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December 15, 2017

WHO: Nearly 1m cases of cholera in Yemen

There are currently one million people infected with cholera in wartorn Yemen, the World Health Organisation (WHO) announced on Wednesday Some 2,225 people have died on the disease since...

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December 15, 2017

Nazareth cancels Christmas celebrations in support of Jerusalem

The Mayor of the Israeli city of Nazareth, Ali Salam, has announced the cancellation of all planned Christmas events, festivals and celebrations in protest against US President Donald Trump’s...

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December 15, 2017

Israel stops Palestinian ambulance arrests teen girls

Israeli occupation forces violently detained two Palestinian girls from inside an ambulance in the Hebron district of the southern occupied West Bank. A video, circulating on social media, shows...

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December 15, 2017

Israel tightens controls on West Bank and Gaza Strip

Israeli occupation forces intensified their presence, deploying a large number of troops all across the occupied West Bank and occupied Jerusalem, after Palestinian factions and forces called for a...

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December 15, 2017

Ministry: Iraq executes 38 on terror charges

The Iraqi authorities have executed 38 people convicted of terrorism, the Justice Ministry said in a statement yesterday. “The authorities have hanged 38 people convicted of terrorism after the...

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December 15, 2017

Israel, the US and the PA are complicit in normalising colonialism

Two recent news reports about Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas and his role in the diplomatic negotiations have conveyed the absence of leadership in reclaiming Palestinian rights. The White...

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December 15, 2017

Israel’s closure of Gaza crossings slammed as ‘collective punishment’

The Israeli authorities’ closure of the Gaza Strip’s Karm Abu Salem (Kerem Shalom) and Beit Hanoun (Erez) crossings constitutes an act of “collective punishment”, said Israeli NGO Gisha yesterday....

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December 15, 2017

Palestinians locked in as Israel closes Gaza crossings

Israeli occupation forces yesterday closed the Karm Abu Salem (Kerem Shalom) and Beit Hanoun (Erez) crossings until further notice, leaving Palestinians in the Gaza Strip under complete lockdown. Israeli...

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December 15, 2017

Egypt: Court upholds death sentence against 3 for killing judge’s son

Egypt’s Court of Cassation yesterday upheld the death sentence against three people on charges of killing a judge’s son in the city of Mansoura in September 2014. In July...

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December 15, 2017

White House: Mid East peace efforts may have ‘temporary cooling off period’

Trump administration officials have acknowledged that efforts to revive the Israeli-Palestinian peace process may experience a “temporary cooling off period” following reactions to the US decision to recognise Jerusalem...

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