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January 26, 2018

Iraqi army announces fresh anti-Daesh ops in Diyala

Iraqi forces on Friday began fresh military operations aimed at finding and neutralizing Daesh terrorist cells in the eastern Diyala province, according to a local police source. “Army forces...

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January 26, 2018

Amnesty: Saudi Arabia sentences human rights activists to prison

A Saudi court has sentenced human rights activists Mohammad al-Otaibi and Abdullah al-Attawi to 14 and seven years in prison respectively, rights group Amnesty International reported on Thursday. The Saudi activists had faced...

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January 26, 2018

UN experts call for Egypt to halt executions

Egypt must stop executions until it has reviewed all death sentences and retry any convictions that are found to rest on unfair trials, five independent UN human rights experts said...

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January 26, 2018

Africa and Palestine are the first victims of Trump’s transactional politics

Throughout his presidential election campaign, Donald Trump made it clear that he intended to prioritise the United States in his politics and economics. His “America First” policy which he...

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January 26, 2018

Fewer than 50% of Palestinians and Israelis support two-state solution

Fewer than 50 per cent of all Palestinians and Israelis support the two-state solution, a new poll revealed on Thursday. The poll was conducted jointly by the Palestinian Centre...

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January 26, 2018

Kurds call on Syrian regime to help fight Turkey

The Kurds in Syria have called on the regime of President Bashar Al-Assad to help them to fight against Turkish forces in the country’s north-western province of Afrin. In...

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January 26, 2018

Russia criticises Western reconstruction policy in Raqqa

The Russian Ministry of Defence has criticised Western policy on the reconstruction of the Syrian city of Raqqa, saying that if it is not revised, it will keep the...

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January 26, 2018

Eugenics, Palestine and freedom of speech

Controversy has engulfed University College London (UCL) over the past week following the revelation that it has been hosting an annual eugenics conference organised by one of its honorary...

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January 26, 2018

Council of Europe tells PA to stop supporting prisoners’ families

The Council of Europe has called upon the Palestinian Authority to halt the payments it distributes to the families of Palestinian prisoners and those who have been killed by...

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January 26, 2018

Israel thwarts PA bid to join UN nuclear disarmament body

Israel has thwarted Palestinian Authority efforts to obtain observer status at the UN Conference on Disarmament (UNOG), Israel Radio reported on Thursday. The Israeli Foreign Ministry has apparently been...

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