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May 1, 2017

UN rights chief questions due process in Turkey purges

The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights voiced deep concern on Monday at mass arrests and sackings of public employees in Turkey and the renewed state of emergency there,...

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May 1, 2017

Somali militants kill two men accused of rape

Somali militants said they publicly stoned one man to death and shot dead another on Monday after both were accused of raping a girl in central Somalia. A senior...

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May 1, 2017

Israel says Hamas trying to fool the world with new policy paper

Israel said Hamas was trying to delude the world by issuing a new policy document on Monday that purportedly softens the Palestinian group’s policy towards Israel. “Hamas is attempting...

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May 1, 2017

Jordan, Abbas stress need to relaunch peace talks

Jordanian King Abdullah II and Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas yesterday stressed on the need to re-launch peace talks between Israel and the Palestinians based on the two-state solution...

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May 1, 2017

Sudan’s Al- Bashir says Khartoum will intervene to stop war, famine in southern Sudan

Sudan’s President Omar Al- Bashir said yesterday that his country would intervene “to stop war and famine in the State of South Sudan”. Bashir made his remarks during the...

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May 1, 2017

Manchester students’ hunger strike: Day 4

Five students from the University of Manchester went on hunger strike on 27 April 2017, in solidarity with Palestinian political prisoners. ...

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May 1, 2017

Blinded by the siege on Gaza

Israel's use of numerous weapons to batter the besieged enclave has left a lasting damage to the lives of children....

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May 1, 2017

Abbas seeks US approval by punishing Gaza

Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmoud Abbas’ recent policies against the besieged Gaza Strip are part of his efforts to seek approval from the US, analysts told Arab48 yesterday. Abbas...

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May 1, 2017

The Prisoners’ Revolt: The real reasons behind the Palestinian hunger strike

Gaza is the world’s largest open air prison. The West Bank is a prison, too, segmented into various wards, known as areas A, B and C. In fact, all Palestinians are subjected...

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May 1, 2017

Controversial amendments expand Sisi’s powers over Egypt’s judiciary

Egypt’s highest judicial authority, the Supreme Judicial Council, sent the names of three judges to President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi on Sunday for him to choose one of them to...

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