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October 18, 2016

‘Overwhelming majority’ or Palestinian minors tortured in Israeli jails

The “overwhelming majority” of Palestinian minors held in Israel’s Megiddo and Ofer prisons have been tortured during their detention and interrogation, the Palestinian Committee of Prisoners’ Affairs said today,...

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October 18, 2016

Two US citizens jailed in Iran

An Iranian court has sentenced an Iranian-American businessman and his elderly father to 10 years in prison on charges of cooperating with the United States, the Iranian judiciary’s official...

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October 18, 2016

Assad’s wife says she was offered a deal to flee Syria

The wife of Syria’s President Bashar Al-Assad said in an interview her husband’s foes had offered her the chance to flee Syria in order to try to shake confidence...

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October 18, 2016

Egyptian rights group questions official report on opposition member’s death

Human rights groups have questioned reports by the Egyptian interior ministry that a man who had been sentenced to death was killed in an exchange of fire with security...

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October 18, 2016

UNESCO revote on Jewish link to Al-Aqsa cancelled

Mexico has withdrawn its request to trigger a special clause in UNESCO which would cause a revote on the resolution which passed last week and said there was no...

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October 18, 2016

Kuwait to recruit 400 Palestinian teachers

Kuwait has promised to recruit 400 teachers from Palestine, Kuwait Times reported this morning. Palestinian Ambassador to Kuwait Rami Tahboub has announced that Kuwait’s Minister of Higher Education Bader...

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October 18, 2016

Iraqi refugee pleads guilty in US to attempting to join Daesh

An Iraqi-born man who entered the United States as a refugee pleaded guilty in Texas yesterday to attempting to volunteer to fight with Daesh, federal prosecutors said. Omar Faraj...

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October 18, 2016

Italy: EU took us ‘for a ride on migrants’

The EU has taken Italy “for a ride on migrants by failing to respect” resettlement agreements, the country’s Interior Minister Angelino Alfano said yesterday. The EU has agreed to...

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October 18, 2016

Gaza flotilla victims fear legal case maybe ‘politically hijacked’

Victims of the Israeli raid on an aid flotilla in 2010 fear that their legal case maybe dropped by the judge following the restoration of diplomatic ties between Turkey...

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October 18, 2016

What’s next after the UNESCO resolution regarding Al-Aqsa?

The draft resolution issued by the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) denying a link between Judaism, Al-Aqsa Mosque and the Buraq (“Wailing”) Wall was a harsh blow...

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