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Israelis protest against Netanyahu despite coronavirus lockdown
According to reports from Israeli media, protesters also gathered in Tel Aviv and Caesarea – as well as online –…
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Yemen gov’t, Houthis agree to exchange over 1,000 prisoners
Yemen’s internationally recognised government and the Houthi rebels have agreed to exchange around 1,000 detainees and prisoners, including 15 Saudis,…
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Coronavirus: Kuwait detects a drop in cases with 345 COVID-19 infections
Kuwait has detected 345 coronavirus cases and 718 recoveries on Sunday, the country’s Ministry of Health reported. The total number…
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UN envoy to Yemen confirms warring parties agree to exchange 1,081 prisoners
Yemen’s warring parties have agreed to exchange 1,081 detainees and prisoners in talks in Switzerland, United Nations Special Envoy Martin…
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Coronavirus: UAE reports 851 COVID-19 cases, a drop on recent days, one new death
The United Arab Emirates reported 851 new coronavirus cases on Sunday, a drop on the recent daily increases of around 1,000 but…
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Two Lebanese soldiers killed by ‘terrorists’ says army
Two members of the Lebanese Security Forces were killed in an exchange of gunfire with militants in the north of…
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Coronavirus: Lebanon’s Gebran Bassil tests positive for COVID-19
Gebran Bassil, head of Lebanon’s Free Patriotic Movement and son-in-law of President Michel Aoun, has tested positive for coronavirus, according…
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Six Palestinians, including three brothers, dead as cesspit caves in near Hebron
Six Palestinians from the same extended family were killed as an old cesspit caved in Saturday in a village near…
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France ‘regrets’ Lebanon has not yet formed a government
France “regrets” that Lebanon has been unable to form a new government after a mass resignation in the wake of…
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Lebanon’s Hariri says failure to form government nothing to celebrate
Anyone celebrating the failure of a French initiative to get Lebanon’s fractious leaders to form a new government will regret…
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