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Erdoğan renews UN reform call after US veto to cease-fire in Gaza

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Erdoğan renews UN reform call after US veto to cease-fire in Gaza

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s oft-repeated call for reform in the U.N. Security Council found a new meaning after the U.S. blocked the call for a cease-fire in Gaza. Erdoğan reiterated the call among notorious move by Israel’s chief supporter he accuses of complicity earlier in atrocities in besieged Gaza US envoy in UN Robert A. […]

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Trump appeals court loss on presidential immunity from federal election criminal charges

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Trump appeals court loss on presidential immunity from federal election criminal charges

Donald Trump is appealing a court loss over whether he can avoid trial on criminal charges tied to his alleged interference in the 2020 Story Summary A federal judge ruled the president doesn’t have “the divine right of kings to evade” criminal accountability. Trump is also appealing a loss over whether his alleged acts were […]

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Somalia: parliament of semi-autonomous state Puntland to choose leader

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Somalia: parliament of semi-autonomous state Puntland to choose leader

The parliament of Somalia’s semi-autonomous Puntland will choose the state’s next leader on 8January,  Reuters has reported. . Said Abdullahi Dani, President of Puntland State attends a session as members of the lower and upper house of the legislature meet to elect the new president in Mogadishu, Somalia on May 15, 2022 [Tufan Aktaş/Anadolu Agency] […]

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Egypt’s Sisi announces candidacy for third term in office ‘to complete the dream’

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Egypt’s Sisi announces candidacy for third term in office ‘to complete the dream’

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi announced Monday his candidacy for a third term in office, ahead of December elections he is widely expected to win. Supporters of Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi gather at an election campaign rally outside the Cairo University campus in Giza, October 2, 2023. © Khaled Desouki, AFP “As I have responded […]

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Erdoğan says Israel ‘cannot’ escape accountability for Palestine oppression

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Erdoğan says Israel ‘cannot’ escape accountability for Palestine oppression

Israel will not be able to escape accountability for all the oppression it has caused in Palestine since World War II, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said Wednesday as the war in Gaza entered its second month. People mourn Palestinians killed in Israeli strikes on houses, at Abu Yousef Al-Najjar hospital in Rafah in the southern […]

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Israeli forces battle Hamas militants in southern Gaza

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Israeli forces battle Hamas militants in southern Gaza

Israeli forces battled Hamas militants in southern Gaza on Tuesday, prompting a UN warning of an “even more hellish scenario” as fighting pushes civilians into a steadily shrinking area of the besieged territory Palestinians fleeing Khan Younis arrive in Rafah further south near the Gaza Strip’s border with Egypt on December 5, 2023, after Israeli forces […]

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Somali-born champion of refugee education wins top UNHCR award

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Somali-born champion of refugee education wins top UNHCR award

Abdullahi Mire, a former refugee championing education for displaced children and youth, is the 2023 UNHCR Nansen Refugee Award’s Global Laureat Abdullahi Mire, a former refugee championing education for displaced children and youth, is the 2023 UNHCR Nansen Refugee Award’s Global Laureate. A former child refugee born in Somalia, who dedicated himself to changing lives […]

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Israel issues evac orders for southern Gaza amid brutal bombing

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Israel issues evac orders for southern Gaza amid brutal bombing

Israel shifted Sunday its brutal military operation in Gaza toward the southern half of the territory and issued evacuation orders for more areas in and around the city of Khan Younis Palestinians carry their belongings following Israeli strikes on residential buildings in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, Palestine, Dec. 2, 2023. (Reuters Photo) Heavy bombardments […]

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Israel-Hamas war: Israeli bombing of Gaza intensifies and death toll surpasses 15,000

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The Health Ministry in Hamas-run Gaza has announced the death toll has surpassed 15,200 and that 70% of those killed were women and children The figure was announced on Saturday by ministry spokesman Ashraf al-Qidra, who did not provide further details. The previous toll given by the ministry was more than 13,300 dead. Al-Qidra did […]

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3 Palestinian students shot in suspected Vermont hate crime

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3 Palestinian students shot in suspected Vermont hate crime

Three young Palestinian students were shot and injured, one critically, in a suspected hate crime near the University of Vermont, U.S., police said Sunday. (From L) The three victims of a hate crime Hisham Awartani, Tahseen Ali, and Kenan Abdulhamid, who were shot on their way to a family dinner, are seen in this undated […]

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