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UN says migrants detained in Libya face ‘extremely inhumane’ conditions
A growing number of migrants and refugees attempting to reach Europe from Libya are being intercepted or rescued and returned to the north African country, where they are locked up in overcrowded detention centers.
In these facilities…
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Iran looks beyond strategic strait for oil exports to evade US sanctions
Iran has opened its first oil export terminal that does not require tankers to pass through the Strait of Hormuz, as it looks to expand its oil exports in contravention of US sanctions.
Iranian Oil Minister Bijan Namdar Zanganeh…
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Saudi Arabia denies allegations of tracking phone calls
An official source in Saudi Arabia denied allegations made in some media reports claiming that an entity in the Kingdom is using a program to track phone calls.
The source added that these allegations are unfounded, stressing that the…
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Three shot dead in riots as Iran regime runs out of water
At least three people have been shot dead, one of them a police officer, in a week of rioting and protests over water shortages in the southwestern Iranian province of Khuzestan.
The police officer was killed in the port city of Mahshahr…
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Biden softens tone on Facebook, urges action on vaccine misinformation
US President Joe Biden took a softer tone when talking about Facebook Inc. on Monday, after saying last week that the social media company was “killing people” by allowing the spread of misinformation about COVID-19 vaccines.
Biden told…
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Water crisis protests continue in Iran, with chants in capital
Street protests over water shortages in southwest Iran continued for a sixth night on Tuesday amid rising violence, while residents in the capital of Tehran chanted anti-government slogans, according to videos posted on social media on…
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Erdogan says Turkey can run Kabul airport if US meets conditions
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Tuesday Turkey could run Kabul airport if its NATO ally the United States met certain conditions including on logistics and financing.
Turkey has been negotiating with US defense officials over its…
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Russian tanks move to Afghan border ahead of drills
Russian tanks stationed at Moscow’s base in Tajikistan have arrived at training grounds near the border with Afghanistan ahead of army drills next month, the defense ministry said Tuesday.
Russia will stage military drills from August 5…
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Kosovo repatriates citizens from Syria camps
Kosovo and North Macedonia repatriated 34 of their citizens from Syria including men suspected of fighting for Daesh, government officials said on Monday.
Since the March 2019 fall of the group’s last stronghold in Syria, local Kurds…
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Morocco to investigate Guantanamo Bay returnee over extremism
US President Joe Biden’s administration said on Monday that it had transferred its first detainee from the US military prison at Guantanamo Bay, a Moroccan man who had been imprisoned since 2002, bringing the population at the facility down…
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