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April 23, 2020

Sudan urges global support to combat COVID-19

The Sudanese Health Minister Akram Ali Altoum yesterday appealed to countries that produce personal protective equipment for medical staff to provide some to help with its fight against the...

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April 23, 2020

UK influencers, celebs call for Muslims to stay home this Ramadan

#RamadanAtHome...

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April 23, 2020

Trump instructs Navy to ‘destroy’ Iran boats that harass US ships

US President Donald Trump yesterday instructed the US Navy to “shoot down and destroy any and all Iranian gunboats” that harass American ships. “I have instructed the United States...

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April 23, 2020

UN rights chief condemns Iran’s execution of child convicts

The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet yesterday condemned Iran for executing two child offenders within four days. Bachelet said in a statement that Shayan Saeedpour...

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April 23, 2020

Saudi man arrested for stepping on a Quran

Saudi authorities arrest a Saudi man for stepping on Qur'an...

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April 23, 2020

While praising Egypt, US calls on China to release political prisoners

The US embassy in Cairo has written a press statement calling on Beijing to release people detained unjustly. The statement asks that human rights lawyer Wang Quanchang be allowed...

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April 23, 2020

Profile: Sheikh Mahmud Shaltut, the reformist head of Al-Azhar University

Sheikh Mahmud Shaltut was a renowned Muslim scholar, reformer and rector of the esteemed Al-Azhar University in Cairo who was notable for seeking to bridge the gap in the...

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April 23, 2020

Rouhani says Iran least affected by dropping oil prices

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said the falling oil prices will have the least impact on the Islamic Republic compared to other countries, because Tehran is less dependent than others...

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April 23, 2020

As oil prices plummet, Saudi Aramco pursues $10bn loan

Saudi Aramco, the world’s largest oil-production company, has entered a decisive stage in its endeavour to obtain a $10 billion loan from a number of banks. Aramco chose HSBC and...

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April 23, 2020

Assad is in the dock as his henchmen go on trial for torture

Syrians Anwar Raslan and Eyad Al-Gharib are not very nice men, apparently, and we are about to find out, in horrifying detail, exactly why. Every torturer who has ever...

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