The US State Department called allegations of sexual abuse of Palestinian detainees by Israeli soldiers “horrific” and said Israel must investigate “swiftly” and “fully,” according to a State Department spokesperson.…
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Wanted Catalan separatist Puigdemont reappears in Spain to rally supporters then vanishes again
by adminFormer Catalan separatist leader Carles Puigdemont defied an arrest warrant to appear at a rally in the Spanish city of Barcelona on Thursday after seven years of self-imposed exile, and…
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US Ambassador to Japan Rahm Emanuel will sit out Nagasaki’s peace ceremony over Israel’s exclusion from the annual commemoration of the 1945 atomic bombing of the city, the embassy said. This year’s ceremony will…
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Alleged Taylor Swift terror plot fits a worrying trend as ISIS targets teens online
by adminThe details emerging of the alleged terror plot aimed at Taylor Swift’s three Vienna concerts are scant, but already adhere to a chilling pattern familiar to European counterterrorism officials. Austrian…
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Israeli minister says it may be ‘moral’ to starve 2 million Gazans, but ‘no one in the world would let us’
by adminIsraeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich said “it may be just and moral” to starve 2 million Gaza residents until Israeli hostages are returned, but “no one in the world would…
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Hamas announced Tuesday that its leader in Gaza, Yahya Sinwar, will replace Ismail Haniyeh as the head of its political bureau, it said in a statement. The Hamas statement said…
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‘They tried to kill people:’ Rotherham residents despair after riot at hotel housing asylum seekers
by adminLike many nondescript hotels in provincial cities around the UK, the Holiday Inn Express in Rotherham has been used for years by the British government to house asylum seekers trapped…
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Who is Muhammad Yunus, the Nobel laureate leader of Bangladesh’s interim government?
by adminA Nobel laureate known as the “banker to the poor” will aim to bring stability to Bangladesh after he answered a call by student protesters for him to temporarily lead…
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Hezbollah leader says group will respond but keeping Israelis waiting is part of ‘punishment’
by adminHezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah said his group will respond to Israel “regardless of the consequences” to avenge the assassination of the group’s top commander a week ago, but keeping Israelis…
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At least one person has died and several people have been injured after a hotel collapsed in the popular wine village of Kröv in western Germany overnight. There were 14…