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SAUDI ARABIA/YEMEN – Saudi Arabia says ‘Riyadh Agreement’ implementation step toward ending Yemen crisis (Ismaeel Naar, Al Arabiya)

Saudi Arabia has welcomed the government formation in Yemen on Friday following the implementation of the Riyadh Agreement, according to a foreign ministry statement. https://englishbeta.alarabiya.net/en/News/gulf/2020/12/19/Saudi-Arabia-says-Riyadh-Agreement-implementation-step-toward-ending-Yemen-crisis

EGYPT – Egypt court acquits men who attacked elderly Christian woman (Al Arabiya)

An Egyptian court acquitted Thursday three defendants who stripped and dragged an elderly Coptic Christian woman through her village in 2016, a judicial source...

INDIA/FARMERS’ PROTESTS – Dozens die during India farmers’ protests; Modi offers more talks (Al Jazeera)

At least 25 people have died, several of them due to the biting cold weather, during the three-week protest by farmers on the Indian...

AFGHANISTAN – Many killed in blast at central Afghanistan religious gathering (Al Jazeera)

An explosion at a religious gathering in central Afghanistan has killed at least 15 civilians and wounded 20 others, the country’s interior ministry said,...

INDIA/CHINA – Dozens of Indians stranded in Chinese waters for months: Ministry (Bilal Kuchay, Al Jazeera)

At least 39 Indian nationals on board two ships have been stranded in Chinese waters for several months now, India’s foreign ministry has said,...

SRI LANKA – Outrage in Sri Lanka over cremation of Muslim COVID victims (Munza Mushtaq and Shereena Qazi, Al Jazeera)

Muslims in Sri Lanka are outraged over the forced cremation of a 20-day-old COVID-19 victim last week against the family’s wishes, the latest in...

PAKISTAN/UAE – Pakistan FM says expects UAE visa ban issue to be ‘resolved soon’ (Asad Hashim, Al Jazeera)

Pakistan’s foreign minister says he expects the issues being faced by members of the Pakistani diaspora following an abrupt visa ban imposed by the...

ETHIOPIA/TIGRAYAN LEADERS – Ethiopia offers reward for intel on fugitive Tigrayan leaders (Al Jazeera)

Ethiopia is offering a 10 million birr ($260,000) reward to anyone with information on the location of fugitive leaders of the rebellious force in...

NIGERIA/BOKO HARAM – Freed schoolboys arrive in Nigeria’s Katsina week after abduction (Al Jazeera)

More than 300 schoolboys kidnapped last week in an attack on their school in northwest Nigeria have arrived in the capital of Katsina state...

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