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June 23, 2017

Every picture tells a story; can the Palestinians expect any justice from this bunch?

Throughout his first trip abroad as US president, during which he visited Israel and the occupied Palestinian territories, Donald Trump expressed his desire to bring peace to the region....

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June 23, 2017

Morocco slammed after police assault activists

Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International have criticised the Moroccan police’s handling of the arrest of a popular protest leader who was “severely” beaten and verbally abused. Nasser Zefzafi,...

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June 23, 2017

Gaza builds ‘Wall of Blessings’ for Eid

Palestinians in Gaza have been setting up clothes lines along the streets to hang items for those in need to take ahead of the Muslim celebration of Eid. Both...

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June 23, 2017

UN criticises Egypt death sentences in ‘flawed trials’

A group of UN human rights experts have demanded Egypt stop the planned executions of six men who have been sentenced to death on evidence retrieved following forced confessions....

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June 23, 2017

Lieberman accuses Abbas of sparking Hamas-Israel war

The increasing pressure Palestinian Authority President, Mahmoud Abbas, has placed on Hamas in the Gaza Strip will “drag it into a war with Israel”, Israeli Defense Minister, Avigdor Lieberman,...

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June 23, 2017

Name of Jerusalem street changed to honour Israeli soldiers

A group of settlers accompanied by Israel Police and the so-called “border guards” in the Israeli army changed the name of Sultan Suleiman Street in Jerusalem to Al-Batalat Street,...

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June 23, 2017

Arabs to undergo ‘thorough searches’ before entering Jerusalem

Israel is to setup security cordons and “surveillance points” at the Damascus Gate entrance to the Old City of Jerusalem, Israel’s Channel 2 reported yesterday. According to the Israeli...

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June 23, 2017

Russia: Death of Daesh’s Baghdadi near 100% certain

The likelihood that Daesh leader Abu Bakr Al-Baghdadi has been killed is close to 100 per cent, Interfax news agency quoted Viktor Ozerov, the head of the defence committee...

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June 23, 2017

Somalia: 5 killed in suicide car bomb attack

At least five people were killed in a suicide car bomb attack in the capital Mogadishu on Thursday, according to the Somalia’s Security Ministry spokesman. Among those killed in the...

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June 23, 2017

The dangers of putting Putin under pressure

How will Vladimir Putin respond to the growing challenges against him? The Russian president, who turns 65 in October, might presently look unassailable – but maintaining that grip will...

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