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December 5, 2019

Turkey: 39 women killed in gender-based violence in November

At least 430 women were killed across Turkey in the first 11 months of 2019, with 39 murdered in November, 36 in October and 53 in September, according to...

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December 5, 2019

Kuwait reduces sentence of man who almost beat Egyptian to death

The Kuwaiti Court of Appeals yesterday commuted a sentence against a Kuwaiti man accused of the attempted murder of an Egyptian expatriate in Shuwaikh Industrial Area. The court decided...

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December 5, 2019

Lib Dems stance on Labour anti-Semitism row is authoritarian and illiberal

We are a group of Liberal Democrats committed to free speech, particularly concerning Israel and Palestine. On 16 September, we used this Open Democracy article to ask our leaders to...

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December 5, 2019

Son of representative of Iran’s Khamenei running for Lib Dems in UK elections

The son of Iran’s Supreme Leader’s representative in Manchester is currently running as a Liberal Democrats candidate for a seat in parliament ahead of next week’s elections. Ali Avaei,...

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December 5, 2019

Germany among 13 countries who switch their vote at UN in favour of Israel

For the first time, 13 countries changed their longstanding positions and voted against a pro-Palestine measure at the United Nations on Tuesday. Germany, the Czech Republic, Austria, Bulgaria, Denmark,...

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December 5, 2019

Energy minister: Turkey to begin oil exploration in Libya soon

Turkey will begin oil and gas exploration and production studies in the Eastern Mediterranean soon after signing a memorandum of understanding with Libya last week, the energy minister announced...

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December 5, 2019

Israelis asked to remove skullcaps before entering Jordan

An Israeli delegation consisted of 100 officials was stopped and carefully inspected at Jordanian-Israeli border crossing as they were heading to Amman, Israeli media reported on Tuesday. The delegation,...

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December 5, 2019

US Congress to vote on two-state solution

Backed by the Democrats, the US House of Representatives is planning to vote on a resolution reaffirming the two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict tomorrow. The resolution was introduced by Representatives...

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December 5, 2019

Israel releases Hamas leader after 2 years of administrative detention

Israeli yesterday released Hamas leader Jamal Al-Taweel after two years being held under administrative detention. The 57-year-old, who was elected mayor of Al Bireh in 2006, spent his time...

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December 5, 2019

Fatah: Abbas to visit Cairo, meet Sisi soon

A senior Fatah leader revealed that Palestinian Authority (PA), Fatah and PLO President Mahmoud Abbas is to visit Cairo soon to meet with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi. Reporting...

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