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June 17, 2020

Yemen government calls for UN to relocate office from Houthi-controlled Hudaydah

The internationally recognised Yemeni government yesterday demanded the headquarters of the United Nations Mission to Support the Hudaydah Agreement (UNMHA) be relocated from the Houthi-controlled Red Sea port to...

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June 17, 2020

UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson opposes Israel's West Bank annexation plan

'I believe that what is proposed by Israel would amount to a breach of international law', says UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson ...

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June 17, 2020

Russia sends 2 firefighting planes to Turkey

The Russian United Aircraft Corporation (UAC) said yesterday that it had sent two Be-200ES amphibious planes to Turkey on firefighting missions. “Two Russian Be-200ES amphibious planes arrived in Turkey...

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June 17, 2020

Iran FM voices support for Turkey-backed Libya government

Iran has announced its support for the Turkish-backed Libyan Government of National Accord (GNA) based in the capital Tripoli. The declaration was made on Monday by Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif...

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June 17, 2020

UN calls on Houthis to drop death sentences against journalists

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres expressed his concern about the death sentences issued against journalists by a Houthi court in Sanaa. “I am horrified that these individuals were tortured and...

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June 17, 2020

Lebanese-Colombian en route to Iran arrested in West Africa

A Colombian man of Lebanese descent, said to be on trip to secure food and medicine supplies for Venezuela’s Maduro government, has been arrested in the Cape Verde islands off...

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June 17, 2020

NATO concerned about increased Russia presence in the Eastern Med

NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said yesterday that the alliance is concerned about the increasing Russian presence in the Eastern Mediterranean, and reports of mass graves in the Libyan city...

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June 17, 2020

Libya: Haftar’s militia killed 39 people with mines south of Tripoli

Some 39 people were killed, including security personnel and civilians, while dozens were injured in explosions caused by landmines laid by Khalifa Haftar’s militia south of the capital, Tripoli....

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June 17, 2020

Israel will be a target for #BlackLivesMatter as long as it believes that ‘might is right’

Last year, I wrote that a new global civil rights movement was uniting Palestinians and Black Americans. I argued that the Palestinian struggle had undergone many dramatic changes over...

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June 17, 2020

UAE: We can disagree with Israel and still have ties with it

UAE Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Anwar Gargash yesterday called for greater cooperation with Israel despite its ongoing attempts to expand its occupation over the occupied West Bank,...

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