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November 17, 2016

Israel: Enthusiasm to serve in army declines

New data published by the Israeli military revealed a decline in enthusiasm to serve amongst young people conscripted into service. The data also revealed a drop in motivation to...

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November 17, 2016

Launching the Palestine Book Awards

The Palestine Book Awards pre-launch evening is set to get underway tonight at the P21 Gallery in London. Professor Eugene Rogan, Director of Oxford University’s Middle East Centre at...

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November 17, 2016

Saudi king to appoint more women to Shura Council

King Salman is expected to freshen up the Shura Council with 75 new members, at least 15 of whom will be women, by the end of the year, reported...

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November 17, 2016

Egypt: Policeman sentenced to life for killing tea vendor

An Egyptian court has sentenced a policeman to life in prison for killing a man over the price of a cup of tea in a rare move for a...

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November 17, 2016

HRW slams Houthis for arbitrary detention of civilians

Human Rights Watch has condemned the Houthi rebels for their arbitrary detention of opposition activists this morning. The rights group documented two deaths and 11 cases of alleged forms of...

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November 17, 2016

Turkey detains mayor for announcing Kurdish autonomy

Turkey detained the mayor of the south eastern city of Van today, replacing him and two other mayors in the region. The government appointed administrators to run the municipalities...

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November 17, 2016

Amnesty: Iran executing Sunni men after forced confessions

A major international human rights organisation has accused Iran today of “boasting of mass killing” after the Iranian regime repeatedly broadcast the mass execution of 25 Sunni Kurdish-Iranian men...

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November 17, 2016

UAE jails human rights activist

Emirati activist Abdulrahman Bin Subaih Al-Suwaidi was sentenced to 10 years in prison for unknown charges by a court in Abu Dhabi yesterday, according to human rights organisation International...

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November 17, 2016

Lindsay Lohan invites Trump to see the plight of Syrian refugees

American actress Lindsay Lohan has invited US President-elect Donald Trump to join her on a tour of Syria and Turkey. In a tweet she wrote: “Please let me help...

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November 17, 2016

Bill to legalise settlement outposts passes first Knesset reading

The Israeli Knesset yesterday approved a preliminary reading of a controversial “formalisation bill” which would notably retroactively legalise an Israeli outpost slated for evacuation. The illegal Amona outpost, where...

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