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Israel: Female soldiers no longer to guard security prisons amid suspected sex scandal

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The Israeli military will no longer allow women to work as prison guards at high-security facilities, top officials have announced, ordering an “immediate” end to the practice after several female soldiers were accused of having sexual relations with an inmate.
Middle East

Qatar calls for Israeli nuclear sites to be subjected to IAEA safeguards

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Qatar has called for the Israeli regime's nuclear facilities to be subjected to the International Atomic Energy Agency's safeguards amid Tel Aviv's ongoing snub of international nuclear regulations.
Middle East

US-Saudi defence pact tied to normalization with Israel, Palestinian demands put aside: Report

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Saudi Arabia is determined to secure a military pact requiring Washington to defend the kingdom in return for opening ties with Israel and will not hold up a deal even if Tel Aviv does not offer major concessions to Palestinians in their bid for statehood, three regional sources familiar with the talks say.
Middle East

Egyptian woman murdered on campus in third “femicide case” in a week

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An employee of Cairo University was killed on campus, in the “third incident of femicide in Egypt in two days.” Almost eight million Egyptian women were victims of violence committed by their partners or relatives or by strangers in public spaces, according to reports.
Middle East

Iraq arrests 14 suspects, including wedding hall owner, after fatal fire

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The security forces of Iraq's Kurdistan region, upon an order of the Iraqi government, have detained the owner of a wedding hall in Al-Hamdaniya District in Nineveh Province where about 100 people died in a fire, Iraqi media reported.
Americas

Rights group sues US gov’t in order to block Israel’s entry to visa waiver programme

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A leading Arab American rights group sued the US government and called on a federal court to halt any further actions admitting Israel into the visa waiver programme (VWP). It stressed that Tel Aviv is not eligible for entry because it is discriminating against Palestinian Americans.
Middle East

Arab family of five killed as crime rates in Israel soar

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Five members of an Arab family were shot dead in their home in Israel, police announced on Wednesday, in the latest wave of crime-related killings in Israel's Arab communities that has reached a new peak this year.
Middle East

Bahrain court sentences over a dozen who protested prison conditions during Covid

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Bahrain sentenced 13 political prisoners who protested against medical negligence in their prison at the height of the Covid-19 pandemic, a rights group has reported.
Middle East

Saudi envoy cancels Al-Aqsa visit after backlash over possible normalization with Israel

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Saudi Arabia's non-resident ambassador to Palestine has postponed a planned visit to Al-Aqsa Mosque following criticism by some Palestinians who viewed the visit as validating the Israeli occupation of East Jerusalem. Some called for the Saudi delegation to be prevented from entering the mosque.
Middle East

Egypt elections: Dozens of campaign volunteers of Sisi rival captured

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Egyptian security forces have detained at least 73 members of the election campaign of opposition politician and former MP Ahmed Tantawi, a local rights group has reported.
Middle East

Israeli tourism minister arrives in Saudi Arabia in first public visit

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The Israeli tourism minister has travelled to Riyadh for a United Nations conference, his office has confirmed, describing the visit as the first public trip to Saudi Arabia by an Israeli cabinet member.
Americas

Over half of American oppose defence pact with Saudi Arabia: Poll

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More than half of American voters oppose a defence pact with Saudi Arabia that would commit Washington to send forces to defend the kingdom in the event it is attacked, a survey shows.
Middle East

More than 100 killed, dozens injured as fire rips through wedding party in Iraq

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A fire at a wedding in northern Iraq has killed over 100 people and injured 150 others, local authorities have confirmed.
Middle East

Syria urges US, Europe to end ‘economic terrorism’

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Syria has called for the lifting of sanctions imposed by Washington and its European allies on other countries, describing them as “economic terrorism”, which must end.
Middle East

Saudi delegation visits West Bank for first time in three decades

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Saudi Arabia, which has engaged in US-brokered talks with Israel to potentially normalise relations, Tuesday sent a delegation to the occupied West Bank for the first time in 30 years.
Middle East

US says it captured Daesh official in Syria after helicopter raid

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The United States Central Command says its forces have captured an ISIS official after conducting a helicopter raid in northern Syria.
Africa

Egypt: Presidential election to be held in December

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Egypt is set to hold a presidential vote in December, the elections body has announced. Incumbent President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi is widely expected to win despite the dire economic situation facing the country.
Middle East

Palestinians slam Israel army’s ‘barbaric’ university raid and students arrests

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Palestinians have strongly condemned the Israeli army's storming of a leading West Bank university and the detaining of student activists.
Middle East

Saudi Arabia says planning tougher IAEA oversight of its nuclear activities

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Saudi Arabia announced on Monday it has decided to end light-touch checks of its nuclear activities by the United Nations atomic watchdog and switch to full-blown safeguards, a change the nuclear agency has been demanding for years.
Middle East

US failed to provide redress or compensation to tortured victims of its Iraq prisons: HRW

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Two decades on, Washington has failed to provide redress or compensation to Iraqi victims of its military’s torture and abuse at Abu Ghraib and other prisons, Human Rights Watch (HRW) has reported.
Middle East

Palestinian teenager succumbs to wounds sustained in Gaza rally

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A Palestinian teen has died of injuries he sustained during an anti-Israel rally in the besieged Gaza Strip.
Middle East

2 Palestinians killed by Israel in WB amid surge in military raids

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Two Palestinians have been killed in an Israeli military raid on a refugee camp in the northern occupied West Bank city of Tulkarem, health officials have confirmed.
Middle East

Saudi Arabia won’t be tempted to seek nuclear bombs since Iran does not have them: Russia

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No one wants more nuclear powers to emerge in the world and Moscow believes that since Tehran will not have nuclear weapons, Saudi Arabia won’t be tempted to obtain them, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said at a press conference on the sidelines of the 78th session of the United Nations General Assembly.
Middle East

Protests against Israeli PM’s judicial reform held for 38th week

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Protesters against the Israeli Prime Minister’s judicial overhaul rallied across the occupied territories for the 38th consecutive week, condemning the policies of Israel's far-right cabinet.
Middle East

Russia, Iran, Turkey FMs to keep trying to resolve Syria situation

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The foreign ministers of Russia, Iran and Turkey - Sergey Lavrov, Hossein Amirabdollahian and Hakan Fidan - reaffirmed their determination to continue efforts to help resolve the situation in Syria at a meeting on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly session, Moscow has announced.
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