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French authorities arrested a number of British nationals after a policeman was attacked outside the Israeli embassy in Paris
Nawfel Akoub, who was sacked as governor of Nineveh in March 2019 after a ferry sank killing 150 people, had evaded arrest by hiding Iraqi Kurdistan.
Turkey arrests pro-Dahlan Palestinian accused of spying for UAE
Ahmad al-Astal, a 45-year-old Palestinian from Gaza, was arrested for spying on Dahlan in Turkey.
Libya arrests senior coastguard official over human trafficking
Abd al-Rahman Milad is the first senior coastguard official to be arrested over human trafficking.
Saudi Arabia arrests 45 in fresh 'anti-corruption' campaign
Dozens of people, including public servants, are the latest to be arrested as part of Saudi Arabia's wide-reaching anti-corruption drive.
HRW urges Algeria to free men jailed for homosexuality
Human Rights Watch has called on Algeria to release two men sentenced to three years jail for homosexual relations and 44 other people prosecuted in the same case.
Assad declares 'national catastrophe' after forest fires
Syrian dictator Bashar Al-Assad has visited areas in northwestern Syria affected by deadly forest fires and declared a ‘national catastrophe’ as ...
Golden Dawn: The fall of Greece's neo-Nazi party
Golden Dawn rose from obscurity to infamy at the height of Greece's financial crisis, attracting supporters with racist and xenophobic rhetoric.
London hit-and-run being investigated as Islamophobic hate crime
Police are investigating a hit-and-run on a Muslim woman in east London as a hate crime, according to Islamophobia watchdog Tell MAMA.
Protests in Nigeria over police brutality
The movement initially targeted the federal Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS), widely accused of unlawful arrests, torture and even ...
#FreeToBeOnline calls for protection of girls against online harassment
Young women's access to the internet is not only curtailed, but in many places, including in parts of the Middle East, they face many dangers on ...
Trump, Kushner gave pass for Khashoggi murder: ex-CIA chief
Former CIA chief John Brennan also described Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman as a 'quintessential authoritarian leader.'
Tribe pleas with UN to stop Saudi forced displacement
One tribe is calling on the United Nations to intervene in what it is calling a campaign of forced displacement by Saudi authorities in NEOM bid.
Algeria expelled thousands of migrants and asylum seekers: report
Rights groups are concerned over Algeria's recent expulsion of thousands of asylum seekers to Niger.
Israeli forces arrested over 40 Palestinians in one month
More than 40 Palestinian residents of the Issawiya neighbourhood in occupied East Jerusalem have been arrested since September.
Sudan's revolution and the broken promise of women's rights
Women fuelled Sudan's revolution, but the promise of greater gender equality remains elusive.
Israelis defy emergency restrictions to protest government
Israelis took to the streets again to protest Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, defying a restriction on protests amid a coronavirus-related ...
Egypt arrests reporter after protest coverage: employer
Basma Mostafa was brought before prosecutors on Sunday after she had gone missing the day before while reporting on unrest in the village of ...
Israelis protest Netanyahu despite emergency regulations
Critics say restrictions on demonstrations are geared at silencing protests against Netanyahu rather than controlling the spread of Covid-19.
Amnesty urges Egypt to release detainees after rare protests
"Egyptian security forces have used tear gas, batons, and on at least one occasion live ammunition, and arrested hundreds of protesters and ...
US lawmakers pledge accountability over Khashoggi killing
The anniversary of Jamal Khashoggi's killing prompted several US lawmakers to criticise Trump and call for accountability.
Beirut requests arrests of owner, captain of blast ship
The Rhosus, a Moldovan-flagged cargo ship sailing from Georgia and bound for Mozambique, is widely understood to have brought the fertiliser to ...
Can elections resuscitate Palestinian hopes for unity?
Comment: Elections will not be a magic bullet, but given the right conditions, they will hopefully force the way to a more youthful, united ...
France arrests 29 in anti-terror Syria financing sting
French police arrested 29 people in a sting operation targeting a terror financing network for jihadists in Syria.
Former Palestinian security chief, Mohammed Dahlan, has been living in exile in the UAE.
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