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January 13, 2020

Ethiopia calls on South Africa to mediate Renaissance Dam dispute

Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed said yesterday that he had asked South Africa’s president to mediate his country’s dispute with Egypt over Ethiopia’s Grand Renaissance Dam. Ahmed, who visited...

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January 13, 2020

Israel accelerates processing of East Jerusalem Palestinians' citizenship applications, most rejected

Israeli authorities dramatically accelerated the processing of citizenship applications by Palestinian residents of occupied East Jerusalem in 2019, reported Haaretz, with the majority rejected. A total of 1,361 applications...

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January 13, 2020

US forces are unlikely to leave Iraq anytime soon

Just days after the US drone attack that killed Iranian General Qassem Soleimani in Baghdad, Iraqi Prime Minister Adel Abdul-Mahdi announced that he had asked Washington to remove its...

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January 13, 2020

US threatens to quash Iraq’s economy if its forces are expelled

The US administration threatened to block Iraq’s access to its funds in the Federal Reserve Bank of New York if Baghdad expels American troops from the country, the Wall...

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January 13, 2020

Two decades on, Israel court orders state to compensate five Palestinians for destroyed property

An Israeli military court has ordered the state to compensate five Palestinians whose plant nurseries were destroyed by the army almost 20 years ago, reported Haaretz. On 14-15 November...

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January 13, 2020

Israel: Labor-Gesher and Meretz to run on joint list in March election

The Labor-Gesher and Meretz parties announced today that they will merge and run on a joint slate in the Israeli elections scheduled for 2 March, reported the Times of...

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January 13, 2020

PA arrests 3 Palestinians freed from Israel jails

Palestinian Authority (PA) security services have arrested three Palestinian who were released from Israeli jails, Safa news agency reported yesterday. The news site described the detention as political and...

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January 13, 2020

Over 50 injured in Iraq protests

More than 50 Iraqis were injured in confrontations between protesters and security forces in the southern Iraqi governorate of Wasit, Anadolu Agency reported. A medical source in Wasit Health...

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January 13, 2020

Trump: Saudi paid $1bn to increase number of US troops in region

US President Donald Trump said that he made Saudi Arabia pay the US for the increased presence of American service personnel in the region as a result of the...

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January 13, 2020

Sudan: Holy Quran Society and media outlets foreclosed to recover funds

The Sudanese committee to fight corruption and recover the looted funds announced, Sunday, that the decision to seize media outlets is aimed at improving public funds which will be handed it over...

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