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October 22, 2019

UN: 2.6M people in Somalia internally displaced

A total of 2.6 million people in Somalia have been internally displaced amid insecurity, drought, and floods, the UN migration agency said in a report on Tuesday, reports Anadolu...

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October 22, 2019

In limbo as crisis rages, Lebanese banks remain shut

Lebanon’s banks will remain closed for a fifth working day amid uncertainty over how Prime Minister Saad al-Hariri plans to extract billions of dollars from the financial sector to...

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October 22, 2019

Israel’s Netanyahu down but not out after failing to form government

For the first time in a decade, someone other than Benjamin Netanyahu will be asked to form a government in Israel. The 70-year-old prime minister has called two elections...

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October 22, 2019

Turkey replaces four more pro-Kurdish mayors as crackdown widens

Turkey has replaced four mayors from the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) with state officials, the offices of two provincial governors said on Tuesday, part of a widening crackdown...

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October 22, 2019

She deserves our support: Betty McCollum wants US to stop subsidising torture of Palestinian children

In December 2018, 17-year-old Palestinian teen, Ayham Sabah, was sentenced by an Israeli military court to 35 years in prison for his alleged role in a stabbing attack targeting an Israeli...

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October 22, 2019

Lebanon protests: Christians, Muslims unite in prayer

READ: In Lebanon, the system works for the elite...

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October 22, 2019

Food is taxed under Saudi’s 100% shisha levy

A decision to impose a 100 per cent tax on bills at venues that serve shisha has been met with criticism on social media in Saudi Arabia. Confusion as...

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October 22, 2019

Israel forces Palestinian to demolish his own house

A Palestinian man has been forced to demolish his own house in the town of Jabal Al-Mukaber, south of Jerusalem. Sultan Bashir had to watch as his family home...

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October 22, 2019

Erdogan’s resettlement plan is dangerous and expensive

Although the Turkish offensive in north-east Syria has ceased for five days, concerns are mounting over the humanitarian impact of the operation to push Kurdish-led forces, which Turkey regards as terrorists,...

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October 22, 2019

Turkey sets deadline for Kurdish fighters in Syria

A deadline has been set by Turkey for the withdrawal of Kurdish fighters from areas in north-eastern Syria which are expected to form the “safe zone” where Syrian refugees...

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