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May 17, 2020

Egypt tightens coronavirus restrictions for Eid holiday

Egypt will bring forward the start of its curfew by four hours to 5 p.m. and halt public transport from May 24 for six days during the Eid holiday,...

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May 17, 2020

Northern Cyprus slams EU declaration on East Mediterranean

The premier of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC) on Saturday slammed the EU declaration urging Turkey to “respect EU countries’ maritime jurisdiction and sovereignty in territorial waters.”,...

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May 17, 2020

Yemen: 8 killed in clashes in Taiz province

Two government soldiers and six Houthi rebels were killed in clashes in southwestern Taiz province, the Yemeni military said Saturday, Anadolu reports. Clashes broke out between the two sides...

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May 17, 2020

WHO: Over 113,000 suspected cholera cases in Yemen this year

There has been approximately 113,000 suspected cases of cholera in war-torn Yemen since January, according to the World Health Organization (WHO), Anadolu reports. A total of 56 cases were...

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May 17, 2020

Muslim scholars union urges stand against Israeli plans

The International Union for Muslim Scholars (IUMS) on Saturday urged the Islamic world and all countries to stand against Israel’s plans to annex the occupied Palestinian territories, Anadolu reports....

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May 17, 2020

Syria: Two killed in Idlib refugee camps fires

At least two civilians were killed in seven fire outbreaks in the last three weeks in the tent camps at the Turkey-Syria border zone, according to a local official...

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May 17, 2020

Iran sentences French academic to six years in prison

Iran has sentenced French-Iranian academic Fariba Adelkhah to six years in prison on national security charges, her lawyer told Reuters on Saturday, drawing protests from the French government which...

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May 17, 2020

Rouhani: Vehicles, not marches, to mark Iran's annual anti-Israel rally

Rallies next week in Tehran to mark the annual Quds Day against Israel will involve Iranians driving in vehicles not marching through the streets, to avoid spreading the coronavirus,...

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May 17, 2020

China's ambassador to Israel found dead in Tel Aviv home

China’s ambassador to Israel was found dead in his home in a Tel Aviv suburb on Sunday, an Israeli police spokesman said, Reuters reports. He did not comment on...

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May 16, 2020

Tunisia reports 3 new COVID-19 infections

Tunisia reported three additional coronavirus cases today, after five consecutive days without registering a single infection, as reported by Anadolu Agency. The new registrations take the number of infections to 1,035,...

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