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Khashoggi family forgives their father’s killers

‘We the sons of martyr Jamal Khashoggi announce we forgive and pardon those who killed our father,’ son Salah says The family of slain Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi said Friday they have forgiven those who killed their father. “On this blessed night of the blessed month (of #Ramadan), we remember God’s saying: ‘If a person

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UAE spends billions on failed regional military plans

Libyan Army enters downtown al-Asabaa Arab Gulf country aims to achieve political influence in region by arming allies in field, The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has spent tens of billions of dollars each year on failed military interventions and arms imports instead of strengthening regional peace and stability. Since 2014, the UAE has been pushing

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Iran MP: We have spent $30bn defending Assad, Syria must pay us back

Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad (L) and Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in Tehran, Iran on 25 February 2019 [Yousef Alhelou/Twitter] Iran has spent between $20-$30 billion in its Syria campaign in order to keep President Bashar Al-Assad in power, an Iranian lawmaker has revealed, insisting that Syria will one day have to repay its debts

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Former Somali President Hassan Sheikh says Farmajo government has not addressed the issue of maritime disputes

Photo: Credit (AP) Former Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud has voiced the decision of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) to delay the maritime case between Somalia and Kenya. The court announced yesterday that the case has been adjourned until March 2021. Hassan, who held a press conference in Mogadishu, has opposed this, and that

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Explainer: Why is Israel’s Netanyahu facing trial?

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu stands next to his wife Sara as he waves to supporters following the announcement of exit polls in Israel’s election at his Likud party headquarters in Tel Aviv, Israel March 3, 2020. REUTERS/Amir Cohen/File Photo JERUSALEM (Reuters) – A week after being sworn into office for a fifth term, Israeli

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UAE interference main cause of Libya crisis: Minister

Libya’s Interior Minister Fathi Bashagha on Wednesday blamed the current crisis in his country on the interference of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) in the Libyan affairs and its support to putschist forces.”The crisis in Libya would not have happened had you stopped your malicious interference in our internal affairs, your support to putschists, dispatch

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Burundi opens crucial presidential election amid pandemic

The two main candidates in the poll are the ruling CNDD-FDD party’s Evariste Ndayishimiye, right, and Agathon Rwasa of the National Liberation Forces (FNL) party [Reuters/AP] A crucial election has begun in the East African nation of Burundi, where President Pierre Nkurunziza is stepping aside after a divisive 15-year rule but will remain “paramount leader”

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Somalia-Kenya sea dispute case delayed by 10 months, virus cited

A letter sent by the court to both parties and seen by BBC states that that the hearing scheduled for early June is now is delayed to 15 March 2021 due to the exceptional circumstances of the coronavirus pandemic. Somalia’s Deputy Prime Minister Mahdi Mohammed Gulaid told the BBC last week that his country objected

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Khashoggi fiancee urges UK gov’t to stop Saudi prince to put himself above British law

Speaking to Anadolu Agency, Cengiz urged UK gov’t to stop crown prince “raise himself above law of the land” Hatice Cengiz, the fiancee of slain Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, has urged the British government to block a planned Saudi Arabia-funded takeover of Premier League team Newcastle United. Speaking to Anadolu Agency, Cengiz urged the UK

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UK unemployment claims surge 69% as pandemic takes hold

A cyclist rides his bike along Waterloo Bridge, in London, Monday, May 18, 2020. Large areas of London are to be closed to cars and vans to allow people to walk and cycle safely as the coronavirus lockdown is eased, including Waterloo Bridge and London Bridge. (AP Photo/Alberto Pezzali) LONDON (AP) — Unemployment claims in

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