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September 27, 2022
Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman has been named as prime minister of the country, a move critics say is designed to protect him from a potentially damaging
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Middle East
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September 16, 2022
A 22-year-old Iranian woman has died after being detained by the country’s morality police for allegedly not complying with strict hijab regulations. Mahsa Amini was travelling to the
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Middle East
A Saudi citizen studying in the UK has been sentenced to 34 years in prison, after being arrested on her return to the kingdom on holiday over the
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Africa
At least 41 people have been killed with another 45 injured, after a fire broke out at a packed church in Greater Cairo. Around 5,000 people were gathered
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Middle East
Salman Rushdie has been stabbed in the neck and abdomen following an attack by a man who rushed the stage as the author was about to give a
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Finance
An armed man has received a $30,000 payout after holding hostages in a central Beirut bank and demanding access to his own money. Armed a rifle and threatening
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Middle East
Fears of a new war in the Gaza Strip are growing following two days of “pre-emptive” Israeli airstrikes against a Palestinian militant group. Israeli warplanes hit a number
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Africa
Tunisia is facing an end to its tentative efforts at democratic rule, with barely-attended polls expected to approve unlimited powers for the country’s president. President Kais Saied is
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Middle East
Israeli forces have attacked the funeral procession of Shireen Abu Aqleh, the Palestinian-American journalist shot dead this week, with mourners dropping her coffin as they attempted to deflect
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Middle East
Israel’s high court has ruled that about 1,000 Palestinians can be evicted from an area in the West Bank, bringing a two-decade long legal dispute and marking one
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