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November 26, 2020

Trump pardons ex-national security adviser who plotted to kidnap Turkish dissident

US President Donald Trump has pardoned Michael Flynn, his former national security adviser, who plotted to kidnap a Turkish dissident and pleaded guilty to lying to the FBI. Flynn,...

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November 26, 2020

Gaza photojournalists at the forefront of the coronavirus pandemic

As coronavirus spreads in the besieged Gaza Strip, photojournalists have been thrust into danger once again, having previously covered Israel’s numerous wars on the Strip, they now face an...

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November 26, 2020

Grandmother electrocuted on her genitals in Egypt prison

A mother of three and grandmother of several was blindfolded and beaten repeatedly in detention in Egypt, rights organisation We Record has revealed, before being sexually assaulted and electrocuted on her...

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November 26, 2020

UN official: Millions of displaced in Syria set to suffer this winter, require assistance

Millions of displaced people across northern Syria will need assistance during a winter that is expected to be “incredibly hard”, according to the United Nation’s acting deputy emergency relief...

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November 26, 2020

Trial of Saudi activist Loujain Al-Hathloul moved to terrorism court

The trial of Saudi women’s rights activists Loujain Al-Hathloul, has been moved to a special court that handles terrorism cases. The decision, which represents an escalation of the state’s...

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November 26, 2020

Iraq MP warns of rise in domestic violence in 2020

Iraqi Member of Parliament Rizan Sheikh Delir yesterday warned that domestic violence and violence against women has been on the rise in Iraq, especially this year, due to coronavirus-induced...

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November 26, 2020

‘UNRWA’s financial crisis essentially political,’ says head of Gaza support committee

The head of the Popular International Committee to Support Gaza has called on donors to the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) to address the financial...

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November 26, 2020

Russia FM receives Iraq counterpart in Moscow

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov yesterday met with his Iraqi counterpart, Fuad Hussein, in the Russian capital Moscow and discussed bilateral cooperation. Speaking to reporters following the talks, the...

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November 26, 2020

UN experts have basically just said that Israel is not a democracy

Although it is only one of Israel’s many injustices, the case of Mohammed El-Halabi is a particularly egregious example of the colonial-settler state’s criminality. El-Halabi was a leading Palestinian...

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November 26, 2020

Ex-Sudan PM Sadiq Al-Mahdi dies of coronavirus

Sudan’s former Prime Minister Sadiq Al-Mahdi and head of the opposition National Umma Party has died from a coronavirus infection at the age of 84. The country’s last democratically...

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