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Third Saudi plane carrying COVID-19 aid arrives in Tunisia
A third plane carrying medical supplies to help combat the spread of COVID-19 arrived in Tunisia on Thursday on an air bridge set up by Saudi Arabia.
The plane, which was flown by a team from the Saudi-based King Salman Humanitarian Aid…
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White House ‘categorically’ condemns alleged Iranian kidnap plot against journalist
The United States will continue nuclear talks with Iran, the White House said on Wednesday, after an Iranian plot to kidnap a US-based journalist was made public.
A US Justice Department indictment unsealed on Tuesday showed prosecutors…
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Populist Iraq cleric demands action over deadly Covid unit fire
Populist Shiite cleric Moqtada Sadr has warned he will hold the Iraqi government responsible if it fails to take action over a devastating fire that killed at least 60 people in a Covid isolation unit.
The warning comes just months…
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Iran warns it can enrich uranium to nuclear weapons grade
Iran claimed on Wednesday that it had the ability to enrich fissile uranium to 90 percent purity — the level required to build the core of a nuclear weapon.
“Iran’s Atomic Energy Organization can enrich uranium by 20 percent and 60…
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Taliban back to old ways in newly seized Afghan territory
Days after the Taliban captured a remote district in Afghanistan’s north, they issued their first orders in the form of a letter to the local imam.
“It said women can’t go to the bazaar without a male companion, and men should not shave…
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US charges four with plot to kidnap New York journalist critical of Iran
US prosecutors have charged four Iranians, alleged to be intelligence operatives for Tehran, with plotting to kidnap a New York journalist who was critical of Iran, according to a Justice Department indictment unsealed on Tuesday.
While…
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Iraqis demand justice as hospital blaze kills 92
Grieving and angry Iraqis demanded justice on Tuesday after at least 92 people died when an explosion and fire ripped through a coronavirus hospital in the southern city of Nasiriyah.
The fire in a temporary quarantine clinic at…
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Kuwait customs seizes over 2 million bags of narcotics at Shuwaikh port
Kuwait customs has seized 2.220 million bags of narcotics at the country’s Shuwaikh port, state news agency KUNA reported.
The narcotics were found in three containers left behind for over 90 days in the port, the report added.
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Iraqis remain skeptical of vaccines as COVID-19 cases rise
War-scarred Iraq is seeing thousands of new COVID-19 cases a day but few people wear face masks and even fewer are vaccinated, sparking fears of an “epidemiological catastrophe.”
Healthcare workers say they are battling not just the…
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Israel expands Gaza fishing zone, allows more imports
Israel said on Monday it had expanded the fishing zone off Gaza and would allow additional imports into the blockaded Palestinian territory following “recent security calm.”
The Jewish state regularly restricts fishing and imports for…
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