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April 24, 2020

Saudi Arabia elected onto major UN bodies

Saudi Arabia is now a member of two key UN bodies following electronic elections held yesterday, the Saudi Press Agency (SPA) has reported. With the backing of UN member...

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April 24, 2020

Egypt hospital head fired for corona dance

A hospital director in Egypt was fired for dancing with recovered coronavirus patients ...

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April 24, 2020

IMF: The world will experience worst recession since the 1930s

In 2020, the world economy will experience its worst recession since the Great Depression, surpassing that seen during the global financial crisis a decade ago, Gita Gopinath, the International...

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April 24, 2020

France’s Coronavirus lockdown exposes a two-tier system of policing in which violence against ethnic minorities is widespread

Ask anyone in France from an ethnic minority background when they first experienced a robust police document check and they will not say during the current coronavirus lockdown. Most...

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April 24, 2020

Hundreds return to Tunisia from Libya due to coronavirus

Hundreds of Tunisians, working in war-torn Libya started returning home due to the coronavirus pandemic, the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) and Tunisia’s Interior Ministry said. Tunisia opened its border with...

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April 24, 2020

Lebanon: Money transfers close as currency goes into freefall

Dozens of demonstrators broke coronavirus lockdown orders last night to protest in front of the Lebanese Central Bank in Beirut, after the country’s currency, the Lira, went into freefall. Officially, the...

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April 24, 2020

UK reduced support for Palestine Authority in past year

The UK government’s support for Palestine has declined over the past year, an internal e-mail released through a Freedom of Information request has revealed, the Jewish News reported. The memo came...

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April 24, 2020

Iran plans to launch a 2nd military satellite amid US condemnation

Following the successful launch of Iran’s first military satellite on Wednesday, commander of the space unit of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC), Ali Jaafar Abadi said yesterday that the...

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April 24, 2020

Egypt lights up Rome embassy in Italy flag as pressure builds on relationship

Egypt’s Rome embassy has lit up in green, white and red, the colours of the Italian flag, in what it says is a sign of solidarity with the country’s...

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April 24, 2020

Airlines in the Middle East predicted to lose $24 billion due to pandemic

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has predicted that airlines in the Middle East could lose up to $24 billion in revenues due to the suspension of flights as...

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