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Organizers say Gaza protests to be scaled back in March
Middle East

Organizers say Gaza protests to be scaled back in March

GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — The organizers of the weekly Palestinian demonstrations along the Gaza Strip’s frontier with Israel…
Anti-Putin activist ‘forcibly drafted’ and sent to Arctic base
World

Anti-Putin activist ‘forcibly drafted’ and sent to Arctic base

Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny said on Wednesday that one of his allies had been forcibly conscripted and sent to…
Lawyers ask ICC to investigate Syria
Middle East

Lawyers ask ICC to investigate Syria

LONDON (Reuters) – Lawyers representing Syrian refugees in Jordan have asked the International Criminal Court (ICC) to investigate Syria for…
Future rabbis plant with Palestinians, sow rift with Israel
Middle East

Future rabbis plant with Palestinians, sow rift with Israel

AT-TUWANI, West Bank (AP) — Young American students seeking to be future rabbis are doing more than visiting holy sites,…
Equatorial Guinea, Kuwait, Peru, Poland, Ivory Coast elected to UN Security Council
World

Equatorial Guinea, Kuwait, Peru, Poland, Ivory Coast elected to UN Security Council

The 193-member United Nations General Assembly elected Ivory Coast, Equatorial Guinea, Kuwait, Peru and Poland to the UN Security Council…
Britain agrees US$150 million loan guarantee to Egypt on visit
Egypt

Britain agrees US$150 million loan guarantee to Egypt on visit

Britain finalized a US$150 million loan guarantee to Egypt on Saturday, where Boris Johnson was on his first visit to…
No real evidence army committed abuses, claims prosecutor
Egypt

No real evidence army committed abuses, claims prosecutor

A report by a fact-finding committee appointed by President Mohamed Morsy that had implicated the Armed Forces in torture and…
Military warns media to ‘think carefully’ before ‘offending’ the Armed Forces
Egypt

Military warns media to ‘think carefully’ before ‘offending’ the Armed Forces

“I swear the Armed Forces did not kill or order any killing — betray or order any betrayal — since 25 January,”…
Israeli army shoots ‘physically disabled’ Palestinian
World

Israeli army shoots ‘physically disabled’ Palestinian

Israeli troops shot and wounded a physically disabled Palestinian man during an arrest operation in the southern West Bank city…
At least 45 die in shelling, executions in Syrian town: activists
World

At least 45 die in shelling, executions in Syrian town: activists

At least 45 Syrians were killed, some in cold blood, when government troops stormed the contested town of Sanamein in…
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