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August 17, 2017
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August 16, 2017
US House panel to hold hearing on white supremacist threat
The US House Homeland Security Committee will hold a hearing next month about threats from extremist groups, including domestic terrorism, following a violent white supremacist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia,...
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August 16, 2017
Reports: Syrian opposition forces kill 20 regime soldiers in ambush
At least 20 regime soldiers were killed in the Syrian capital Damascus by opposition forces from the al-Rahman Legion, according to the group’s spokesman. The group set up an ambush...
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August 16, 2017
Lebanon scraps law absolving rapists who marry victims
Lebanon’s parliament abolished on Wednesday a law that absolves rapists if they marry their victims, joining other Arab states that have repealed “marry-your-rapist” laws in recent weeks. Lawmaker Elie...
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August 16, 2017
Sudanese PM expelled from prominent feminist’s funeral
Sudanese Prime Minister Bakri Hassan Saleh – and a handful of other officials – were expelled from the funeral of feminist leader Fatima Ahmed Ibrahim, which was held today...
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August 16, 2017
State TV: Saudi could shoot down Qatari passenger jet
The Saudi state TV channel has sparked outrage by suggesting that a Qatari passenger jet can be shot down by a missile under international law. In a short animated...
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August 16, 2017
Artists boycott Israel sponsored festival in Germany
Four artists have cancelled their scheduled performances at an international festival in Berlin citing the festival’s partnership with the Israeli embassy and their support for the Palestinian call for...
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August 16, 2017
Witnessing the imprisonment of Brotherhood members in Al-Aqrab
From the cell right next to mine, cell 14, emanates pain and agony. This pain comes from the nerve in 70-year-old Ibrahim Abu Ouf’s tooth, the former chairman of...
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August 16, 2017
Iran’s detained opposition leader Karroubi starts hunger strike
Mehdi Karroubi, a detained Iranian opposition leader, started a hunger strike today and wants to be out on trial rather than remain under house arrest where he has been...
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August 16, 2017
Daesh names female British doctor new boss of health care
Daesh has made a British female doctor of Sudanese origin the head of its regional health in Iraq following the death of the previous head during an airstrike in...
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