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International Criminal Court’s response to Palestine, Ukraine raises impartiality, political influence concerns: Experts
The devastating human cost of Israel’s relentless assault on the Gaza Strip continues to mount by the hour. More than 5,000 Palestinian men, women and children have been killed in Israeli bombardment, which has targeted all areas of the besieged Palestinian enclave. Its aerial attacks have hit densely populated residential…
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All-out or limited? Russian analyst assesses Israel’s Gaza ground offensive options
Israel launching a ground offensive in the Gaza Strip is a certainty, but what remains to be seen is how the Israeli military goes about it, according to a Russian analyst. There are different ways that any force could employ a ground military operation, taking into consideration various aspects, Boris…
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UK Labour Party shaken by string of resignations over stance on Gaza
A number of councillors from the UK’s main opposition Labour Party have resigned in the past days in protest over party leader, Keir Starmer’s support for what he called Israel’s “right” to cut power and water supplies to Palestinians living in Gaza. Some prominent leading members of the shadow cabinet…
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‘Nothing out there for us’: Afghan refugees begin reluctant exodus after Pakistan eviction order
Saeedullah waved goodbye to his friends as he boarded a bus taking over 150 Afghan refugees to Pakistan’s south-western Chaman border crossing with Afghanistan. He is one of the thousands of Afghan refugees who have either started or are planning to return to their homeland following Islamabad’s decision to evict…
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Rare sea turtles face grave threat of poaching along Pakistan coast
Unabated poaching of rare sea turtles along Pakistan’s coast is adding to the looming threat to the survival of the already endangered species. Hundreds of small and big aquariums are openly buying and selling baby turtles across the southern port city of Karachi, the hub of this illegal trade. Wildlife…
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European politicians must stop exploiting migrant crisis: Rights activists
Germany’s new measures to reduce irregular migration have prompted sharp criticism from refugees and human rights activists. The government has introduced temporary border checks this week at crossings with Poland and the Czech Republic, stopped the voluntary intake of refugees arriving from Italy and announced plans to tighten deportation laws,…
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Embattled US Senator Menendez’s decades of trying to block Turkiye at every turn
US Senator Bob Menendez has come under the limelight recently amid growing calls for his resignation after federal prosecutors charged him and his wife with taking bribes from three businesspeople in New Jersey – his own state. Amid the allegations of corruption, his long-standing anti-Turkiye stance has also been questioned…
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France ‘does not accept’ fourth generation migrants asking for their rights: Expert
The root cause of the opposition to Islam in French society stems from a reluctance among descendants of colonisers to accept the assertive voices of descendants of those who were colonised, according to eminent French political scientist, Francois Burgat. The sons of the colonisers do not want to accept the…
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India-Middle East-Europe Corridor: Expert gives 3 reasons for Turkiye inclusion
Including Turkiye in the India-Middle East-Europe Economic Corridor (IMEC) will have more benefits than risks, especially in the backdrop of China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), according to an international relations expert. The three main reasons are logistical and economic factors, in addition to ease in commerce, all of which…
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Libya floods: ‘Everything swept away in the blink of an eye’
“We heard a big explosion, then water was everywhere, sweeping everything in the blink of an eye,” survivors from the Libyan city of Derna recounted the disaster caused by the Mediterranean Storm Daniel, which struck the east of the country at dawn last Sunday. At least 6,000 people have been…
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In Pakistan, flood-proof houses give hope against climate change
Prem Kumar was one of the countless Pakistanis whose homes were washed away by unprecedented floods that left behind a trail of death and destruction in a third of the country last year. Swirling floodwaters destroyed houses and farmlands in his Ram Nagar village, nestled in the suburbs of Tando…
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‘Removing a part of me’: France abaya ban revives painful memories for Muslim women
Sometime in 2006, Maria De Cartena decided that she wants to wear a hijab, the Islamic headscarf. But every morning, staff at her high school in Lyon, France, would force the then-13-year-old to remove it. They would stand at the entrance to make sure she does not step onto the…
