the brutal attacks on Dutch-Turks and journalists and the banning of a Turkish minister by the Netherlands, the European Union and NATO have refrained from criticizing their member state and called for dialogue to overcome the tension. In a joint statement by EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini and EU Enlargement Commissioner Johannes Hahn, the …
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On Tuesday, Elor Azarya was sentenced to 18 months in prison for firing a fatal shot to the head of 21-year-old Abd al-Fattah Yusri al-Sharif who lay incapacitated on a Hebron street, in what Israeli judges found beyond any doubt was an act purely motivated by revenge. Israel claims that al-Sharif, whose slaying was caught …
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Israeli police arrested four Israelis after they were accused of stabbing and seriously wounding a 19-year-old Palestinian Friday evening, according to an Israeli police spokeswoman, who claimed initial investigations indicated that the attack had criminal motives. Luba al-Samri said in a statement that the “Arab” victim was stabbed on the street in his hometown of …
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After three years have passed, 40 per cent of the Palestinian homes destroyed during Israel’s 2014 war in Gaza Strip have been repaired, the Director of Gaza’s Ministry of Public Works and Housing, Nagy Al-Sarhan, revealed on Sunday. Speaking on the side-lines of a press conference on Sunday, Al-Sarhan said that this percentage represent some …
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A group of activists who occupied a building owned by Oxford University and used the space as a shelter for the city’s homeless population have been evicted. Twenty people have been sleeping at the shelter, which has its own kitchen and showering facilities, since New Year’s Eve. The building has been vacant since it was …
Two teenage girls wearing leggings were barred from boarding a United Airlines flight on Sunday because they did not meet a dress code for special pass travelers, a company spokesman said amid a furor on social media. The two girls, who were traveling with a companion, would not have been turned away for wearing leggings …
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Lauri Love, a British citizen accused of hacking FBI networks facing US extradition, has been suspended from Twitter, prompting a frenzy of online criticism claiming his free speech has been impinged upon and calls for his account to be reinstated. The 32 year old is currently awaiting extradition to the US for allegedly hacking a …
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Amber Rudd has called for the police and intelligence agencies to be given access to WhatsApp and other encrypted messaging services to thwart future terror attacks, prompting opposition politicians and civil liberties groups to say her demand was unrealistic and disproportionate. The home secretary said it was “completely unacceptable” that the government could not read …
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When Angus Crawford, a journalist at the British Broadcasting Corporation, started reporting on sexualized images of children on Facebook, he knew he had to proceed with caution. His original work in 2016 prompted the police to investigate, leading to a man being jailed over the issue. Months later, when Mr. Crawford found that other inappropriate …
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The Israeli army has arrested a Palestinian lawmaker at his West Bank home, his daughter told the Anadolu Agency today. Rahma Dahbour, daughter of Palestinian Legislative Council member Ibrahim Dahbour, said Israeli soldiers arrested her father yesterday evening near the city of Jenin in the northern occupied West Bank. “They also confiscated his vehicle,” she …
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