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Israeli Police Officers Shoot and Kill Disabled Palestinian in Jerusalem
Eyad Hallaq, 32, attended and worked in a special needs school close to where he was shot ■ Shooting officer…
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‘This is how they drive you mad’: refugee turns anguish into art
I walk the paths I know so well and call Farhad Bandesh. Arnold Zable The Age He is detained in…
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Sri Lanka’s Other COVID-19 Crisis: Is Parliamentary Democracy at Risk?
Firm and concerted action by the country’s international partners could help break the impasse, which comes amid rising authoritarianism and……
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Is China aiming to break the spirit of Hong Kong’s democrats?
The city of Hong Kong was stunned, and there was sharp condemnation from the rest of the world Antony Dapiran…
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Intel: Russian jets intercept US Navy plane over eastern Mediterranean
The Navy released video of the interception, which it called “unsafe and unprofessional.” Al-Monitor In it, two Russia Su-35 fighters can…
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Netanyahu Had Little Choice but to Have China Lose Big Israel Bid
The Finance and Energy Ministries announced Tuesday that the Israeli company IDE Technologies had won the contract to build and…
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Navy Plans 50-Ship Maritime Force To Strengthen Claims On Disputed Seas; BRP Jose Rizal Arrives
The Philippines plans to spend an initial P75 billion to build a 50-ship maritime force, including short-range missile-capable smaller and…
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Iranian spy defector blew the whistle on moles in Turkey’s intelligence agency and Incirlik Air Base
Disillusioned with his handlers in the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC, Sepah for short in Persian), an Iranian of Azeri…
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India’s migrant exodus spreads coronavirus to hinterlands
The father of two walked for 19 km, hitched a ride on a motorbike and then clung to the side…
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Why the Iran-North Korea Missile Alliance Is Pure Trouble
On January 7, 2020, Iran launched ballistic missiles at American bases located in Iraq. Bruce E. Bechtol The National Interest…
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Afghan gov’t says ready to start talks with Taliban
Flanked by his top aides outside the presidential palace’s mosque, the Afghan president welcomed the Taliban’s unexpected three-day truce declared…
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Europeans ‘regret’ US plan to withdraw from Open Skies Treaty
PARIS — Ten European signatories of the Open Skies Treaty, including France and Germany, expressed regret Friday over the Trump…
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Dozens of Turkish soldiers invade and occupy small patch of Greek land, install their flag and set up camp along disputed border
Around 35 soldiers marched on to a floodplain site on the bank of the River Evros At the camp there…
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How the United States Government Failed to Prepare for the Global Pandemic
One section of the cable is called “NSC Top Lines: PRC [People’s Republic of China] Propaganda and Disinformation on the…
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Turkey detains man for hanging union jack towel outside building
Authorities in Turkey have detained a man for hanging a towel emblazoned with the British union jack flag from a building…
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New normal: The global economy will look nothing like it did before
If the coronavirus pandemic threatens globalisation, then it threatens them even more directly and unpleasantly. Stephen Bartholomeusz The Age All…
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