Category: 4. World
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Human rights lawyer Irwin Cotler evades Iranian assassination
Iran allegedly planned to assassinate Canadian human rights activist Irwin Cotler, but the plot was foiled by Canadian law enforcement, The Globe and Mail reported on Monday. A source told The Globe and Mail that the Royal Canadian Mounted… Continue Reading
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Riots in Amsterdam, wrong to call them that, says Mayor
Amsterdam Mayor Femka Halsema said she regretted calling the riots in Amsterdam a “pogrom” because this was being used to discriminate against the Moroccan-Muslim population of the city, according to Dutch media on Monday. The riots that… Continue Reading
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Houthis begin emailing threats to German shipping companies
The Houthis, who launched a number of maritime attacks in solidarity with Hamas, have now started emailing private companies threats, Der Spiegel reported on Monday. Targeting companies which call at Israeli ports and transport their cargo… Continue Reading
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Investigators identify remains belonging to September 11 victims
John Niven was among one of the over 2500 victims of the September 11 attacks, perishing in the southern tower of the World Trade Center. It is only now, over 20 years later, the researchers have found some of Niven’s remains for his… Continue Reading
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Ukraine president Zelensky has faith in Trump to help end war
Ukraine must do everything possible to end the war diplomatically, President Volodymyr Zelensky said in an interview with the Ukrainian media outlet Suspilne on Saturday. In the interview, Zelensky said he believes that Russian President… Continue Reading
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Latin nations declare solidarity with Israel
Leaders from 19 Latin American countries signed a joint statement affirming solidarity with Israel and backing its right to self-defense at the Combat Antisemitism Movement’s (CAM) fourth annual Latin American Forum Against Antisemitism… Continue Reading
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Foreign Ministry warns Israelis in Greece to avoid areas of protests
The protests in Greece for which the Israeli Foreign Affairs Ministry had urged its citizens in Greece to avoid certain areas had ended, Israeli media reported on Sunday evening. Initially, the Foreign Ministry had called Israelis in Greece… Continue Reading
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Azerbaijani official: Turkey’s airspace ban nixed Isaac Herzog visit
After President Issac Herzog canceled his trip to Azerbaijan, the Azerbaijani news source Caliber reported that the reason for the cancelation was that Turkey had prohibited Israeli aircraft from using its airspace. Caliber cited a… Continue Reading
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US teenager nearly honor killed for refusing marriage in Iraq
Ihsan Ali and his wife, Zahraa Ali were charged with attempted murder and attempted kidnapping after they were filmed choking their 17-year-old daughter outside a school in Washington over her reported refusal to fly to Iraq for an arranged… Continue Reading
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Pro-Palestinian ‘Jews’ vandalize Israel’s embassy in Toronto, Canada
Vandals identifying themselves as Jews sprayed red paint across the Israeli embassy in Toronto, the Jewish News Syndicate reported on X/Twitter on Sunday. The video portrays a masked perpetrator poorly the liquid across the embassy’s… Continue Reading