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November 7, 2020

US Indiana elect first Muslim State Senator of Palestinian descent

Fady Qaddoura, an American citizen of Palestinian origins, won the membership of the Senate of Indiana, becoming the first Arab Muslim in the state legislature, and the third Palestinian...

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November 7, 2020

UN records 33 Israel settler attacks on Palestinians picking olives last month

The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) recorded 33 incidents where people believed to be Israeli settlers attacked Palestinians picking olives, or damaged their trees...

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November 7, 2020

Muhalabiya with figs

Figs are such an amazing fruit and I miss visiting my grandparents’ house and picking the juicy and sweet as honey figs from their trees. Their trees produced so...

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November 6, 2020

Sudan closes border with Ethiopia amid Tigray clashes

Sudan’s eastern al-Qadarif state closed its border Friday with Ethiopia amid heightened tensions in the Tigray region, according to local media, Anadolu Agency reports. Clashes are ongoing between the Ethiopian army...

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November 6, 2020

Israeli forces injure 3 Palestinian protesters

At least three Palestinians were injured Friday by Israeli forces in the occupied West Bank, a Palestinian group said, Anadolu Agency reports. Clashes erupted between Israeli soldiers and Palestinian activists in...

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November 6, 2020

Palestinian prisoner ends hunger strike after 103 days

Maher Al-Akhras, a Palestinian prisoner, ended his hunger strike on Friday after 103 days, Anadolu Agency reports. The Palestinian Prisoners Society confirmed his decision in an official statement saying the Israeli...

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November 6, 2020

Despite Trump-Erdogan ties, Turkey says it will work with whoever wins US vote

Turkey is ready to work with whoever wins the US election, two top Turkish officials said on Friday, despite a friendship with President Donald Trump that has helped the...

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November 6, 2020

UN: 4 countries face acute hunger, famine

Burkina Faso, Nigeria, South Sudan and Yemen are seriously expected to “soon slip into famine” if conditions there undergo any more deterioration in coming months, the World Food Program...

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November 6, 2020

EU sanctions ministers of Syria’s Assad regime

The European Union on Friday imposed sanctions on eight newly appointed ministers of Syria’s Bashar al-Assad regime over violent repression against the civilian population, Anadolu Agency reports. The sanctions include a...

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November 6, 2020

Facebook removes ‘inauthentic’ networks spanning 8 nations

Facebook on Friday said it has dismantled seven separate networks of fake accounts and pages on its platform that were active in Iran, Afghanistan, Egypt, Turkey, Morocco, Myanmar, Georgia,...

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