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July 18, 2019

8 years, 6 envoys; what more can the UN do to save Libya?

Between May 2011 and today the United Nations has appointed six special representatives to Libya, from five different nationalities, each serving less than two years. The present envoy, Ghassan...

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July 18, 2019

US general says will work ‘aggressively’ to enable free passage in the Gulf

US Central Command chief General Kenneth McKenzie said on Thursday it was talking to other countries about freedom of navigation in the Gulf and would work “aggressively” to find...

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July 18, 2019

PA corruption and score-settling mars preparation for post-Abbas era

Since late May, the occupied Palestinian territories (oPt) have witnessed a sudden emergence of corruption scandals in the Palestinian Authority (PA), including the disclosure of serious issues related to...

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July 18, 2019

‘They gave you a Nobel prize for what?’ Trump asks ex-Daesh sex slave

United States (US) President Donald Trump appeared confused and unfamiliar with the work of Nobel Peace Prize winner Nadia Murad as she urged him to help the Yazidis in...

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July 18, 2019

Repatriation of artefacts forces Egypt writer to resign from British Museum

Egyptian author Ahdaf Soueif today stepped down from her position on the board of the British Museum criticising it for its “immovability on issues of critical concern to the...

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July 18, 2019

12 Israel teens arrested on suspicion of gang-raping UK woman

Twelve Israeli teenagers have been arrested on suspicion of gang-raping a 19-year-old British woman at a holiday resort in Cyprus. The group – many of whom are believed to...

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July 18, 2019

#IStandWithIlhan trends after Trump’s racist attacks

US Representative Ilhan Omar has received an outpouring of support on social media after yet another set of racist attacks against her enabled and encouraged by President Donald Trump....

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July 18, 2019

Can Israel conceal its crimes by destroying its archives?

In January 2018, +972 Magazine published an article outlining the reasons why Israel’s Chief Archivist Dr Yaakov Lozowick had declared he was going into early retirement. Lozowick was protesting...

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July 18, 2019

Saudi orders journalist delete Twitter account after insulting female presenter

A Saudi court ordered a journalist to delete his Twitter account after he harshly criticised a female, Saudi TV presenter. Muthieb Al-Matriffi posted an apology to Muna Abu Sulayman...

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July 18, 2019

Cartoonist slams Guardian’s refusal to publish Netanyahu cartoon

The Guardian has come under fire over its coverage of anti-Semitism after the paper refused to publish a cartoon depicting Jeremy Corbyn’s critics and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu...

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