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2018/01/11

Peace Now, an NGO that monitors Israeli settlement expansion, has reported that Israel has approved more than 1,100 new settlement...

Horrors of Greek Detention Facilities Force Migrants to Attempt Suicides

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Syrian Refugee Sets Himself Ablaze at UN Office in Lebanon

Syrian refugee Ryad Khalaf Zibou set himself on fire in protest of U.N. that was cut off to his family....

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Moroccan Court Probes Spanish Activist for Saving Drowning Migrants

Spanish activist Helena Maleno was questioned by a judge in Tangiers, Morocco over accusations she is involved in facilitating illegal...

Pakistani security personnel near a church

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NGO: Christian Killings Grew More Than Twofold in 2017

Christians have become victims of a growing number of killings and other attacks around the world last year, especially in...

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Myanmar Army Admits for First Time to Killing 10 Rohingya

Myanmar security forces took part in a massacre of 10 Rohingya in September, the army chief's office said Wednesday, admitting...

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More Than 200 Arrested, Dozens Hurt in Tunisia Unrest

More than 200 people were arrested and dozens hurt during clashes in several parts of Tunisia, the interior ministry said...

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Award-Winning Pakistani Journalist Escapes Kidnap Attempt

Pakistani journalist Taha Siddiqui known for criticising the powerful military said he had escaped an abduction attempt in Islamabad Wednesday.

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Myanmar Seeks up to 14 Years Prison Sentence for Reuters Reporters Covering Rohingya

Myanmar police have formally charged two Reuters journalists for breaching a colonial-era secrecy law that carries up to 14 years...

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Once Mandatory, Greece Makes Sharia Law Optional for Muslim Minority

Muslims in Greece may now appeal to secular or religious courts to have family disputes settled. Previously, only religious leaders...

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Ukrainian Court Arrests Suspect Over Lawyer Murder

Iryna Nozdrovska was murdered for her investigations. She was investigating the brother of her killer for driving under the influence...

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Medical Charity: Cholera Cases Mount in Flood-Hit DR Congo

Floods and mudslides in the Democratic Republic of Congo's capital Kinshasa have caused cholera cases to rise over five-fold to...

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Israel Seeks to Further Expand Settlements

Israel's Defense Minister has announced plans for 1,285 new housing units despite warnings that settlements impede peace in the region.

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Cost of Kit Kat & Pantene Shampoo: Child Labor Continues to Plague Palm Oil Plantations

by Ainur Rohmah

Palm oil can be found everywhere, from a bar of soap to chocolate spread. The rapid growth in its production...

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Russian Rights Group Leader Arrested in Chechnya

Oyub Titiyev, a leader of the prominent Russian human rights group Memorial was suddenly arrested on Tuesday. The Organization is...

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Senior Hamas Figure In Critical Condition After Shooting Accident

A senior figure in Palestinian Islamist group Hamas was hospitalised in critical condition on Tuesday after suffering a gunshot wound...

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Suicide Bomber Kills 4 Policemen in Pakistan’s Quetta

At least four policemen were killed in the Pakistani city of Quetta when a suicide bomber rammed into their bus...

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Egypt Extends State of Emergency for 3 Months

Egyptian lawmakers on Tuesday extended for three months a state of emergency first declared following deadly April church bombings.

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North Korea to Attend Olympic Games in Rival South

North Korea said it was willing to send athletes and a high-level delegation to the forthcoming Winter Olympics in the...

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Minister: 20 Terror Attacks Foiled in France in 2017

2018/01/08

Twenty attacks were foiled in France last year and no part of the country is free from risk, Interior Minister...

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Jordan Arrests 17 Suspected of Plotting Terror Attacks