Tens of thousands join pro-Palestinian marches across Europe
Protesters in the British capital waved Palestinian flags, donned keffiyeh scarves and carried signs including "Stop arming Israel" and "No...
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Pro-Palestinian protest leader released from US custody
Mahmoud Khalil, a former Columbia University student who was one of the most visible leaders of nationwide pro-Palestinian campus protests,...
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Over 240,000 Lebanon expats register to vote in polls
Lebanon's diaspora -- estimated to number at least three times the country's 6-million population -- will take part in the...
- More than 93,000 had registered for the last parliamentary polls in 2018, Lebanon's first expat vote.
- Europe accounted for the largest number of registered expat voters, with nearly 75,000, followed by Asia with 61,000 voters
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Economic growth of Arab countries this year
This week’s TRENDS Explainer Video highlights how economic growth looks like in the Arab countries this year as per the...
- Middle Eastern countries responded to the pandemic with swift and stringent measures to mitigate its spread and impact. However, most of them continued to face an uncertain future
- Containing the health crisis, cushioning income losses, and expanding social spending had become immediate priorities. Most of the Arab governments, however, managed it well
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Iraq and Germany call for stopping networks of human trafficking
Iraq and Germany have said there was a need for moving quickly to stop the networks of human trafficking. Iraqi...
- Iraqi foreign minister stressed support for voluntary return of migrants stranded along Belarus-Poland border.
- The two sides also expressed keenness to strenghten means of bilateral cooperation.
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Gaza anger mounts at cost, ‘humiliation’ of outside journeys
The common complaint in Gaza is that the journey, often made on stuffy buses, is made deliberately more arduous and...
- "Someone from Hamas called and told me to erase everything"
- Gaza, an impoverished territory of some two million people, where Hamas fought its most recent war with Israel in May, is a difficult place to enter or leave
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Egypt returns to Gaza with post-war reconstruction
Egypt is helping Gaza rebuild after the last bout of fighting between Israel and the Hamas in May.
- After years of retreat, Egypt is making its presence felt again in the neighboring Palestinian enclave of Gaza
- As a result, it is emerging as a key benefactor in the aftermath of the last bout of fighting between Hamas and Israel earlier this year
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Lebanese army stops boat carrying 90 people off coast
Women and children were among the group intercepted Friday by a navy patrol off the coast of Qalamoun in northern...
- Women and children were among the group intercepted Friday by a navy patrol off the coast of Qalamoun in northern Lebanon
- The boat almost sank in bad weather but all on board were rescued and taken to the shore, says Lebanese army
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Iraq seeks economic bloc with Turkey, Iran; ease in entry visa procedures
A regional economic bloc must be formed and includes Iraq, Turkey and Iran to become a regional power that allows...
- The Iraqi delegation highlights investment opportunities in the fields of agriculture and health
- Baghdad also invites Turkish companies to invest in Iraq and address the water problem in the country
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Iraq adopts comprehensive counter-terrorism strategy
Iraq has attributed 'the victory over terrorism' to a comprehensive national strategy that it has adopted to deal with violent...
- Iraqi foreign minister Fouad Hussein said the victory over terrorism has led the Iraqi government in its various institutions to move towards the reconstruction of liberated cities
- "The victory over terrorism has provided us with the transition to important objectives at the internal, regional and international levels"
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Iran MP’s office torched after protest remarks
Unidentified assailants torched the office front of an ultraconservative Iranian lawmaker whose recent comments on deadly anti-government protests in 2019...
- Protesters took to the streets across Iran in November 2019 after a surprise fuel price hike, in Iran's most vocal eruption of public dissent in a decade
- Petrol pumps were torched, police stations attacked and shops looted before security forces stepped in amid a near-total internet blackout
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Austin says US capable of deploying force in Middle East
The United States warned Saturday it was capable of deploying "overwhelming force" in the Middle East as it faced questions...
- Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin told the Manama Dialogue in Bahrain's capital that all options would be open if diplomacy fails to halt Iran's nuclear program
- The Pentagon chief was asked why Washington did not respond to last month's drone-and-artillery attack on a base used by the US-led coalition fighting the Islamic State in Syria
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Lebanese media says four Hizbollah fighters killed in Israeli strike
Beirut, Lebanon - Four Hizbollah fighters were killed overnight in southern Lebanon, the Iran-backed movement announced on Thursday, in what Lebanese...
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UAE participates in UN Peacekeeping Ministerial Meeting in Ghana
ACCRA, GHANA - A United Arab Emirates delegation led by Dr. Rashed Ali Al Kaabi, Assistant Minister of Foreign Affairs...
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Private sector funding key to climate transition: World Bank
The World Bank raised its target for climate-related projects from 35% of its annual financing to 45%. Given that the...
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US imam shot outside New Jersey mosque dies
The Essex County prosecutor, Ted Stephens, confirmed Hassan Sharif was shot more than once, and that "it does not appear...
- Hassan Sharif was shot multiple times near a mosque in Newark, just west of New York, before being taken to hospital where he later died, New Jersey Attorney General said
- United States Transportation Security Administration (TSA) earlier confirmed that Sharif had worked as a security screener at Newark airport since 2016
Iran blames Israel, US for deadly blasts near grave of Guards general Soleimani
The two explosions -- labelled a "terrorist attack" by state media and regional authorities -- came amid high Middle East...
- Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei blamed "evil and criminal enemies" of the country for the attack and vowed a "harsh response"
- Iran ally Hamas denounced the "criminal attack" while the Saudi foreign ministry in Riyadh voiced "solidarity with Iran in this painful event"
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Situation in Red Sea is direct projection of developments in Gaza: Russian diplomat
"I think that hardly anyone of our counterparts will deny the fact that developments in the Red Sea are the...
- Russia has concerns regarding "the state of affairs in the Red Sea area, Nebenzya said adding trade routes passing through it are a critical artery for international commerce
- Twelve nations led by the United States on Wednesday jointly warned Yemen's Houthi rebels of unspecified consequences unless they immediately halt sea attacks