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Ceasefire takes effect after spike in Israel-Gaza violence
A Gaza Strip ceasefire came into effect early Thursday, an Egyptian source and a senior Islamic Jihad official told our reporters, following a spike in violence and bloodshed in the Palestinian enclave. The “ceasefire agreement comes as a result of…
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Turkish regime jails a judge and continues to arrest the opposition
A Turkish court has sentenced a former judge to more than 11 years in prison for allegedly “belonging to an armed terrorist organization,” a reference to the group of Fethullah Gulen, whom Ankara accuses of…
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Poland seizes two for plotting Breivik-style attacks on Muslims
Polish agents arrested two people accused of planning attacks against Muslims inspired by Norwegian mass killer Anders Behring Breivik and suspected white supremacist Brenton Tarrant in New Zealand, the security service said on Wednesday. The…
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Six members of same family killed in Israeli airstrike on Gaza; toll rises to 32
An Israeli missile strike in the Gaza Strip killed six members of a Palestinian family on Thursday, all of them civilians, medical officials and residents said, bringing the death toll in the territory from a…
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Trump impeachment hearings focus on Ukraine pressure campaign in first day
The top US diplomat in Ukraine, testifying on Wednesday in the first televised hearing of the impeachment inquiry against President Donald Trump, linked the president more directly to a pressure campaign on Ukraine to conduct…
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Israeli air raids on Gaza killed 24 Palestinian martyrs: All the latest updates
Israeli forces have killed a top Islamic Jihad commander in an air raid on his home in Gaza City, unleashing a new spiral of violence. Shortly after the attack on Tuesday morning that killed Bahaa Abu al-Ata and…
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President Aoun receives French envoy at Baabda palace
The French envoy in Beirut delivered a message to President Michel Aoun from his French counterpart expressing France’s willingness to help Lebanon, the National News Agency reported on Wednesday. The director of the Middle East…
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Trump impeachment probe goes public in political drama
For just the fourth time in history, an America president is facing impeachment. Today the inquiry goes public. With the proliferation of cable TV and digitial media, the testimonies are likely to be sliced, diced…
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Tunisia’s divided parliament attempts to choose a speaker
Tunisia’s new parliament opened on Wednesday with a session to elect a speaker, a task likely to prove difficult in a deeply divided chamber but which will provide insight into wider efforts to form a…
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