When Lebanon’s financial meltdown began in late 2019, Hassan Shoumar was locked out of his dollar savings like everyone else in the country as banks clamped down with capital controls.But the young engineer had an alternative. He could still pull out the dollars in his account at the al-Qard al-Hasan Association, the financial arm of the militant Hezbollah group.Shoumar had kept an account at the association for years

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The foundation established by Shimon Shabag in the northern port city of Haifa in 2001 has been supporting survivors of the Nazis for two decades but its mission has expanded during the Covid-19 pandemic.

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Israel foundation connects to isolated Holocaust survivors

JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesian authorities have detained the Iranian and Chinese crewmembers of two tankers that were seized for illegally transferring oil in Indonesian waters, an official said Tuesday.

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Indonesia detains Iranian, Chinese crews of seized tankers

SAN FRANCISCO (KPIX) – The Bay Area is home to one of the largest communities of Indian Sikhs in the world and Tuesday saw protest and civil unrest both here and in their homeland. “Khalistan!  Khalistan!” yelled protesters outside the Indian Consulate in San Francisco on Tuesday, giving noisy start to Republic Day, when the nation of India celebrates the birth of its democracy.  Half a world away, Sikh farmers from the Punjab region have been g…

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Sikh Protest Outside SF Indian Consulate In Show Of Solidarity With Punjab Farmers

Independent U.N. sanctions monitors accused Yemen's government, in a report seen by Reuters on Tuesday, of money-laundering and corruption "that adversely affected access to adequate food supplies" and said the Houthi group collected at least $1.8 billion in state revenue...

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Already a difficult day, honouring those killed by the Nazis will be different this year, as the pandemic prevents survivors and their families being together.

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President Biden on Tuesday held his first call since taking office with Vladimir Putin, pressing the Russian president on the arrest of opposition leader Alexey Navalny and the Russia-linked hack on U.S. government agencies, AP reports.

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TEHRAN, Jan. 27 (MNA) – Governor of Central Bank of Iran (CBI) Abdolnaset Hemmati said that Sultanate of Oman is a strategic partner of the Islamic Republic of Iran.

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Iran has executed another decorated wrestler this week despite international outcry and condemnation from the U.S. State Department, according to reports.

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Iran executes another wrestler despite US, international outcry, reports say

US President Donald Trump bestowed a rare award on King Hamad of Bahrain on Tuesday, acknowledging the Gulf state's normalisation of ties with Israel on his last full day in office.
Trump, who sees Arab recognition of Israel as a key overseas achievement of his presidency, already conferred the same award on King Mohammed VI of Morocco last week for his move to restore ties.

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