Published by Al-Araby Several weeks ago, Hanady Halawani was arrested in front of the Al-Aqsa Mosque when she returned to its steps immediately after her six-month ban expired. This was not an isolated incident, but part of a series of arrests and expulsions that have happened to her more than 60 times. Halawani is a […]
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Published by Al-Araby Former US president George W. Bush on Wednesday criticised the withdrawal of NATO troops from Afghanistan and said civilians were being left to be “slaughtered” by the Taliban. “Afghan women and girls are going to suffer unspeakable harm. This is a mistake… They’re just going to be left behind to be slaughtered
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Published by Al-Araby Iran’s outgoing president on Wednesday warned his country could enrich uranium at weapons-grade levels of 90 percent if it chose, though it still wanted to save its tattered nuclear deal with world powers. President Hassan Rouhani’s comments, carried by the state-run IRNA news agency, came as he also criticised Iran’s wider theocracy
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Published by Reuters By Chen Lin and Aradhana Aravindan SINGAPORE (Reuters) – A Genting Cruise Lines ship on a “cruise to nowhere” has returned to Singapore after a confirmed case of COVID-19 in a passenger, and the nearly 3,000 passengers and crew on board were confined to their cabins through most of Wednesday. The 40-year-old
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Published by Reuters KABUL (Reuters) -Taliban fighters in Afghanistan said on Wednesday they have taken control of an important border crossing with Pakistan, the latest trading town they have seized as they make advances after the withdrawal of U.S.-led international forces. But Afghan officials said government forces pushed back the Taliban fighters and were in
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