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April 24, 2020

Iraq releases 20,000 prisoners amid fears of spread of coronavirus

Iraq yesterday announced the release of more than 20,000 prisoners, as part of the country’s precautionary measures to curb the spread of the novel coronavirus. Al-Sumaria News quoted a statement...

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April 24, 2020

Israel bans use of tracking app used to quarantine coronavirus patients

Israel’s use of phone tracking technology to track patients infected with the coronavirus has been banned following privacy concerns, according to the BBC. Technology which uses mobile location data, credit...

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April 24, 2020

Egypt warns of ’tougher measures’ if coronavirus crisis worsens

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi yesterday urged citizens to follow “government measures” in order to prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus. “If we have achieved success over the...

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April 24, 2020

UN warns strongly against Israeli plans to annex West Bank

Israel’s plan to annex large swaths the West Bank from the Palestinians would mark a “devastating blow” to the long-sought two-state solution, the UN’s coordinator for Israeli-Palestinian peace warned...

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April 24, 2020

Pompeo urges Egypt to keep American prisoners safe from coronavirus

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo stressed to his Egyptian counterpart on Thursday that Americans detained in Egypt should be kept safe during the coronavirus pandemic, the State Department...

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April 24, 2020

Egypt parliament approves amendment of US-sponsored Sinai development initiative

On Thursday the Egyptian parliament approved the first amendment of the assistance agreement signed between Egypt and the US regarding the North Sinai Development Initiative. Commenting on the agreement,...

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April 24, 2020

Senior Hamas official: ‘Movement's leadership met with Bin Salman’

The deputy head of Hamas’ bureau abroad, Muhammad Nazzal, revealed the details of a previous meeting held by the movement’s leaders and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman. Nazzal...

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April 24, 2020

UK minister: ‘Takeover of Newcastle United is up to Premier League not Downing Street’

British Minister of Culture Oliver Dowden announced that the takeover of Newcastle United is decided by the Premier League football championship and not the British government. This came in...

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April 24, 2020

Israel Judge: Coalition government is ‘terrifying’ and ‘disrespectful’ of basic law

The former Vice-President of the Supreme Court of Israel, Judge Elyakim Rubinstein, described the coalition government agreement concluded earlier this week between the Likud Party led by Prime Minister...

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April 24, 2020

UN accuses countries of using coronavirus to reduce human rights

The United Nations (UN) Secretary-General Antonio Guterres announced on Thursday that: “It would not be acceptable for countries to take advantage of the COVID-19 pandemic to restrict human rights.”...

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