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The Latest: Algerian police fire tear gas at protesters
Middle East
April 9, 2019
The Latest: Algerian police fire tear gas at protesters
ALGIERS, Algeria (AP) — The Latest on Algerian protest (all times local): 1 p.m. Algerian police have fired tear gas…
Egypt court fines 25 Nubians LE50,000 each over unsanctioned 2017 protest
Egypt
April 7, 2019
Egypt court fines 25 Nubians LE50,000 each over unsanctioned 2017 protest
The State Security Emergency Court in Aswan on Sunday fined 25 defendants LE50,000 each over charges of organizing an unsanctioned…
Tens of thousands protest at Gaza-Israel border as truce holds
Middle East
March 30, 2019
Tens of thousands protest at Gaza-Israel border as truce holds
Tens of thousands of Gazans gathered at the Israeli border Saturday to mark a year since protests and clashes erupted…
Egyptian activist Alaa Abdel Fattah free after serving 5 year sentence: Lawyer
Egypt
March 27, 2019
Egyptian activist Alaa Abdel Fattah free after serving 5 year sentence: Lawyer
Political activist Alaa Abdel Fattah’s lawyer Taher Abu al-Nasr said Wednesday that Abdel Fattah would finally be free after serving…
Egypt’s Court of Cassation sentences 27 policemen to 3 years in prison
Egypt
March 13, 2019
Egypt’s Court of Cassation sentences 27 policemen to 3 years in prison
The Court of Cassation on Wednesday upheld a court ruling sentencing 27 police officers in South Sinai to three years…
Hui poet fears for his people as China ‘Sinicizes’ religion
Society
December 28, 2018
Hui poet fears for his people as China ‘Sinicizes’ religion
JINAN, China (AP) — Cui Haoxin is too young to remember the days of his Hui people’s oppression under China’s…
Israel boycott ‘reflects our interests as humans’: BDS Egypt interview
Features/Interviews
December 25, 2018
Israel boycott ‘reflects our interests as humans’: BDS Egypt interview
In April 2015, on the 45th anniversary of an Israeli massacre of 46 Egyptian children at Bahr al-Baqr Primary…
Israeli forces use live fire on Palestinian protesters as manhunt continues for gunman who killed 2 Israeli soldiers
Middle East
December 17, 2018
Israeli forces use live fire on Palestinian protesters as manhunt continues for gunman who killed 2 Israeli soldiers
Jerusalem (CNN) – Israeli troops used live fire to disperse protesters in the West Bank on Friday amid rising…
Opposition lawmakers ejected from Hungary state TV after protest
World
December 17, 2018
Opposition lawmakers ejected from Hungary state TV after protest
BUDAPEST (Reuters) – Security guards ejected two independent lawmakers from Hungary’s state television building after they tried to read…
Israeli forces kill Palestinian man in West Bank clash: Palestinians
Middle East
December 4, 2018
Israeli forces kill Palestinian man in West Bank clash: Palestinians
TULKARM, West Bank (Reuters) – Israeli forces killed a Palestinian man during a clash in the occupied West Bank…