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Khashoggi probe: Turkey vows to uncover truth after Saudi admission

  Ankara is seeking the extradition of 15 suspects and is worried they may be executed by Riyadh before being questioned, sources tell MEE Turkey vowed on Saturday to uncover the truth behind Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi’s killing, as international outrage over Riyadh’s most recent explanation grows. Sources close to President Recep Tayyip Erdogan have […]

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Trump demands answers as scepticism grows over Khashoggi death account

  Latest Saudi version says body rolled up in a rug, taken out in a vehicle and handed to ‘local cooperator’ for disposal Saudi Arabia is facing a growing chorus of incredulity over its belated explanation of how critic Jamal Khashoggi died inside its Istanbul consulate, as US President Donald Trump and other world leaders

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Press Release – Serious consequences if Canberra recognizes Jerusalem as Israel’s capital

Press Release   17 October 2018    Serious consequences if Canberra recognizes Jerusalem as Israel’s capital   Citizens International strongly condemns the statement by the Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison that Canberra was open to recognizing Jerusalem as Israel’s capital and shifting its embassy there. Such a move is illegal and in violation of international

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Press Release – UN Security Council must impose sanctions on Saudi Arabia for the murder of Khashoggi

  Press Release    16 October 2018    UN Security Council must impose sanctions on Saudi Arabia for the murder of Khashoggi   Citizens International strongly condemns the kidnapping and brutal murder of Saudi journalist Kashoggi in the Saudi consulate in Istanbul. The available evidence points to Mohamed bin Salman as the man behind the

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My grandfather Nelson Mandela fought apartheid. I see the parallels with Israel

  It took an international effort to end institutionalised racism in my country – now it must happen again, for Palestinian people My grandfather, Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela, would have turned 100 this year. The world is marking the centenary of his birthand celebrating his leadership in the struggle to end apartheid in South Africa. But while

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Ayaan Hirsi Ali, Brett Kavanaugh, and imperial feminism

By Azeezah Kanji   The prospect of Judge Brett Kavanaugh being elevated to Supreme Court justice – without a thorough investigation of the multiple allegations of sexual assault against him and after a confirmation hearing in which his rage and sense of entitlement were on full display – has triggered an outpouring of shock, pain, and righteous

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Trump: Saudi king wouldn’t last ‘two weeks’ without US support

  Trump says he told Saudi king that the US military is protecting him and the monarch would not last without US backing. US President Donald Trump said close ally Saudi Arabia and its king would not last “for two weeks” without US military support at a rally in Mississippi on Tuesday. “We protect Saudi Arabia. Would

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REPORT: NETANYAHU MET WITH INDONESIAN VICE PRESIDENT

Netanyahu was in NYC for the UN General Assembly and met various world leaders, including US President Donald Trump and Egyptian President Abdel el-Sisi, among others. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu held a secret meeting with Indonesian Vice President Jusuf Kalla while in New York City, reported Israeli Army Radio on Sunday evening. Netanyahu was in

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China: ‘Arabic-sounding’ river renamed to curb Islamic influence

  River ‘Aiyi’ is now called ‘Diannong’, because the original name sounded like Aisha, the Prophet’s wife. In yet another move aimed at reducing Islamic influence in China, authorities there have renamed a river because it had an “Arabic-sounding name”. The name of the river “Aiyi” has been changed to “Diannong” by the autonomous government of

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UN Expects More Upheavals as Trump’s Foreign Policy Runs Wild

By Thalif Deen   UNITED NATIONS, Sep 19 2018 (IPS) – The unpredictable Donald Trump, described by some as a human wrecking ball, will be walking down his own path of self-inflicted destruction when he visits the United Nations next week. The volatile American president’s unorthodox and reckless foreign policy has already reverberated throughout the

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