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March 23, 2020

Al-Aqsa Mosque shuts as part of effort to prevent coronavirus spreading

Prayers at Jerusalem’s Al-Aqsa Mosque have been suspended as a precaution against the spread of the novel coronavirus, the Muslim Waqf Council announced yesterday.The rare decision, reached following an...

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March 23, 2020

Israel holding the body of Palestinian shot and killed by soldiers

The body of the 32-year-old Palestinian man shot dead by Israeli soldiers for throwing rocks at cars in the occupied West Bank last night is being withheld from his...

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March 23, 2020

Egypt: Children beaten and electrocuted, report says

Beatings, electrocutions and forcing kids into stress positions are rife in Egyptian prisons...

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March 23, 2020

UNRWA suspends distribution of food aid in Gaza

In a brief statement on Sunday evening, UNRWA said that due to the current conditions and for the people’s safety it has decided to temporarily suspend the distribution of...

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March 23, 2020

Fears of a water shortage in Jordan surges amid coronavirus lockdown

Complaints and concerns over water shortages rose by 58 per cent in Jordan during the first day of a nationwide coronavirus curfew, according to a report by Reuters. Spokesperson...

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March 23, 2020

Saudi airlifted critical supplies to Yemen to fight coronavirus

Saudi Arabia has airlifted critical supplies to Yemen to assist in the country’s fight against the coronavirus outbreak. Announcing details of the airlift, the World Health Organisation (WHO) thanked...

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March 23, 2020

Turkey FM: We cannot take any more refugees

Turkey is not able to take in or host any more refugees, whether from Syria or other countries, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu announced yesterday. Cavusoglu made the statement...

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March 23, 2020

The future of the world order: Exclusive interview with the former Prime Minister of Turkey

This is part one of our exclusive interview with former Turkish Foreign Minister, Prime Minister and Chairman of the Future Party Ahmet Davutoglu, about his new book ‘Systemic Earthquake...
March 23, 2020

21 Turkmen die in Istanbul after drinking fake, anti-coronavirus alcohol

Twenty people have died in a week in Istanbul after drinking fake alcohol, CNN Turk reported. The people who drank the counterfeit alcohol from different parts of the city...

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March 23, 2020

Palestinian-Israeli presenter dismissed after anti-Netanyahu protest

Prominent Palestinian-Israeli news presenter Lucy Aharish was fired from Israel’s state-owned KAN 11 TV channel yesterday after taking part in a rally against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. The journalist...

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