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Palestinians speak out about torture in PA prison
Palestinian journalist Sami al-Sai had been ordered released from the custody of the Palestinian intelligence services in Tulkarem in February, but just as he was about to leave, he was rearrested and transferred to Jericho prison. There, he underwent 15 days of interrogation and torture, he told Al Jazeera. "They strung me up from the roof of.. More -
Three Israeli soldiers shot dead near Jerusalem
Three Israelis have been shot and killed, and a fourth wounded, in a settlement in the occupied West Bank, Israeli army radio reported. The station interviewed a resident of Har Adar, an illegal settlement near Jerusalem, who said the gunman had arrived with a group of Palestinian laborers and opened fire on paramilitary Israeli police guards. Al.. More -
Trump slaps travel ban on Chad, North Korea, Venezuela
President Donald Trump slapped new travel restrictions on citizens from North Korea, Venezuela and Chad, expanding the list of countries covered by his original travel bans that have been derided by critics as targeting Muslims. Iran, Libya, Syria, Yemen and Somalia were left on the list of affected countries in a new proclamation issued by the president.. More -
Amnesty: Rohingya in India need support, not expulsion
Amnesty International has initiated an online campaign and petition calling for people's support to stop India's plan of deporting thousands of Rohingya refugees living across India. Characterising Rohingya refugees and asylum-seekers as illegal immigrants and deeming them "security threats" will expose them to grave risks if forcibly returned,.. More -
Iraqi Kurds vote in independence referendum
People in Iraq's autonomous region of Kurdistan are voting in an independence referendum, amid rising tensions and international opposition. Polls opened at 05:00 GMT with balloting also taking place in the disputed areas between the northern city of Erbil and the capital Baghdad, as well as the oil-rich province of Kirkuk, which is ethnically mixed. The.. More -
Bali: Thousands flee rumbling Mount Agung volcano
More than 34,000 people have fled from a rumbling volcano on the resort island of Bali as the magnitude of tremors grows, prompting fears it could erupt for the first time in more than 50 years. Indonesia's disaster mitigation agency said on Sunday the number of people fleeing their homes surrounding the volcano had tripled since Friday amid growing.. More -
Turkey extends troops' deployment in Iraq and Syria
Turkey's parliament has approved the extension of a mandate that allows the deployment of troops in Iraq and Syria if faced with national security threats. The move on Saturday came two days before an independence referendum in Iraq's semi-autonomous Kurdish region - a vote denounced by Ankara as a "mistake" and a threat to its security and.. More -
Egypt acquits Irish-Egyptian after 4 years in prison
An Egyptian criminal court has acquitted an Irish-Egyptian man kept in pre-trial detention for four years who says he was regularly tortured during his incarceration. Ibrahim Halawa - arrested at age 17 as part of a deadly crackdown on protests in Cairo and who faced the death penalty - has yet to walk free following Monday's verdict, said defense.. More -
Palestinian PM to visit Gaza for reconciliation talks
Palestinian Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah is planning to visit Gaza for talks after Hamas agreed to steps towards resolving a decade-long split with its West Bank-based rival Fatah. Nabil Shaath, a senior adviser to Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, told journalists in the West Bank city of Ramallah that Hamdallah would meet Hamas officials in Gaza.. More -
Iraq army 'to intervene' if Kurds' referendum escalates
Iraq is prepared to intervene militarily if the Kurdish region's planned independence referendum results in violence, Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi said in an interview. If the Iraqi population is "threatened by the use of force outside the law, then we will intervene militarily," he said in an interview with the Associated Press news agency.. More -
Hamas agrees to steps towards Palestinian unity
Hamas has agreed to talks with the rival Fatah movement and expressed its willingness to hold general elections in the Palestinian territories. In a statement issued on Sunday, Hamas said it has accepted key conditions set by President Mahmoud Abbas, and dissolved what is known as the Gaza administrative committee. The committee, which was announced.. More -
Bangladesh restricts movement of Rohingya refugees
Bangladesh has restricted the movement of Rohingya refugees, banning them from leaving designated areas in the country to which over 400,000 have fled from violence in neighbouring Myanmar. Police said on Saturday that they have issued an order prohibiting Rohingya refugees from leaving the areas and camps the government has designated for them in.. More -
UK activists urge end to 'silent genocide' of Rohingya
Campaigners call on the British government to take stronger stance against Myanmar over violence against the Rohingya. The lecture hall at the London Muslim Centre quickly filled up after late afternoon prayers for an urgent meeting on the crisis facing Myanmar's Rohingya people. Over the past month, reports have filtered out from survivors of mass.. More -
Rohingya exodus to Bangladesh nears 300,000: UN
Nearly 300,000 Rohingya have fled Myanmar's Rakhine State into Bangladesh in the 15 days since new violence erupted and the United Nations is braced for a further surge, officials said. The exodus figure has jumped about 20,000 in a day and from 164,000 on Thursday. Bangladesh authorities plan to build a camp that could house a quarter of a million.. More -
Russian air strikes kill 34 civilians near Deir Az Zor
At least 34 civilians, including nine children, have been killed in a Russian air raid on Euphrates River ferries near Syria's Deir Az Zor city, according to a monitoring group. Rami Abdel Rahman, head of the UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, said the air strikes on Sunday targeted "more than 40 ferries" that left al-Boulil town.. More
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