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June 9, 2020

Iraq Shia leader calls to ban large gatherings over COVID-19

Iraq’s Shia political leader, Muqtada Al-Sadr, has called on authorities to prevent all gatherings and demonstrations in the country to confront the coronavirus outbreak. Al-Sadr’s call came after protests in the...

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June 9, 2020

Black lives should matter in the Middle East too, so where is the rage?

In response to the killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis, people around the world have taken to the streets in huge numbers in solidarity with protesters in America. The...

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June 9, 2020

Ethiopia: ‘No retreat from filling the Renaissance Dam and no war with Sudan’

The Ethiopian Prime Minister Abe Ahmed said that “the decision to fill the Renaissance Dam is irreversible.” He added that Addis Ababa will not go to war with Sudan...

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June 9, 2020

Yemen army seizes UAE missiles from the Transitional Council

The Yemeni army carried out an attack on sites belonging to the UAE-backed Southern Transitional Council (STC) on the outskirts of the city of Zanzibar, the capital of Abyan...

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June 9, 2020

Egypt foreign reserves down to $36bn in May

Egypt’s foreign reserves dropped $1 billion, the Central Bank of Egypt (CBE) announced yesterday. “Foreign reserves declined to $36 billion in May, down from $37 billion in April,” the...

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June 9, 2020

Iran ‘ready’ to swap more prisoners with US, says official

Iran is ready to swap “more prisoners” with the US, government spokesperson Ali Rabiei announced yesterday. “Tehran hopes the process of returning the Iranian inmates in the US will...

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June 9, 2020

It might not take much effort to derail Netanyahu’s annexation plan

With less than a month to go until the date set by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for the annexation of large parts of the occupied Palestinian West Bank...

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June 9, 2020

OPEC: Gulf countries won’t continue extended oil output cuts

Gulf countries will not continue a reduction of oil output by an extra 1.18 million barrels per day (bpd) in July as part of an agreement made by the...

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June 9, 2020

International backing for Egypt plan for Libya ceasefire

Global powers have been expressing their support for Egypt’s calls for a “political initiative” to end the Libya conflict which already brought into effect a ceasefire yesterday. The initiative...

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June 9, 2020

Palestine Bleeds: Execution of autistic man is not an exception but the norm

A 32-year-old man with the mental age of an 8-year-old child was executed by Israeli soldiers on May 30, while crouching behind his teacher near his special needs school...

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