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November 19, 2019

Man pleads guilty to threatening to kill US Congresswoman Ilhan Omar

A New York man has pleaded guilty to threatening to kill Democrat Muslim Congresswoman Ilhan Omar, prosecutors said on Monday, reports Anadolu Agency. According to The Hill, a Washington-based...

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November 19, 2019

US aircraft carrier strike group sails through Strait of Hormuz

The US aircraft carrier strike group Abraham Lincoln sailed through the vital Strait of Hormuz on Tuesday, US officials told Reuters, amid simmering tensions between Iran and the United...

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November 19, 2019

Morocco’s king appoints committee chief to fight poverty and inequality

King Mohammed VI of Morocco on Tuesday appointed former Interior Minister and ambassador to France Chakib Benmoussa as head of a committee to tackle social inequality and poverty, the...

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November 19, 2019

Morsi’s death was probably an ‘arbitrary assassination with the consent of the state’

A statement signed by Agnes Kalamar, the UN Special Rapporteur on Arbitrary Executions, confirmed that Egypt’s late President Mohamed Morsi, 67, was held in brutal conditions in solitary confinement...

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November 19, 2019

Turkey says Kurdish YPG militia kill three despite ceasefire deal

Turkey’s defence ministry said on Tuesday Kurdish YPG militia had killed three people and wounded eight in a missile attack on a school in the Tel Abyad region of...

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November 19, 2019

UN, Red Cross say Israeli settlements are still unlawful

The United Nations and International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) said on Tuesday that Israeli settlements in occupied Palestinian territory remain in breach of international law, rejecting the...

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November 19, 2019

Libya’s torture camps: How Italy outsources human rights violations

In May 2017, local parish priest, Don Edoardo Scordio, was one of 68 people who were detained by Italy’s anti-mafia police in the region of Calabria. Scordio, who is...

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November 19, 2019

Amnesty: More than 100 protestors killed in Iran during unrest

Amnesty International said on Tuesday that more than 100 protestors had been killed in 21 cities in Iran during the unrest that broke out over a rise in fuel...

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November 19, 2019

Israel fails to drive wedge between Hamas, Islamic Jihad

As the Israeli army attacked the Gaza Strip last week, its media launched a systematic campaign aiming to drive a wedge between Hamas and Islamic Jihad by portraying the...

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November 19, 2019

Lebanon protesters prevent secret parliamentary session being held

Protesters in Lebanon have forced a secret parliamentary session which was boycotted by much of the parliament to once again be postponed, deepening the political crisis in the country...

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