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March 23, 2020

Lebanon to stop paying all maturing Eurobonds, shuts down parliament amid coronavirus fears

Lebanon’s Ministry of Finance announced today that the government will stop all payments of maturing Eurobonds. Lebanese Prime Minister Hassan Diab had initially announced that the government would withhold...

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March 23, 2020

Hamas calls Israel’s murder of Palestinian ‘opportunism’

The Palestinian Islamic Resistance Movement, Hamas, said on Monday that Israel’s murder of a Palestinian man on Sunday night reflects the state’s “immorality and opportunism”. “While the world is...

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March 23, 2020

Iran tests 33 million people for coronavirus

Iran’s Minister of Health, Treatment and Medical Education announced on Sunday that his medical teams have tested 33 million people for coronavirus. Saeed Namaki told journalists in Tehran that...

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March 23, 2020

Qatar donating $150mn to support Gaza’s coronavirus battle

Qatar will be sending $150 million in aid to the besieged Gaza Strip to support United Nations humanitarian programmes and efforts to help combat the new coronavirus outbreak, the...

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March 23, 2020

Hamas says Turkey and Qatar are ready to help the Palestinians in virus crisis

The Head of the Hamas Political Bureau announced on Sunday that Turkey and Qatar are ready to help the Palestinians in their fight against coronavirus. “I have called several...

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March 23, 2020

Israel rejects delay in Sheikh Raed Salah’s detention

Israel’s Public Prosecution Service has rejected a request to delay the detention of Sheikh Raed Salah who is due to go back into prison on 25 March, Arab48.com reported...

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March 23, 2020

Khamenei rejects US offer of help in battle against coronavirus

Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei rejected an American offer on Sunday to help his country in its battle against the coronavirus, news agencies have reported. Khamenei announced this...

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March 23, 2020

The world is not going back to what it was before the coronavirus outbreak

A microscopic virus has shaken the entire world. It may even change its maps, geography and centres of power, shifting from one country to another in the blink of...

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March 23, 2020

Iraq’s Judicial Council rejects Al-Zurufi’s appointment as ‘unconstitutional’

The Supreme Judicial Council of Iraq has disputed the appointment of lawmaker Adnan Al-Zurufi as Prime Minister-designate to form a transitional government on the grounds that the president has...

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March 23, 2020

Russia: Gulf nations, not us, to blame for oil prices fall -TASS

Russia never sought a sharp oil price fall or an end to cooperation with the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), and the Gulf nations are to blame for...

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