Tue 20 September 2022: Ramallah, occupied West Bank – A Palestinian man has been killed during ongoing clashes between Palestinian fighters and Palestinian Authority (PA) security forces in the Israeli-occupied West Bank city of Nablus. Local media identified the man as 53-year-old Firas Yaeesh. His death was announced at dawn on Tuesday. Witnesses, as well as […]
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Tue 20 September 2022: On Monday, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres issued a warning that global inequities in educational access and quality are quickly turning into the “great divider.” Roughly 70% of 10 year-olds in poorer nations are unable to read basic texts, and in developed countries “education systems often entrench rather than reduce inequality, reproducing […]
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Mon 19 September 2022: Amid maritime border dispute with Lebanon, the production at the contested Karish gas field will begin soon, Israeli Prime Ministe Yair Lapid said Monday, Anadolu Agency reported. “Israel believes it is possible to reach an agreement on the maritime border between Lebanon and Israel in a way that will serve the interests of both […]
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Mon 19 September 2022: Amid maritime border dispute with Lebanon, the production at the contested Karish gas field will begin soon, Israeli Prime Ministe Yair Lapid said Monday, Anadolu Agency reported. “Israel believes it is possible to reach an agreement on the maritime border between Lebanon and Israel in a way that will serve the interests of both […]
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Mon 19 September 2022: Protests persisted on Sunday and #MahsaAmini became one of the top hashtags ever on Persian-language Twitter as Iranians fumed over the death of a young woman in the custody of morality police enforcing strict hijab rules, Reuters reports. Amini, 22, died on Friday after falling into a coma following her arrest in Tehran earlier […]
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Mon 19 September 2022: Saudi Arabia’s gross domestic product (GDP) is expected to grow at the highest rate in 10 years to 7.5 per cent in 2022, with an expected surplus in the state’s budget of about 6.3 per cent, according to credit rating agency S&P. S&P expects the Saudi economy’s productive capacity to grow in the […]
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Mon 20 September 2022: British Defence Ministry said in its daily intelligence on Twitter, that Russia has highly likely lost at least four combat jets in Ukraine within the last 10 days, taking its attrition to about 55 since the beginning of its invasion on February 24, Reuters reported. There is a realistic possibility that […]
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Mon 20 September 2022: Queen Elizabeth II’s funeral has begun at Westminster Abbey following the procession of her coffin led by royal family members, including King Charles III. The British capital London is hosting the biggest funeral ceremony globally in decades as the queen is being laid to rest on Monday, 10 days after her […]
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Bashir Noorzai, center, a senior Taliban detainee held at Guantanamo attends his release ceremony, at the Intercontinental Hotel, in Kabul, Afghanistan. An American navy veteran was exchanged for a key associate of the Afghan rulers. According to Afghanistan’s foreign minister, the Taliban and the US have completed a prisoner swap. Mark Frerichs, who was kidnapped […]
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Mon 19 September 2022: US President Joe Biden says he told Chinese President Xi Jinping that violating sanctions against Russia following its invasion of Ukraine would be a “gigantic mistake.” The US president stated that he spoke with Xi following the Chinese leader’s meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin during the Winter Olympics in February. […]
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