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Netanyahu victory torpedoes two-state solution, say analysts

Benjamin Netanyahu’s victory in Israeli elections have caused irreparable damage to a two-state solution, analysts have told Arab News. Saeb Erekat, secretary மேலும் படிக்க...

Global executions fall to lowest in decades

Annual executions recorded worldwide fell by almost a third in 2018 to the lowest figure in more than a decade, Amnesty International says. Some 690 people மேலும் படிக்க...

Robbers steal millions of euros from Albania’s main airport

Albanian police arrested four people and questioned 40 others late on Tuesday after armed robbers stole millions of euros from an Austria Airlines aeroplane in மேலும் படிக்க...

Germany raids groups suspected of supporting Hamas

German authorities have carried out raids on groups suspected of helping the militant Palestinian group Hamas under the guise of providing humanitarian aid.The மேலும் படிக்க...

New Zealand Parliament votes to ban semi-automatic weapons

New Zealand’s Parliament on Wednesday passed sweeping gun laws that outlaw military style weapons, less than a month after mass shootings at two mosques in the மேலும் படிக்க...

Jailed Reuters journalists in Myanmar win UN press freedom prize

 The United Nations’ cultural agency said Wednesday that it had awarded its annual press freedom prize to two Reuters reporters jailed in Myanmar over their மேலும் படிக்க...

Israeli election: Netanyahu and Gantz both claim victory

Exit polls in Israel suggest there will be no clear winner in the closely fought general election. The centrist Blue and White alliance of former military மேலும் படிக்க...

Rouhani: Iran will continue resisting US pressure

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said they will produce IR8 advanced centrifuges as part of the country’s nuclear program if the US continued to impose மேலும் படிக்க...

Hong Kong 'Umbrella' protesters found guilty of public nuisance

Nine pro-democracy activists in Hong Kong have been found guilty of public nuisance charges for their role in a civil disobedience movement that called for மேலும் படிக்க...

British MPs pass law to block no-deal Brexit

 British MPs on Monday passed a new law aimed at preventing a no-deal Brexit this week by obliging the government to ask EU leaders for a delay. The law has மேலும் படிக்க...