In defiance of an interior ministry warning, almost two dozen town halls in France have raised the Palestinian flag from their entrances ahead of President Emmanuel Macron’s much-expected recognition of the Palestinian…
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Fourteen killed in Ecuador’s Machala prison as rival gangs clash
Police say 13 inmates and one prison guard have been killed and another 14 people injured in clashes between rival gangs in a jail in Ecuador.
People living near the prison in the southwestern city of Machala reported hearing explosions and shots…
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Multi-natl. projects in Chabahar not affected by US sanctions
Iranian Foreign Ministry’s Director General of South Asia Department said on Sunday that a US announcement earlier this week that it would end the sanctions waiver granted to Chabahar is an illegal attempt to prevent other countries from…
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Israeli Zikim crossing closure part of systematic starvation
The Zikim crossing was closed on September 12, and no aid groups have been able to import supplies since, according to the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, Ismail al-Thawabta stated, Al Jazeera reported.
Al-Thawabta…
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British couple held by Taliban for months feared they would be executed
Caroline Hawleydiplomatic correspondent and
Freya Chappell
ReutersA British couple released by the Taliban in Afghanistan last week say they were detained in 10 different prisons and at one point thought they would be executed.
Peter, 80, and wife…
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France transfixed by ‘no body’ murder trial
A French murder trial that opened Monday has transfixed the public because of the mystery at its core: where is the victim’s body?
Cédric Jubillar, a 38 year-old painter-decorator, is accused of killing his wife Delphine nearly five years ago in…
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Iran roars back to wrestling glory with historic freestyle and Greco-Roman world titles
By Syed Zafar MehdiA fascinating week of high-quality wrestling just came to an end in Zagreb. Iranian wrestling teams stormed back onto the global stage, reclaiming both Greco-Roman and freestyle world titles in a…
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Caravan of companions of Gaza-bound aid flotilla ‘Sumud’
Kavan Samoud, the vanguard of the movement of millions and billions of freedom-loving nations of the world, will march towards Gaza, which is a symbol of the occupation of humanity, and Palestine, which is a symbol of the occupation of human…
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80th UN General Assembly meeting kicks off in New York
It is expected that the issue of recognition of an independent Palestinian state by many countries will be raised at this meeting.
World leaders are gathering in New York for the 80th United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), where heads of state…
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