Israeli forces arrested a Palestinian lawmaker early Monday during a raid on his home in the occupied West Bank city of Hebron (Al-Khalil). In a statement, the Change and Reform political bloc of Palestinian resistance group Hamas (which has governed the Gaza Strip since 2007) confirmed that its representative, Azzam Salhab, had been detained by …
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Some 2,000 Palestinians in the Jordan Valley have been affected by Israeli demolitions since the start of the year, according to United Nations figures. Reporting on the data, Israeli newspaper Haaretz said the number is “particularly high” because Israeli occupation forces have targeted “water networks to several communities in the valley”. In 2016 to date, …
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At least 86 people have been killed and 30,000 displaced as violence continues unabated in Myanmar’s Rakhine state. Rohingya Muslims from Myanmar poured into neighbouring Bangladesh this week with some feared drowned after a boat sank in a river during a bid to flee escalating violence that has killed at least 86 people and displaced …
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A vehicle belonging to Turkey’s consulate general was set on fire in the German city of Hannover on Sunday, a Turkish diplomatic source said. According to the source, who spoke on condition of anonymity due to restrictions on talking to the media, the suspected arson attack had left the car gutted. On Saturday, a group …
An Israeli court on Wednesday sentenced a 16-year-old Palestinian girl to 13-and-a-half years in prison for allegedly trying to stab an Israeli last year, according to a Palestinian NGO. The Palestinian Prisoners’ Society said in statement that Jerusalem’s district court had sentenced Nurhan Awwad, 16, to 13-and-a-half years behind bars — and a fine of …
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Israeli occupation forces shot an “unarmed and suicidal” 12-year-old girl in an incident initially reported by the Israeli media as a failed stabbing attack. According to Defence for Children International – Palestine (DCIP), Bara Esawi was shot three times in the leg “for failing to halt at Eliyahu checkpoint near Qalqilya, northwest of Ramallah in …
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Norwegian police said on Sunday they are investigating a grotesque pedophilia ring suspected of involvement in the abuse of at least 51 people, which includes the abuse of infants and at least one case of a suspect acknowledging abusing his own children. The latest incident is considered one of the largest child sexual abuse cases …
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The North Dakota state capitol is reportedly under a lockdown order while more than a dozen people were arrested for protesting against the Dakota Access pipeline. According to witness accounts shared on Twitter, dozens of people gathered on a lawn outside the state capitol building in solidarity with protesters against the $3.8 billion pipeline, which …
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Israel has reportedly suspended all working ties with the embassies of 12 UN Security Council members following the passing of a UN resolution declaring the country’s settlements on Palestinian territories illegal. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has called for Israel’s foreign ministry to temporarily limit working ties with the members who voted in favour of Friday’s …
Google must urgently review its search ranking system because of “compelling” evidence that it is being “manipulated and controlled” by rightwing propagandists, leading academics have said, after the Observer reported that hate sites are now dominating searches on Muslims, Jews, Hitler and women. Cathy O’Neil, a data scientist and the author of Weapons on Math …
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