Published by Al-Araby Like hundreds of thousands of Palestinians, Eman Odeh, 23, can pinpoint the date of her family’s exile from Palestine to June of 1967. Both her grandfathers served in the Jordanian army at the time and fought to defend the West Bank village they were from, Faqua, which sits a few kilometres north
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Published by Reuters UK By Fikayo Owoeye LAGOS (Reuters) -Gunmen attacked a Catholic church in southwest Nigeria during mass on Sunday, killing at least 50 people including women and children, according to a hospital doctor and media reports. The gunmen shot at people outside and inside the church building, killing and injuries worshippers, said Funmilayo
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Published by Reuters UK LONDON (Reuters) – British Prime Minister Boris Johnson will face a confidence vote by lawmakers in the governing Conservative Party later on Monday, the chairman of the 1922 Committee Graham Brady has told lawmakers. “The threshold of 15% of the parliamentary party seeking a vote of confidence in the leader of
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Published by Al-Araby US President Joe Biden confirmed Friday he was considering a trip to Saudi Arabia, which would be a stark reversal after he called for the kingdom to be made a pariah state. The New York Times and other US media, quoting anonymous sources, have reported that Biden would go ahead with the
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Published by AFP Washington (AFP) – The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said Friday it was aware of more than 700 global cases of monkeypox, including 21 in the United States, with investigations now suggesting it is spreading inside the country. Sixteen of the first 17 cases were among people who identify
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Published by Reuters UK SIEVIERODONETSK, Ukraine (Reuters) -Ukraine said it had recaptured a chunk of the factory city of Sievierodonetsk, the focus of a Russian offensive to take the eastern Donbas region, and could hold it for up to two weeks as fighting raged on Saturday. Sergiy Gaidai, governor of Luhansk province, told national television
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Published by Reuters NEW DELHI (Reuters) – Some officials in India are ignoring or even supporting rising attacks on people and places of worship in the country, a U.S. official said late on Thursday after the release of a report on religious freedom globally in 2021. The report said attacks on members of religious minority
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Published by BOOM Live By Srijit Das A video from Bangladesh of a honey collector attracting bees by playing the flute is being shared with a false claim that he is a Hindu and a devotee of the deity Krishna. BOOM found that the claim is false and the man in the video is Mahatab
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Published by BANG Showbiz English Queen Elizabeth’s walking stick for Trooping the Colour was a “special” gift from the British Army. The 96-year-old monarch was seen using the stick for support on the balcony at Buckingham Palace on Thursday (02.06.22) as her Platinum Jubilee celebrations began. The walking stick was hand-delivered to the Queen’s equerry
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Published by Reuters UK PARIS (Reuters) – Growth in business activity in France’s dominant services sector weakened in May compared to April, a monthly survey showed, as the positive effect of fewer COVID-19 restrictions were offset by inflationary pressures. Data compiler S&P Global said its final purchasing managers index (PMI) for France’s services sector fell
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