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February 18, 2016

International support for Turkey continues in wake of Ankara bomb

One day after PKK-affiliated terrorists exploded a car bomb in the Turkish capital killing at least 28 people, the world has continued to voice its disapproval. On Thursday, European...

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February 18, 2016

Health ministry: 81 injured in Ankara attack

Some 81 people were injured in the Ankara terror attacks, the Turkish Ministry of Health announced. So far, 59 people have been discharged from hospital. “Twenty-two people still remain...

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February 18, 2016

‘We have a great deal to gain if we start to understand Syria’

An interview with the authors of Burning Country: “I think that’s the big story, that they’re practicing democracy and organising themselves to run things in really difficult circumstances and...
February 18, 2016

Michael Gove, the Board of Deputies of British Jews and the postcolonial professor

The late Bart Moore-Gilbert (1952-2015), the former Professor of Postcolonial Studies and English at Goldsmiths College, has left a legacy of ground-breaking scholarship; the PEN J.R. Ackerley short-listed memoir,...

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February 18, 2016

If Turkey is bombed, we will respond exponentially, insists Erdogan

Turkey’s president has said that if his country gets bombed, his government will respond exponentially. Speaking to local officials on Wednesday, Recep Tayyip Erdogan added that Russia is the...

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February 18, 2016

Public outrage as UK plans to label BDS ‘anti-Semitic’

Public backlash against the latest proposal by Britain’s Tory government to label the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement as “poisonous” and “fuelling anti-Semitism” has been highlighted in letters...

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February 18, 2016

Arab world denounces Ankara bombing

Arab countries reacted with outrage Thursday to a deadly car bombing that killed at least 28 people and injured scores in the heart of the Turkish capital. A report...

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February 18, 2016

Arab journalists call for protests in solidarity with Al-Qeeq

General Federation of Arab Journalists yesterday called for all those interested in journalism and human rights to move to save the life of Palestinian hunger-striking journalist Muhammad Al-Qeeq, the...

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February 18, 2016

Even as the prospect of retaking Raqqa nears, it won’t be easy

About a year ago, the prospect of launching a military assault to retake Raqqa, the capital of the so-called Islamic State run by Daesh, was somewhat far-fetched. Then, late...

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February 18, 2016

Austria to accept only 80 asylum claims per day

Austria will only accept 80 asylum claims per day, to slow down the flow of migrants on its southern border, the Interior Minister Johanna Mikl-Leitner said yesterday. The government...

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