Tunisians protest demanding Italy take back waste
Several dozen Tunisians protested on Thursday outside the Italian embassy in Tunis to demand the return of nearly 300 containers of household waste illegally imported from Italy last summer.
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Several dozen Tunisians protested on Thursday outside the Italian embassy in Tunis to demand the return of nearly 300 containers of household waste illegally imported from Italy last summer.
Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas faced mounting pressure on Thursday after popular leader Marwan Barghouti, imprisoned by Israel, endorsed dissident candidates ahead of Palestinian elections next month.
Iraq’s parliament unveiled a 2021 budget on Thursday that foresees a deficit of around $20 billion, as it struggles with a financial and economic crisis exacerbated by the coronavirus pandemic.
Egypt is expecting more than $1 billion in compensation after a cargo ship blocked the Suez Canal for nearly a week, according to the top canal official.
Syria’s Kurdish-led forces arrested 71 suspected militants, including a religious leader and a militant recruiter, in an ongoing security sweep at a sprawling camp that houses families and supporters of … Read More
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Lebanon registered 52 new coronavirus-related deaths and 3,562 more cases in the last 24 hours, the Health Ministry said Thursday.
Health Ministry data shows the number of coronavirus infections has dramatically declined among health care workers in Lebanon over the last six weeks as a direct result of receiving a … Read More
Lebanon records 52 coronavirus deaths, 3,562 cases in 24 hours