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July 13, 2020

Report: Lebanon’s traffic lights outage caused by revenue row, not fuel scarcity

Lebanon’s traffic lights outage has been caused by a row over parking meter revenue, not fuel scarcity, a report by the National has revealed. Since mid-April, more than half of Beirut’s traffic...

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July 13, 2020

Lebanon: TV host to stand trial over anti-Erdogan remarks

A Lebanese TV show host is set to stand trial over remarks made against Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan during a talk show broadcast in June, after Turkish authorities...

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July 13, 2020

Islamic body: Turkey overruled ‘radical decision’ that made Hagia Sophia a museum

“A temple from which the nation has been deprived for 86 years has opened its doors to believers again,” the Institute for Islamic Thought (IDE) said in a statement...

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July 13, 2020

Former London student who joined Daesh dies in Kurdish-run prison

A former student from London who fled to Syria to join the Daesh terror group has died in a Kurdish-run prison, according to the BBC and the Independent. Ishak...

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July 13, 2020

Israel to destroy Muslim cemetery to build homeless shelter

Israel is set to turn ancient Muslim cemetery in Jaffa into a homeless shelter...

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July 13, 2020

72% success rate in Palestine high school exams

Students and families in Gaza celebrate their success in high school exams...

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July 13, 2020

Hagia Sophia reconnects modern Turkey with the legacy of the Ottomans

There is no doubt that Turkey’s decision to annul the 1934 Council of Ministers edict to convert the Hagia Sophia Mosque into a museum has pleased Muslims around the...

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July 13, 2020

Bahrain: Court upholds death sentences against torture victims

Bahrain’s highest court, the Court of Cassation, has today upheld the death sentences against Mohammed Ramadan and Husain Ali Moosa over their involvement in a 2014 bomb attack that...

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July 13, 2020

Saudi real estate market activity drops 84.6% after VAT rise

Real estate activity in Saudi Arabia witnessed a record decrease of 84.6 per cent last week after the government’s decision to increase the rate of Value Added Tax (VAT)...

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July 13, 2020

Joe Biden hits out at Egypt for pursuit of activists

US Democratic candidate Joe Biden has said there will be no more “blank checks for Trump’s favourite dictator” in a widely shared Twitter post. The comments come not long...

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