Arab World
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Ethiopia recruits 500,000 women for domestic work in Saudi Arabia
In early March, Hirut* was playing with her toddler at her home in Addis Ababa’s Mekanisa district, when she got…
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Barcelona President Laporta denies crimes in refereeing scandal
Joan Laporta, president of Barcelona football club, says all payments made to a company owned by a senior refereeing official…
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Saudi FM urges halt to military escalation in Sudan in calls with Burhan, RSF leader
Saudi Arabia’s foreign minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan made two phone calls on Sunday morning with Sudan’s Abdel Fattah al-Burhan…
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Four Turkish troops wounded in attacks in Syria, Ankara says
Four Turkish soldiers were wounded in artillery and rocket attacks by Kurdish militants on bases in northern Syria, prompting a…
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Israel PM downplays intel leaks by ‘best ally’ US
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu Sunday downplayed the significance of a leak of classified US documents about Israel, and insisted…
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Sudan state TV cuts transmission amid clashes
Sudan state television cut its transmission on Sunday afternoon, a move that employees said was aimed at preventing the broadcast of…
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Egypt and South Sudan offer to mediate between Sudanese sides
Egypt and South Sudan on Sunday offered to mediate between the Sudanese army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces, who…
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Arab League holds emergency meeting over Sudan
The Arab League held an emergency meeting on Sunday to discuss the recent developments in Sudan. Clashes erupted on Saturday…
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Yemen: Houthis, govt free scores as they complete prisoner exchange
Yemen’s Houthis and government forces freed scores of prisoners on Sunday on the last of a three-day exchange of nearly…
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Two killed, two others injured in Iraqi Kurdistan in strikes blamed on Turkey
At least two people have been killed and two others wounded in northern Iraq’s Kurdistan region, officials said on Sunday,…
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