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France says Morocco willing to receive deported extremist preacher

France says Morocco willing to receive deported extremist preacher

French Interior Minister, Gerald Darmanin, announced on Tuesday that Morocco is ready to receive Moroccan preacher, Hassan Iquioussen, after he is deported from France, AFP reported. Iquioussen is accused of using hate speech against the values ​​of France, “which contradicts the principles of secularism and equality between men and women” and participating in “promoting conspiracy […]

UN blames Israel ‘coercive measures’ for Palestinian displacements

UN blames Israel ‘coercive measures’ for Palestinian displacements

The UN, on Wednesday, accused Israel of causing the displacement of Palestinians living in a Bedouin community in the occupied West Bank, Anadolu News Agency reports. In a report, the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said around 100 Palestinians were forced to leave the Ras At-Teen Bedouin community near Ramallah city […]

UAE and Egypt discuss cooperation on money laundering and terrorist financing

UAE and Egypt discuss cooperation on money laundering and terrorist financing

DUBAI: Officials from the UAE and Egypt have met to discuss the two countries’ efforts and coordination to counter money laundering and financing terrorism, the Emirates News Agency reported on Thursday. Hamid Al-Zaabi, director-general of the executive office for anti-money laundering and counter terrorism financing, met Ahmed Khalil, chairman of the board of trustees of […]

Over 730,000 amphetamine pills seized in Riyadh

Over 730,000 amphetamine pills seized in Riyadh

RIYADH: Saudi authorities seized 732,010 amphetamine tablets and arrested two people in Riyadh in connection with the find, a spokesman for the General Directorate of Narcotics Control revealed on Wednesday. The Saudi Press Agency reported that two Syrian nationals – a male resident and a woman who was in the country on a visit visa – […]

US has ‘no DNA’ to confirm Zawahiri’s death

US has ‘no DNA’ to confirm Zawahiri’s death

The United States said yesterday that it has “no DNA confirmation” of the death of Al-Qaeda leader Ayman Al-Zawahiri, who was apparently killed in a drone attack in the Afghan capital Kabul on Sunday. “We do not have DNA confirmation, and we don’t need it,” White House spokesperson John Kirby told reporters. He explained that […]

Hamas condemns Israel’s approval of new illegal settlement in Jenin

Hamas condemns Israel’s approval of new illegal settlement in Jenin

The Palestinian Islamic Resistance Movement condemned on Tuesday Israel’s approval of a new settlement project on dozens of acres of privately-owned Palestinian land in Jenin. All of Israel’s settlements and so-called “settlement outposts” are illegal under international law. “The confiscation of land belonging to Palestinians and the approval of a new settlement plan in the […]