Swedish climate campaigner Greta Thunberg says she and other activists with the Gaza-bound Global Sumud Flotilla were subjected to mistreatment and torture while being held in Israeli prisons after the regime’s naval…
Category: 2. World
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The Indian messaging app that wants to take on WhatsApp
Cherylann MollanBBC News, Mumbai and
Neyaz FarooqueeBBC News, Delhi
Getty ImagesIndia is WhatsApp’s biggest market and the app is almost a way of life in the country Can an Indian-made messaging app compete with the behemoth that is WhatsApp?
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Yemen emerges as influential player amid confrontation with Israel over Gaza
Abdullatif al-washali
Press TV, Sana’aTwo years on since the launch of Operation Al-Aqsa Flood against Israel, Yemen has become a central player in the regional confrontation…
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Trump may withhold pay for furloughed US employees
US President Donald Trump’s administration is proposing that federal employees idled by the government shutdown would not automatically get retroactive pay when the standoff ends, according to an internal document described to Reuters on Tuesday.
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UK university students stage protest to mark Gaza war anniversary
Saeed Pourreza
Press TV, LondonStudents from a number of prestigious universities in London have demonstrated to mark the second anniversary of the Israeli war on…
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CENTCOM claims it killed al-Qaeda–linked militant in Syria
On Tuesday, US Central Command (CENTCOM) struck in Syria, eliminating Muhammad Abd-al Wahhab al-Ahmad, a senior operative linked to al-Qaeda through the Ansar al-Islam network.
Earlier, a local source told Shafaq News that the strike was likely…
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Japan football official sentenced for viewing child abuse images on plane
A senior official of the Japan Football Association (JFA) has been handed a suspended jail term of 18 months in France after he was caught looking at images that show child sex abuse while on a plane, the organisation said on Tuesday.
Technical…
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Gold surges past record $4,000 an ounce as uncertainty fuels rally
The price of gold has hit a record high of more than $4,000 (£2,985) an ounce as investors look for safe places to put their money over concerns about economic and political uncertainty around the world.
Gold has seen its biggest rally since the…
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US prosecutors say Libyan freely confessed to Lockerbie bombing
David CowanScotland Home Affairs Correspondent
Getty ImagesThe Lockerbie bombing killed 270 people in 1988 US prosecutors have claimed a Libyan man freely confessed to taking part in attacks on Americans, including the 1988 Lockerbie bombing and an…
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