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31 new assembly members as Kuwaitis vote for reform
Kuwait’s national assembly will have 31 new members after the first election since new emir Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah took office in September.
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Egypt sets world record for largest aid convoy
Egypt has set a new record for the world’s largest aid convoy with 470 trucks, breaking the previous record of 416 held by the Netherlands since 2004.
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Bethlehem lights up Christmas tree as virus rules keep crowds away
Bethlehem lit up its Christmas tree on Saturday evening but without the usual crowds, as novel coronavirus restrictions put a damper on the start of Christmas festivities in the holy city.
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Macron urged to press ally El-Sisi on rights in Paris visit
President Emmanuel Macron hosts Egyptian counterpart Abdel Fattah El-Sisi from Sunday for a three-day state visit with France facing calls from activists that Egypt should not be “indulged” despite the close alliance between Cairo and!-->…
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Lebanon’s ‘hunger heroes’ bring food to people in need
Preparing over a million meals is no mean feat, but it is an even more extraordinary endeavor when achieved solely through the power of volunteers, donations and the salvaging of over 200 tons of food waste.
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Erdogan hopes France will ‘get rid of Macron’ as soon as possible
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Friday he hopes France will “get rid” of his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron as soon as possible, in the latest salvo in an escalating war of words between the two leaders.
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Kuwait, US hold ‘fruitful talks’ on resolving Gulf crisis
Kuwait’s Foreign Minister Sheikh Ahmed Nasser Al-Mohammed Al-Sabah said on Friday that there had been “fruitful talks” toward resolving the Gulf crisis, achieving reconciliation and supporting regional stability and solidarity.
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Thousands of Rohingya refugees being moved to ‘dangerous’ remote island
The Bangladesh government is moving thousands of Rohingya refugees to a remote island in the coming days - despite human rights groups' calls to stop the process.
Bhasan Char, which emerged from the sea less than 20 years ago, is!-->!-->!-->…
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Biden administration prepares to inherit controversial Trump immigration policies
When President-elect Joe Biden comes into office, he will inherit the Trump administration's restrictionist immigration agenda, which cut access to asylum and has kept migrants in limbo in Mexico while they await humanitarian protection in!-->…
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US election 2020: Biden says White House co-operation ‘sincere’
US President-elect Joe Biden says the White House has so far been "sincere" in helping his transition to power.
"It has not been begrudging so far, and I don't expect it to be," he told NBC News in an interview.
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