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Published by Reuters LONDON (Reuters) – The British authorities are considering more safety measures for parliamentarians after a lawmaker was stabbed to death, interior minister Priti Patel told Sky News on Sunday. Conservative David Amess, 69, was knifed repeatedly in the attack at about midday on Friday in Leigh-on-Sea, east of London, during a meeting

Published by Al-Araby Turnout in Iraq’s parliamentary election earlier this month reached 43%, the electoral commission said late on Saturday, a small increase from preliminary results but lower than that in the last election in 2018. More than 9.6 million people cast their ballots in the Oct. 10 vote, the commission said. Populist Shi’ite cleric

Published by Al-Araby Ibrahim Hoteit, the leader of the Beirut port explosion victims association, called for the current investigator into the blast to step down in a video released late Friday night. Accusing the judge of “politicization” and condemning “US intervention” in the case, Hoteit asked Judge Tarek Bitar, who is leading the investigation, to

Published by Azer News By Vugar Khalilov Turkey’s Humanitarian Relief Foundation (IHH) has sent 100 tons of seeds as humanitarian aid to Afghanistan, the Yeni Shafak newspaper has reported. The foundation launched a campaign with the slogan “Don’t Leave It Alone” to support the Afghans dealing with the humanitarian crisis alone as a result of

Published by Al-Araby US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Wednesday the Biden administration intends to press ahead with its plan to reopen the Jerusalem consulate that traditionally engaged with Palestine and Palestinians, despite Israeli opposition to such a move. Blinken reiterated a pledge he originally made months ago on re-establishing the consulate, which

Published by DPA At least 46 people were killed and dozens of others injured on Thursday in a fire that ripped through a multi-purpose building in southern Taiwan, local media reported. The blaze broke out early Thursday at a 13-storey, 40-year-old building in Kaohsiung City. The city’s fire department told journalists at the scene that