Jade Thirlwall an ‘inspiration’ for discussing Arab heritage

Fans have heaped praise on Little Mix’s Jade Thirlwall after she revealed her desire to reconnect with her Egyptian-Yemeni heritage...

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September 14, 2020

Palestinian barber snips away at coronavirus lockdown rules

27-year-old Palestinian barber Sameh Alkassas moves his salon onto the street after authorities close shops as part of the lockdown to stop the spread of the coronavirus in...

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September 14, 2020

PA received ‘tempting offers’ to accept Arab-Israel ties, says official

The Palestinian leadership yesterday said it had received “economic temptations” from Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to accept the latter’s decision to normalise ties with Israel....

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September 14, 2020

Turkey withdraws its exploration ship from Eastern Mediterranean

The Turkish drilling ship, Oruc Reis, has returned to shore to ease tensions in the Eastern Mediterranean, Defence Minister Hulusi Akar said yesterday, stressing that the move does not...

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September 14, 2020

Pro-Israel Hungary to send sole European representative for Trump’s ‘peace’ ceremony

European states have on the whole decided against sending a representative to tomorrow’s signing ceremony in Washington to celebrate normalisation between Israel and the United Arab Emirates. The only country...

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September 14, 2020

Angry protesters burn government property in eastern Libya

Angry demonstrations erupted on Saturday night in areas under the control of renegade General Khalifa Haftar’s forces in eastern Libya with protesters setting fire to government buildings in Benghazi....

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September 14, 2020

Israel approves 1,000 settlement units in occupied West Bank

Israeli authorities approved 980 settlement units in the illegal Efrat settlement in occupied Bethlehem, reported Wafa news agency. Hasan Brijiyeh, a local anti-settlement and anti-apartheid activist, told Wafa that Israel announced its approval...

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September 14, 2020

Iraq’s top Shia cleric backs early parliamentary elections

Iraq’s top Shia cleric, Ayatollah Ali Al-Sistani, yesterday said he supported early legislative elections slated for June 2021. His remarks came following a meeting with the UN envoy to...

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September 14, 2020

Report: Iran planning to kill US envoy to South Africa

The Iranian government is weighing a plot to assassinate the US ambassador to South Africa, a report said yesterday. Authorities have been aware of a general threat against Ambassador...

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September 14, 2020

Netflix can air 'porn' in Saudi but not criticism of MBS

'It was a very difficult decision,' says Netflix co-CEO...

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