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Bibby Stockholm plan: ‘UK government stoking xenophobia to deter refugees’
The threat of Islamophobia is not only directed at Muslims but at the very idea of humanity itself, which is much more plural and heterogeneous, according to Salman Sayyid, an expert on the issue of Islamophobia. In an interview with Anadolu’s Strategic Analysis Department, Sayyid spoke about the UK’s controversial…
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Palestine refugee camps witness to historic resistance, Israel aggression
The Israeli army, on 5 September, carried out a massive military operation at the Nour Shams refugee camp in Tulkarem city, northern Occupied West Bank, leaving one Palestinian dead and several others injured, and badly damaging the camp’s infrastructure. The Israeli military has been regularly targeting certain refugee camps across…
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‘Kindness can change lives’: Afghan refugee gives back as successful UK doctor
Waheed Arian’s life has been shaped by the kindness and compassion of strangers. Now a successful doctor, he arrived in the UK as a 15-year-old refugee from Afghanistan, thousands of miles away from home, in an unfamiliar land. When he needed a roof over his head, a refugee let Arian…
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Pakistan cable car rescue hero hails courage of survivors
Until last week, Sahib Khan was living an ordinary life in a small town nestled in the mountains of north-western Pakistan. He was running a cable car business in a region where that mode of transport remains the quickest – if not the safest – one. A phone call has…
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Salwan Momika: Quran burnings for freedom or money?
Salwan Momika, an Iraqi refugee living in Stockholm, has recently been making headlines over his repeated acts of desecration of the Quran, causing a diplomatic row between many Muslim countries and Sweden. Salwan Sabah Matti Momika has triggered a spate of criticism and condemnation from around the world, refusing to…
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Saudi Arabia wants enhanced partnership, cooperation with Turkiye
Saudi Arabia’s relations with Turkiye have entered a phase of partnership, according to the Kingdom’s Industry Minister. In an exclusive interview with Anadolu, Minister of Industry and Mineral Resources, Bandar Alkhorayef,, said Saudi Arabia has confidence in Turkish investors to build an economic base on which the two countries can…
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FACTBOX – Recent coups in Africa
Africa has witnessed eight coups in the last three years, with the latest military take-over announced in Gabon, Wednesday, only a month after a military intervention in Niger ousted the president. Senior military officers in Gabon staged a coup in the Central African country on Wednesday, saying they seized power…
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Burning holy books could be criminalised without major free speech impact
Denmark has legal options to ban Quran burnings in the country “without any profound limitations on freedom of speech,” according to a prominent Danish law scholar. Along with neighbouring Sweden, Denmark has been at the centre of the ongoing wave of attacks on the Muslim holy book in Europe, prompting…
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FACTBOX – What is BRICS and who are its members?
The BRICS group of major emerging economies – Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa – will hold its 15th heads of state and government summit in Johannesburg between 22 August and 24 August. Here are some key facts about the bloc and its members. What is BRICS? The acronym BRIC, which…
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People in need of humanitarian aid worldwide surge to over 363m
A total of 324.3 million people, worldwide, were in need of humanitarian aid last year, a number that rose to 363.3 million as of this month with the effects of war, climate change and the lingering socio-economic effects of the coronavirus pandemic. This year’s Global Humanitarian Assistance Report by the…
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US-Iran prisoner swaps: Key exchanges in history
The US and Iran, last week, reached a tentative agreement which will see the release of five Americans from a Tehran prison and several Iranians detained in the US. The deal, announced last Thursday, will also transfer to Qatar $6 billion of Iranian state assets frozen in South Korea. The…
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Anadolu spots Saudi Consulate building in Jerusalem used before 1967
Utilising historical archive photos, the Anadolu team in East Jerusalem successfully pinpointed the building that Saudi Arabia had previously used as its Consulate to Palestine until 1967, Anadolu Agency reports. Strategically situated in Wadi Al-Joz, the Consulate building stands adjacent to the semi-official headquarters of the Palestine Liberation Organisation, known…