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Raisi accused of using position at judiciary for mass executions
Ebrahim Raisi, the favorite in Iran’s presidential election, has used his position at the heart of the judiciary for grave rights violations, including mass executions of political prisoners, activists say.
They say Raisi — who now has…
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Israeli nationalists march in East Jerusalem under heavy police presence
Israeli far-right nationalists began a flag-waving march through East Jerusalem on Tuesday that risks reigniting tensions with Palestinians and poses an early challenge for Israel's new government.
Last month, Israeli-Palestinian…
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Israel-Gaza violence erupts for first time since end of last month’s fighting
Israel mounted air strikes in the Gaza Strip on Wednesday, the first since the end of 11 days of cross-border fighting last month, in response to incendiary balloons launched from the Palestinian territory.
The flare-up, a first test for…
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Arab League backs calls for UN Security Council intervention in dam dispute
Arab foreign ministers on Tuesday backed calls for the UN Security Council to intervene in the contentious case of Ethiopia’s massive dam, built on one of the main tributaries of the Nile River.
The decision came during a diplomatic…
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Egyptian FM visits Qatar to convey message from El-Sisi
Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry arrived in Doha on Monday to convey a message from President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi to Qatari Emir Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani on the positive developments in Egyptian-Qatari relations following the…
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Hundreds of migrants feared dead in shipwreck off Yemen
Hundreds of African migrants are feared dead after a shipwreck off the western province of Lahj in Yemen on Monday, local authorities and media reported.
A local government official said that fishermen in Lahj’s Ras Alara have retrieved…
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Gulf states, organizations denounce Houthi attack on school in Asir
Gulf countries and organizations condemned Houthis’ drone attack targeting a school in Saudi Arabia’s Asir region.
The Saudi Civil Defense on Sunday said it had received reports of a Houthi drone launched from Yemen towards one of the…
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Algeria awaits results after voters snub elections
Algeria on Sunday awaited the results of a parliamentary election boycotted by the long-running Hirak protest movement and marked by widespread abstention.
Turnout was just 30.2 percent, electoral commission chief Mohamed Chorfi…
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Lebanon’s Sunni leaders renew support for Hariri
The Supreme Islamic Sharia Council, which represents the Sunni community and its leaders in Lebanon, has renewed its support for Saad Hariri, the prime minister-designate, amid an escalating dispute over the failure to form a government in…
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Houthis fired 55 Iranian-made ballistic missiles at Marib since start of 2021: Yemen information…
Yemen’s Information Minister Moammar Al-Eryani criticized on Saturday the Houthi militia targeting of residential neighborhoods, displacement camps and civilians in Marib with more than 55 Iranian-made ballistic missiles since the start of…
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