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  • Israeli settlement law 'violates rights and dignity'

    Palestinian politicians and human rights groups are warning that a new law passed by the Israeli parliament violates international laws and is a step towards Israel annexing the occupied West Bank. The so-called Regulation Law, passed on Monday night, allows for the retroactive legalization of about 4,000 homes built by Jewish settlers on privately.. More

  • Israel approves controversial settlement expansion bill

    Israel has passed a controversial bill that retroactively legalizes thousands of settler homes built on privately owned Palestinian land in the occupied West Bank, drawing widespread anger by Palestinian leaders and rights groups. The Israeli Knesset voted 60 to 52 to approve the contentious bill late on Monday despite warnings by the government's.. More

  • US customs targeting Muslim Americans at borders

    American Muslims returning to the U.S. are being targeted for enhanced questioning, the head of Council on American-Islamic Relations' (CAIR) Florida bureau told Anadolu Agency on Wednesday. "For years there have been reports of American Muslims detained by customs and questioned about their religious practice," Hassan Shibly said. "Howeve.. More

  • Malaysia to give jobs to Rohingya Muslim refugees

    A pilot scheme to give work to Rohingya refugees in Malaysia is to be launched next month, Deputy Prime Minister Ahmad Zahid Hamidi said Thursday. Malaysia will initially allow 300 Rohingya whose refugee status is validated by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) to take jobs in the agriculture and manufacturing sectors from March.. More

  • Trump's travel ban 'violates our principles': UN chief

    President Donald Trump's controversial executive order that bars citizens of seven Muslim-majority nations from entering the U.S. "violates our principles”, UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres said Wednesday. "This is not the way to best protect the U.S, or any other country in relation to the serious concerns that exists about possibilitie.. More

  • Trump's travel ban 'violates our principles': UN chief

    President Donald Trump's controversial executive order that bars citizens of seven Muslim-majority nations from entering the U.S. "violates our principles”, UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres said Wednesday. "This is not the way to best protect the U.S, or any other country in relation to the serious concerns that exists about possibilitie.. More

  • UN agency cuts food aid to 1.4 million displaced Iraqis

    The World Food Programme (WFP) has slashed food rations distributed to 1.4 million displaced Iraqis by 50 percent because of delays in payments from donor states. The sharp cutbacks come at a time when a growing number of Iraqis are fleeing war. At least 160,000 people have been displaced since October when the Iraqi military, backed by Kurdish forces.. More

  • UN agency cuts food aid to 1.4 million displaced Iraqis

    The World Food Programme (WFP) has slashed food rations distributed to 1.4 million displaced Iraqis by 50 percent because of delays in payments from donor states. The sharp cutbacks come at a time when a growing number of Iraqis are fleeing war. At least 160,000 people have been displaced since October when the Iraqi military, backed by Kurdish forces.. More

  • Trump signs executive order banning Syrian refugees

    President Donald Trump has signed an executive order suspending the US refugee programme for 120 days, specifically barring Syrian refugees until further notice. Trump on Friday signed the order at the Pentagon, saying the moves would help protect Americans from "terrorist" attacks. "I'm establishing new vetting measures to keep radical.. More

  • Thousands support Muslims in solidarity campaign

    A growing number of celebrities and politicians have said they would register as Muslim should President Donald Trump fulfill a campaign pledge to have all Muslim-Americans register on a national database. Whether Trump fulfills the promise is anybody's guess. The recently inaugurated American president has shown a proclivity to act unpredictably.. More

  • Turkey threatens to cancel Greece migration deal

    Turkey has demanded the retrial of eight soldiers who fled to Greece after a failed coup last year and said it may take measures, including scrapping an agreement on refugees and migrants with Athens, after a Greek court rejected an extradition request. Greece's Supreme Court on Thursday ruled against extraditing the soldiers, who have sought political.. More

  • Trump orders US withdrawal from trans-Pacific trade deal

    President Donald Trump moved Monday to pull the United States out of the Trans-Pacific Partnership, making good on a pledge to scrap a deal he denounced as a "job killer" and a "rape" of US interests. Embarking on his first full week in office, the 45th US president began rolling out his policy agenda after a tumultuous first weekend.. More

  • First day of Astana summit ends without breakthrough

    The first day of Syria peace talks in Kazakhstan hit a snag as direct negotiations between opposition and the regime looked unlikely, and as delegates sparred over details of a nationwide truce. Representatives of the Syrian regime and opposition on Monday traded barbs over interpretations of a ceasefire brokered by Russia and Turkey in late December,.. More

  • Refugees in Greece's Moria camp suffer in harsh winter

    Freezing temperatures and heavy snowfall since Saturday are making things even harder for the thousands of refugees and migrants staying at the Moria camp on the Greek island of Lesbos. The thin summer tents at the camp have been covered in snow since Saturday morning, leaving the people exposed to extreme weather conditions without any source of heating. T.. More

  • 4,500 Iraqis flee Mosul amid offensive

    A total of 4,500 civilians have fled northern Iraqi city of Mosul over the past three days as government forces launched the second phase of battles to retake the city form ISIL, an Iraqi aid official said Sunday. Iyad Rafid of Iraqi Red Crescent told Anadolu Agency that civilians who fled from south and east of Mosul were settled in camps by the Iraqi.. More