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November 14, 2017

14 Egyptians sentenced to death for allegedly killing soldier

An Egyptian military court has referred the files of 14 defendants to the country’s top religious authority, the Grand Mufti, seeking his approval of their execution. The defendants have...

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November 14, 2017

Report: Dozens of detainees moved from secret UAE prisons in Yemen

Dozens of detainees were transferred from a secret prison run by the United Arab Emirates in Yemen to another government-run facility in the coastal city of Mukalla, a senior...

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November 14, 2017

Rights lawyers pressure ICC to try Haftar for war crimes

A group of European civil rights lawyers representing the victims of abuse in Libya have demanded that the International Criminal Court (ICC) consider prosecuting armed forces Commander-in-Chief Khalifa Haftar....

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November 14, 2017

Iraq to increase oil output in Kirkuk

Iraq plans to increase production from oilfields in the northern city of Kirkuk to one million barrels per day, Iraqi Oil Minister Jabbar Al-Luaibi announced yesterday. “The ministry is...

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November 14, 2017

Israel arrests Islamic Jihad’s leader in West Bank

Israeli forces yesterday arrested senior Islamic Jihad leader Tariq Qa’adan after they stormed his house in the West Bank’s northern occupied city of Jenin. Qa’adan’s family told Quds Press that the...

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November 14, 2017

The resumption of PA security coordination with Israel is no surprise

Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas is not one to miss an opportunity to collaborate with Israel. At sporadic intervals, the suspension of security coordination with Israel was implemented temporarily...

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November 14, 2017

Lebanon president welcomes Hariri’s plan to return home

Lebanese President Michel Aoun yesterday welcomed the announcement by outgoing Prime Minister Saad Hariri that he was returning to Lebanon from Saudi Arabia within days. “The national and diplomacy...

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November 14, 2017

Scottish police thwarted Palestinian activists’ right to protest in peace

Scotland’s Police Investigations & Review Commissioner (PIRC) has warned Police Scotland over its conduct towards pro-Palestinian campaigners, saying that officers’ actions risked violating the European Convention on Human Rights...

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November 14, 2017

‘You choose apartheid’, Netanyahu told in Knesset session

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was accused of choosing “apartheid” and permanent military occupation of the Palestinians during a special session of the Knesset yesterday. The debate focused on...

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November 14, 2017

Likud calls for Israeli law in occupied West Bank

Some 800 members of Israel’s Likud party have called for a general meeting to approve a proposal to implement Israeli law in Jewish settlements across the occupied West Bank,...

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