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“The end of Saudi era”

22-09-2020 By Marwan Bishara (Al Jazeera’s Senior Political Analyst) + By SJA Jafri (Messenger’s Bureau Chief Australia) RIYADH/ JERUSALEM/ WASHINGTON/ ISLAMABAD/ MELBOURNE: As we approach the second anniversary of the state-sponsored assassination of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, Saudi Arabia continues its retreat, losing direction and influence in the Gulf and Middle …

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137 more killed in bloodiest Afghanistan clashes

22-09-2020 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report KABUL/ISLAMABAD/ DOHA: As many as 80 Taliban and 57 more members of the Afghan security forces were killed and hundreds injured in overnight clashes with Taliban fighters across Afghanistan, security officials said on Monday, in the bloodiest day of fighting since government and …

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Pakistan’s emotive blasphemy laws

21-09-2020 By SJA Jafri ISLAMABAD/ KARACHI/ MELBOURNE: Bishop John Joseph, 65, one of Pakistan’s most prominent human rights activists, had been campaigning for decades to reform the country’s strict blasphemy laws. On the morning of May 6, 1998, he led a procession to the steps of the court in the …

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Mystery Botswana’s elephant deaths caused by cyanobacteria

21-09-2020 GABORONE (BOTSWANA): Toxins made by microscopic algae in water caused the previously unexplained deaths of hundreds of elephants in Botswana, wildlife officials say. Botswana is home to a third of Africa’s declining elephant population. The alarm was raised when elephant carcasses were spotted in the country’s Okavango Delta between …

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War with Iraq proved Iran can defend itself: Khamenei

21-09-2020 TEHRAN: Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Monday said the Islamic republic’s 1980-88 war with Iraq showed the country can defend itself, without directly addressing the current circumstances. “Trying for eight years, doing everything they can, and yet achieving nothing — is there a greater victory for Iran?” …

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Iran chides US as world refuses to reimpose sanctions

21-09-2020 TEHRAN/ WASHINGTON/ GENEVA: Iran has promised to inflict a “decisive response” against the United States for acting like a bully to adversaries and allies alike after Washington said it would reimpose UN sanctions – without United Nations’ approval. Iranian President Hassan Rouhani addressed the nation in a live televised cabinet …

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