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June 17, 2020

Female Iraq MP escapes hospital after contracting COVID-19

An Iraqi parliamentarian who has contracted COVID-19 was forcibly removed from hospitable by her security team, breaking quarantine conditions, a medical source revealed yesterday. Female PM Mahasin Hamdoun tested...

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June 17, 2020

Will European protests prevent the Hagia Sophia Museum becoming a mosque?

A key goal of Turkish Islamists, led by the ruling Justice and Development Party (AK Party), is the conversion of the Hagia Sophia Museum back into a mosque. It...

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June 17, 2020

Iraq cuts July oil output as part of OPEC+ deal

Iraq’s Oil Marketing Company (SOMO) has significantly reduced oil output from the Basra crude supplies destined for Asia in July, in implementation of the OPEC+ agreement to reduce production, Reuters quoted...

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June 17, 2020

UK PM faces backlash over DfID merger which endangers projects across the Middle East

UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson is facing a backlash after he announced plans to merge the Department for International Development (DfID) with the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) yesterday,...

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June 17, 2020

UN urges Libya to investigate viral video of Egypt labourers being abused

The UN is urging Libyan authorities to investigate a video circulating on social media of a group of Egyptian labourers being abused...

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June 17, 2020

Israel, Greece to resume tourism in August

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his Greek counterpart Kyriakos Mitsotakis announced yesterday that tourism between the two countries will resume on 1 August if the coronavirus precautions permit, Anadolu reported....

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June 17, 2020

Malaysia’s King urges his country to unite in prayer for Palestine

Malaysia’s King, Sultan Abdullah Sultan Ahmad Shah, has called on his country to pray for the “well-being of Palestinians who are being oppressed by Israel” and who are resisting...

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June 17, 2020

Palestine FM warns of Israel’s misleading campaign ahead of West Bank annexation

The Palestinian Ministry of Foreign Affairs yesterday warned of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s “tricks” to mislead the international community regarding Tel Aviv’s plans to annex nearly 30 per...

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June 17, 2020

Will Israel’s annexation plan undermine Arab-Israeli normalisation?

The position adopted by Arab states over Israel’s plan to annex swathes of the occupied West Bank from next month, including the Jordan Valley, can be split broadly into...

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June 17, 2020

1.2m expats to leave Saudi in 2020, report says

Some 1.2 million foreign workers will leave Saudi Arabia this year due to the coronavirus outbreak in the country, a report from the Jadwa Investment company has revealed. According to the...

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