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March 18, 2020

Tunisia, Algeria to shut land border over coronavirus

Tunisia closed its land crossings with Algeria at midnight in its effort to counter the coronavirus pandemic. An Algerian diplomatic source told Al-Araby Al-Jadeed that Tunisia’s decision to close...

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March 18, 2020

Saudi Arabia accepts Indian proposal for virtual G20 Summit

Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammad Bin Salman has accepted a proposal by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to hold the G20 Summit online next week, eight months before it...

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March 18, 2020

Israel stops providing cleaning products to Palestine detainees

Palestinian prisoners have today rejected their meals in protest against the Israeli Prison Service’s plans to stop supplying 140 products, including cleaning products, from the canteen and halt medical...

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March 18, 2020

Jordan shuts down for 2 weeks to tackle coronavirus

Jordan yesterday ordered all residents to remain in their homes for two weeks to stop the spread of the coronavirus, local TV reported. All official institutions have been closed...

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March 18, 2020

Call for humanitarian ceasefire in Libya due to coronavirus

The parties to the conflict in Libya have been called upon to declare an immediate humanitarian ceasefire in light of the threat posed by the coronavirus pandemic, Anadolu has...

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March 18, 2020

Turkey, Germany, France, UK ‘meet’ online amid coronavirus outbreak

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan yesterday held a video conference call with French President Emmanuel Macron, German Chancellor Angela Merkel and British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, local media reported....

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March 18, 2020

Morocco jails journalist for tweet ‘insulting’ a judge

Moroccan journalist and rights activist Omar Radi was yesterday handed a four-month suspended sentence and a $52 fine on charges of insulting a judge on Twitter. Radi was indicted...

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March 18, 2020

Pro-Houthi court sentences 19 senior army officers to death

A Houthi court in the Yemeni capital Sanaa yesterday passed the death sentence on 19 senior army officers loyal to the UN-recognised government of President Abdrabbuh Mansour Hadi. Details...

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March 18, 2020

Yemen security forces seize weapons onboard UAE aid ship

Yemeni security services in Socotra have seized an Emirati humanitarian ship carrying weapons and armoured vehicles, local sources said. According to the sources, the “aid” ship belonged to the...

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March 18, 2020

Iraq: Two rockets hit military base hosting foreign troops

The Iraqi army yesterday said two rockets had hit a military base that hosts US-led coalition troops near the country’s capital Baghdad. “Two rockets hit the Besmaya base 60...

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