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August 5, 2020

Hamas denies responsibility for south Lebanon incidents

The Palestinian Resistance Movement Hamas has denied that the four people killed during an Israeli operation in the Sheba Farms in south Lebanon were members of its movement, Aram Media...

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August 5, 2020

Algeria appoints new anti-corruption Gendarmerie commander

Algeria’s President Abdelmajid Tebboune appointed a new commander for the National Gendarmerie Forces on Tuesday. Major General Nour Al-Jadin Qawasimia will be in charge of investigating corruption cases that...

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August 5, 2020

Algeria: We seek to strengthen neighbourly ties with Morocco

Algerian President Abdelmajid Tebboune yesterday stressed his country’s unwavering aspiration for closer, good, neighbourly ties with Morocco. This came in a congratulatory telegram sent to the Moroccan monarch, King...

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August 5, 2020

Jordan police clash with protesters over union crackdown

Jordanian security forces on Tuesday used tear gas to disperse stone-throwing demonstrators it blamed for disrupting public services during a protest demanding the release of leaders of the opposition-run...

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August 5, 2020

Trump says Beirut explosion seems to be 'bomb of some kind'

President Donald Trump on Tuesday cast a massive explosion in Beirut as a possible attack, despite statements by Lebanese leaders that it was likely caused by highly explosive material...

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August 5, 2020

Investors raise concerns about migrant workers' rights in Gulf

A group of investors is raising concerns about the treatment of migrant workers in the Gulf, warning that labour practices risk leading to abuses such as modern slavery. The...

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August 5, 2020

Lebanon: Toll expected to rise in blast that shook Beirut, killing 100, injuring thousands

Lebanese rescue workers dug through rubble looking for survivors of a powerful warehouse explosion that shook the capital Beirut, killing 100 people and injuring nearly 4,000 in a toll...

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August 4, 2020

Turkey's COVID-19 cases up over 1,000 in 'severe' rebound

Turkey’s new coronavirus cases jumped above 1,000 for the first time in three weeks on Tuesday in what the government called a troubling rise during peak holiday season, raising...

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August 4, 2020

Iraqi teenager mistreated by security forces freed from jail, meets PM

When teenager Hamid Saeed’s family saw videos circulating on social media last week showing him being abused by Iraqi security forces, they hoped he was still alive, having looked...

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August 4, 2020

Six years on: Yazidi survivors see 'only empty promises' in aftermath of massacre

Nesreen Rasho had applied to attend college in northern Iraq when Daesh militants kidnapped her and sold her into slavery in their 2014 assault on her Yazidi homeland. Rasho...

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