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In new outrage Trump pardons Blackwater war criminals

2 years ago
US president Donald Trump’s pardoning of four Blackwater mercenaries for the killing of 14 Iraqis at a crowded traffic intersection in Baghdad in 2007 has deepened popular Iraqi resentment against the presence of US forces in the country. This has increased pressure on Iraqi prime minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi to reiterate parliament’s demand for the withdrawal […]
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Lebanon blames Assad regime for Syrian refugee camp fire

2 years ago
An arson attack that destroyed a Syrian refugee camp in northern Lebanon has led to widespread criticism of the Assad regime for failing to help or repatriate its displaced citizens. In the wake of the attack that forced 370 people to flee the camp late on Saturday, Lebanese political leaders accused the Syrian regime of […]
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"Attention Workers in The Dark Realms"

2 years ago
You are not forgotten. Thank you Mariana van Zeller. I call on you I call on you. Please Welcome, We need your help.” Angel NicGillicuddy and V and The Beast sit in a small circle focusing focusing as the Moon approaches fullness. Synchronizing with The Celestial Forces, not good nor bad. “We know there is […]
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COVID-19 Lockdowns: Liberty and Science

2 years ago
The Chinese Coronavirus (COVID-19) hit American shores — officially, anyway, there is significant evidence that it arrived earlier — in late January 2020. The American public was then told that a two-week shutdown of the economy would “flatten the curve,” relieving the pressure on hospital intensive care units and saving lives in the long run. […]
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Egypt says no to Turkish military bases in Libya

2 years ago
In the first visit of its kind to Tripoli in six years, an Egyptian security delegation on Sunday met with officials from the Government of National Accord (GNA) to discuss the ceasefire with the Libyan National Army (LNA), according to Libyan media reports. The Saudi-owned Al-Arabiya satellite channel reported sources as saying that the Egyptian […]
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Yemeni feminists bemoun unprecedented absence of women in new government

2 years ago
The war-torn country announced a power-sharing government this weekend, but it excludes women for the first time in 20 years. Yemeni women’s activists denounced the new power-sharing government in Yemen over its omittance of women for the first time in two decades. In December, a feminist movement launched a campaign on social media titled, “No […]
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Paris Hilton popularises Arabic fashions at year'send

2 years ago
It seems like former reality star Paris Hilton can’t get enough of Arab designers. The 39-year-old singer and actress championed a gown by Kuwaiti designer Yousef Al-Jasmi in an animated winter wonderland Instagram post that she shared on Sunday with her 13.8 million followers. The hotel heiress chose a form-fitting silver bodysuit, that sparkled from […]
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Arab woman wins 'Media Personality of the Year'

2 years ago
In 2005 and at the young age of 23, Nayla Tueini’s whole world virtually turned on its head. The young journalist was catapulted from undergoing a month-long training program at French newspaper Le Figaro, to being prepped to take over and lead one of the biggest Lebanese dailies, Annahar, after her father — renowned editor […]
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Kim Kardashian parades Arab footwear at latest gig

2 years ago
Jordanian-Romanian entrepreneur Amina Muaddi seems to be Kim Kardashian West’s go-to footwear designer. Whether she’s sporting the brand’s Lupita sandals for an at-home photo shoot or celebrating hitting 190 million followers on Instagram wearing the Holli slingbacks, the “Keeping Up With the Kardashians” star often champions pieces from the celebrity-loved footwear label. This weekend, Kardashian […]
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Prominent women’s rights activist sentenced in Saudi court

2 years ago
A Saudi court on Monday sentenced prominent women’s rights activist Loujain al-Hathloul to five years and eight months in prison, local media reported, in a trial that has drawn international condemnation and as Riyadh faces new U.S. scrutiny. Hathloul, 31, has been held since 2018 following her arrest along with at least a dozen other […]
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Sudan stakes its claim for Oscar with critically acclaimed movie

2 years ago
Nearly two years after the overthrow of autocrat Omar Bashir, Sudan is taking steps to rejoin the international community from which it was long shunned. That includes its film industry. For the first time in its history, Sudan has a submission for the Academy Awards. Produced by a consortium of European and Egyptian companies but […]
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BREAKING NEWS - Russia and Turkey facing off in northern Syria

2 years ago
Russia said late on Sunday it had sent more military police to an area in northern Syria where fighters backed by Turkey have clashed with Kurdish forces near a strategic highway patrolled by Russian and Turkish troops. The deployment comes ahead of talks in southern Russia on Tuesday between Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and […]
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Ethiopian refugees in Sudan do not want to return

2 years ago
One survivor arrived on broken legs, others on the run. In this fragile refugee community on the edge of Ethiopia’s Tigray conflict, those who have fled nearly two months of deadly fighting continue to bring new accounts of horror. At a simple clinic in Sudan, one doctor-turned-refugee, Tewodros Tefera, examines the wounds of war: Children […]
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Nasrallah boasts about Hezbollah's escalating missile precision

2 years ago
The leader of Lebanon’s Hezbollah said Sunday his group now has twice as many precision-guided missiles as it had a year ago, saying Israel’s efforts to prevent it from acquiring them has failed. Hassan Nasrallah, in an end-of-year interview with the Beirut-based Arabic Al-Mayadeen TV, said his group has the capability to strike anywhere in […]
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Trump backs down over pandemic aid bill to popular delight

2 years ago
U.S. President Donald Trump on Sunday signed into law a $2.3 trillion pandemic aid and spending package, restoring unemployment benefits to millions of Americans and averting a federal government shutdown in a crisis of his own making. Trump, who leaves office on Jan. 20 after losing November’s election to President-elect Joe Biden, backed down from […]
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