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April 30, 2021

Lebanon opens probe into central bank governor and brother

Lebanon’s public prosecutor has launched an investigation into central bank governor Riad Salameh, a judicial source said, after a Swiss legal request alleged that more than $300 million had...

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April 30, 2021

Turkey to continue Khashoggi trial as Saudi Arabia closes Turkish schools

Turkish officials have revealed that the trial against the Saudi citizens responsible for the assassination of exiled journalist Jamal Khashoggi in October 2018 will continue, just days after attempting...

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April 30, 2021

Detention of Palestinian children as young as eight ‘a mistake’, admits Israel

Israel has admitted that the detention of five Palestinian children last month was a mistake and that it was improper to detain the three who were under the age...

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April 30, 2021

40 tonnes of dead fish wash up on shore of Lebanon lake

Tonnes of dead fish have washed up on the banks of a lake on Lebanon’s Litani river, engulfing a nearby village in a pungent smell, in a disaster blamed...

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April 30, 2021

Private Israel security guard attacks disabled Palestinian man

A disabled Palestinian man sustained severe wounds and bruises to his face and body after a private Israeli security guard beat him in the occupied East Jerusalem town of...

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April 30, 2021

Turkey continues to destroy PKK targets in Iraq, insists ministry

The Turkish Ministry of Defence will continue its efforts to destroy elements of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) in neighbouring Iraq, it said yesterday. “Our ground forces’ fire...

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April 30, 2021

Morocco grants asylum to former Catalan leader in response to Polisario visit to Spain

Morocco has decided to grant political asylum to the former leader of the Catalonia region, Carles Puigdemont, in a new and provocative move against Spain, which recently allowed the...

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April 30, 2021

Russia denies Sudan naval base pact is suspended

Recent reports about the suspension of an agreement between Russia and Sudan on establishing a naval base in the African state are “baseless”, the Russian embassy in Khartoum announced...

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April 30, 2021

Lebanon, Israel expected to resume maritime border talks next week

Lebanon and Israel are expected to resume US-brokered talks on a dispute about their Mediterranean Sea border next week, Reuters reported citing two Lebanese officials. A Lebanese official, who spoke on...

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April 30, 2021

Tunisian detains repatriated women with suspected Daesh ties, says HRW

Tunisia is detaining women repatriated with their children recently for having alleged ties to the extremists of Daesh, Human Rights Watch has revealed. Some of the women, said the...

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