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Palestinians vow to move UN regarding Israeli settlements

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Palestinians on Thursday said that they would appeal to the UN regarding Israeli plans to build 1,500 new settler homes. Israel had announced their plans as a response to the newly formed unity government in Hamas. The government of technocrats has been recognized by both the US and the EU, but Israel has promised to boycott what it calls a …

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Israel unhappy with US backing Palestinian unity government

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Several Israeli ministers lashed out at the US government on Tuesday for its decision to work with the newly formed Palestinian Unity government backed by Hamas. Gilad Erdan, the Israeli Communications Minister and a security cabinet member, said, “Unfortunately, American naiveté has broken all records. Any collaboration with Hamas which kills women and children is unacceptable”. He added that Israel …

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Rockets fired on Israel from Gaza, Syria; Israeli military strikes back despite Syrian ceasefire

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Rocket fire from Syria and Gaza early on Monday struck Israel in separate incidents, and has prompted the Israeli military to strike back. The events occurred just hours before the new Palestinian unity government took office in Ramallah. A few hours earlier, tensions spiked as the newly Palestinian government was formally unveiled at a ceremony at the Muqataa headquarters in …

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Landmark Palestinian unity government takes office

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Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas swore in the Palestinian unity government on Monday in the Muqataa presidential compound in Ramallah, after last week’s landmark reconciliation agreement between Hamas and Fatah which has left Israel infuriated. After the swearing-in ceremony, Abbas hailed “the end” of the bitter, and sometimes violent, divided between Hamas and Fatah. Hamas also lauded the new government, saying …

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How do you beat Boko Haram with an army that’s almost as evil?

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In 2009, Nigerian police forces fighting Boko Haram in the northern city of Maiduguri lost about 30 officers in a violent firefight. The next day, they executed many of the men they had rounded up and detained as suspected Boko Haram fighters. The retaliatory killings often happened right outside police headquarters in full view of the public. Bodies piled up …

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Mahmoud Abbas announces Rami Hamdallah as Prime Minister of Palestine unity government

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Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Thursday named Rami Hamdallah as Prime Minister, as the two Palestinian factions Hamas and Fatah appear to be on the verge of a historic unity government after seven bitter years as rivals. The official announcement brings the two parties substantially closer to a final reconciliation, after they established separate governments in 2007. Hamas took control …

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Iraq: 14 killed in violence; Over 4000 now killed in Iraq this year alone

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Attacks in different parts of Iraq on Wednesday led to the deaths of 14 people. The strikes are the latest in a long wave of violence that has caused more than 4,000 deaths this year already. The bombings and shootings struck in Baghdad and parts of the West and the North, leaving dozens wounded, medical and security officials said. The …

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Syria: 850 killed in prisons and security facilities this year; advocacy group claims Syrian government attacked healthcare facilities during civil war

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UK based monitoring group the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said on Wednesday that 850 people have been killed in Syrian security forces facilities and prisons this year. The monitoring group said that the victims lost by executions, torture, due to poor conditions or maltreatment. Six women and 15 children were among the victims, the group added. The monitoring group, …

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“Unity” talks begin in Kiev as Ukraine tries to avoid civil war

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Ukrainian leaders on Wednesday launched round-table “Unity” talks as a part of a Western push to prevent the country from falling apart. They vowed that they wouldn’t bow to “blackmail” by pro-Russian forces waging an insurgency in Eastern Ukraine. The “Unity” talks do not involve the pro-Russian forces battling in Eastern Ukraine, and are being held two weeks before Ukraine …

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UN Syrian envoy Lakhdar Brahimi resigns from post

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Lakhdar Brahimi, in a joint press conference with UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Tuesday, announced that he would resign from his position as UN-Arab League envoy for Syria, and said that he was mostly frustrated by plans of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to hold elections in June. In the press conference in New York, Brahimi said he would step down …

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