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June 18, 2020

Turkey appoints first hijab-wearing public prosecutor

Turkey’s Council of Judges and Prosecutors (HSK) yesterday appointed Tuba Ersoz making her the country’s first hijab-wearing public prosecutor. Ersoz was appointed as the chief public prosecutor in Beyşehir...

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June 18, 2020

Report: ‘I could not breathe’ says Arab-Israeli diplomat beaten by Jerusalem security guards

An Arab-Israeli diplomat has filed a police complaint claiming he was racially profiled and beaten by security guards at Jerusalem’s central bus station last week, AP reported. According to the piece,...

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June 18, 2020

Ex-Egypt President Morsi’s family set-up pro-democracy body in his name

The family of Egypt’s former President Mohamed Morsi founded a pro-democracy organisation in London in his honour, launching it yesterday, one year after he died in an Egyptian court....

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June 18, 2020

Palestinian Jerusalemites shouldn’t be left alone to face the Israeli bulldozers

According to a local information centre, in the past decade alone, Israel has demolished 200 housing units in occupied East Jerusalem leaving 440 Palestinians homeless. In the cruellest and...

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June 18, 2020

Turkey navy accused of harassing French frigate in Med

An official from the French Defence Ministry told Reuters yesterday that Turkish frigates carried out an “extremely aggressive” intervention against a French navy vessel said to be taking part in a...

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June 18, 2020

Relatives of downed Ukraine airliner victims say possessions ‘looted’

Relatives of victims aboard the Ukrainian civilian airliner downed by Iranian missiles in January have claimed their loved ones’ possession were “looted”, in a press conference held online on...

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June 18, 2020

Kuwait corruption case links senior official’s son to China business, Malaysia officials

A key partner in a high-profile corruption case in Kuwait, which involves the son of a former senior official, is one of the founding owners of a New York-based...

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June 18, 2020

Libya asks for UN assistance to ‘collect evidence’ against Haftar

The Chairman of the Presidential Council of Libya and Prime Minister of the internationally- recognised Government of National Accord (GNA), Fayez Al-Sarraj, has called on the United Nations to...

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June 18, 2020

Egypt MP demands Sisi be made president for life

An Egyptian MP has demanded that Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi be made president for life, according to Masrawy. Member of the House of Representatives, Badawi Abdul Latif, made a speech to...

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June 18, 2020

UN calls on donors to fulfil Yemen aid pledges

Eri Kaneko, associate spokesperson for the UN Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres on Tuesday called on international donors to fulfil financial pledges they made to help ease the suffering of people...

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