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High hopes as Algerian tourists return to Tunisia after two years of border closure

INTERNATIONAL In the back office of his travel agency in rue Belouizdad in Algiers, Mohamed reviewed one last time the list of his clients who were about to cross the Algerian-Tunisian border. The reopening of the land border that had been closed since March 2020 following the coronavirus pandemic, was announced on 5 July by Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune in the presence of his Tunisian counterpart Kais Saied, on the occasion of the 60th […]

today16 August 2022

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Palestine: Hundreds stranded at Jordan river due to restricted Israeli crossing hours

INTERNATIONAL Hundreds of Palestinians from the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem have been stuck for days at a crossing with Jordan due to Israeli limited opening hours. A bridge that crosses the Jordan River is the only available route for Palestinians in the West Bank and for some from the besieged Gaza Strip, who obtain permits to use it to travel to the outside world. The bridge is controlled mainly by Jordan and Israel, which […]

today21 July 2022

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UN warns of humanitarian crisis on Ethiopia-Sudan border

The United Nations yesterday warned of an "imminent" humanitarian crisis as a result of a conflict in Ethiopia's northern border region of Tigray. "A full-scale humanitarian crisis is unfolding as thousands of refugees flee ongoing fighting in Ethiopia's Tigray region each day to seek safety in eastern Sudan," the UN refugee agency (UNHCR) said in a statement. The agency's spokesperson, Babar Baloch, reported that "4,000 [refugees] per day, including women, […]

today19 November 2020

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China says India returns soldier who strayed across Ladakh border

China’s official military newspaper has said that India has returned a Chinese soldier who had strayed across a contested de facto border in the western Himalayan region where both sides have been locked in a tense standoff. The soldier was handed over early on Wednesday morning, according to the PLA Daily report, a state-owned media outlet. Hu Xijin, the editor-in-chief of the state-backed Global Times, also confirmed the soldier’s return, […]

today21 October 2020

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Lebanon, Israel agree framework for talks to end border dispute

Lebanon and Israel have agreed to a framework for the United States-mediated talks aimed at ending a long-running dispute over borders that have been the front line of several conflicts. Lebanon and Israel, still in a formal state of war, have contested their land and maritime borders for decades, including an area on the edge of three Lebanese offshore energy blocks. Washington has been mediating in efforts to bring the […]

today2 October 2020

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