PKK supporters’ attacks on Turks in France have taken a new dimension, Turkish embassy in Paris warned on Friday, condemning the recent arson attacks. In a written statement, the embassy said the Turkish diplomats are in close cooperation with the French officials to investigate the attacks and bring perpetrators to justice. The statement said vehicles …
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Turkey’s Athens Consulate-General came under attack late April 4, according to Consul-General Oya Yazar. Yazar told Anadolu Agency that a group of 15 to 20 people came to the street where the consulate is located in the evening of Wednesday and began smearing the building’s walls with red paint. No one was injured in the …
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YouTube on April 25 decided to reinstate a video exposing Israel’s brutality towards Palestinians after receiving backlash on social media. Claiming the content violated its terms of service, the video-sharing platform on Sunday deleted the video, which was posted by Palestinian academician and activist Sana Kassem to pay tribute to Palestinians killed by Israeli forces during …
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Netanyahu says Canada, Germany, Italy among countries to take in asylum seekers. Israel will deport 16,250 refugees to West, grant 16,250 temporary residency status. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Monday that Canada, Germany and Italy are among the Western countries that will take in asylum seekers from Israel after the country signed a deal with …
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Two Sheffield universities are investigating four allegations of racism, including claims a black student was hit with a banana during an ice hockey game. Tyrell Pearce, a PE student at Sheffield Hallam University, said a supporter of rival Sheffield University threw a banana at him at a match last month. He said it was “the most racially abused …
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Dance-pop musician RAYE says a London restaurant refused entry to her black friend because of his clothes – moments after letting a white pal into the venue in a similar outfit. The 20-year-old British singer posted a video to Twitter of her attempt to enter The Ivy Chelsea Garden, which has since been shared thousands of times. …
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German police are investigating an assault on two young men in Berlin, in which the attacker was filmed shouting anti-Semitic abuse. The men say they were harassed in the Prenzlauer Berg area on Monday while wearing Jewish skullcaps (kippahs). A video of the incident, which was later shared on Facebook, shows the attacker hitting the …
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Neo-Nazis held a swastika burning following a white supremacist rally in the city of Newnan, Georgia, on April 21. One image shows dozens of people giving Nazi salutes in front of a burning swastika that appears to be 12 to 18 feet tall. According to Platt and local news reports, the white supremacist group gathered in Draketown, …
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An Israeli general has confirmed that when snipers stationed along Israel-Gaza boundary shoot at children, they are doing so deliberately, under clear and specific orders. In a radio interview, Brigadier-General (Reserve) Zvika Fogel describes how a sniper identifies the “small body” of a child and is given authorization to shoot. Fogel’s statements could be used …
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German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas announced that his country will not allow Turkish politicians to carry out election campaign rallies, ahead of upcoming snap parliamentary and presidential elections that will be held on June 24, 2017. The Social Democrat (SPD) Party politician’s statement comes after President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan announced that he will address Turkish …
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