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A key crossing inside Syria between an area held by the government and one held by the opposition was closed again on Tuesday after violence followed its brief reopening this week. A local activist and a war monitor said that opposition…
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The UK’s home secretary on Monday pointed to Islamophobia for the first time as a motivation for far-right violence in several cities that has seen widespread damage and nearly 400 arrests. Yvette Cooper was appearing on ITV’s morning…
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Within hours of the assassination attempt on former US President Donald Trump, many of his supporters began laying blame on Democrats, seeking to flip the script on who has stoked America’s heated political rhetoric as cases of political…
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Women and girls subjected to domestic violence in Iraqi Kurdistan face “daunting obstacles” when they seek state protection, Amnesty International said, accusing authorities of failing to prosecute the abusers. A report issued Wednesday…
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For many migrants who’ve long dreamed of Europe, one of the last stops is an expanse of olive trees on North Africa’s Mediterranean coastline. But in Tunisia, less than 161 kilometers from the Italian islands that form the EU’s outermost…
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Residents of conflict-hit Sudan are “trapped in an inferno of brutal violence” and increasingly at risk of famine due to the rainy season and blocked aid, the UN’s humanitarian coordinator for the country warned Wednesday. Tens of…
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A French schoolboy on Friday died from wounds sustained in a violent assault, as President Emmanuel Macron warned schools should be protected from “uninhibited violence” among some youths. The 15-year-old teenager was badly beaten…
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Jordan’s government will allow peaceful protests at Israel’s embassy in Amman but not violence and damage to public property, its security directorate said on Sunday. The warning was issued by Jordan’s Public Security Directorate in the…
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Violence broke out between supporters of Trabzonspor and players from Fenerbahce after a Turkish top-flight league match on Sunday. A crowd of home supporters invaded the pitch at Trabzonspor’s stadium after the final whistle of an…
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The eighth Regional Forum of the Union for the Mediterranean takes place in the Spanish city of Barcelona on Monday. Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry was setting off on Sunday to join the talks which will this year focus on the…
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