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Turkey: More than 7M cannabis roots seized

Simultaneous operations conducted in southeastern Diyarbakir province Security forces on Monday seized more than seven million cannabis roots, and over a ton of cannabis drugs from 89 locations in southeastern Turkey. The seizure was part of a gendarmerie operation in Lice district’s Baglan and Kabakaya rurals, in the province of Diyarbakir, to halt illegal drug

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Reading terror attack: Libyan suspect sought to travel abroad to join Islamist group, security sources say

© Provided by The Independent The Libyan man arrested in connection with the multiple stabbings in Reading, which left three people dead, had sought to travel abroad to take part in jihad, according to security sources. The suspect, a 25-year-old Libyan asylum seeker called Khairi Saadallah, came to the attention of the security and intelligence

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UK: Police launch murder probe into Reading deaths

Knife-wielding man kills 3, seriously injures 3 others in Forbury Gardens attack, police confirm British police said on Sunday that a murder investigation has been launched into the killings of three people in Reading, England. Confirming in a statement that three others had been seriously injured in the incident that occurred on Saturday, police said

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‘Our country’: Donald Trump renews racist attacks on Ilhan Omar

Omar hit back at Trump, saying that he – not immigrants – is responsible for the mounting coronavirus death toll in America (MEE/File photo) US President Donald Trump has renewed his racist attacks against Muslim-American Representative Ilhan Omar, telling a crowd of supporters that the congresswoman wants to turn “our country” into her native Somalia.

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Saudi Arabia: Pro-Israel journalist stripped of citizenship for possessing false documents

journalist Hamid Al-Ghabin [Twitter] The Saudi Ministry of Interior has confirmed that journalist Hamid Al-Ghabin was stripped of his citizenship not due to his support of Israel, but for possessing false documents relating to his citizenship. “The person who claimed he is a Saudi citizen who was stripped of his citizenship is Hamid Al-Ghabin,” the

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Aden Duale’s woes deepen as Jubilee Party convenes meeting to discuss his fate

National Assembly Majority Leader Aden Duale is still a marked man despite surviving a series of Jubilee Party’s purge on errant and disloyal members. Ahead of a parliamentary group meeting scheduled for next week, Duale’s critics in the party have hinted at his imminent removal from the powerful position he has been holding since 2013.

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Trump embraces immigration court fight as election boost

In this June 11, 2020 photo, President Donald Trump speaks during a roundtable discussion about “Transition to Greatness: Restoring, Rebuilding, and Renewing,” at Gateway Church Dallas in Dallas. Trump says that mail-in voting presents the greatest threat to his reelection hopes and he suggested that legal efforts in several states launched by his allies might

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Qatar prince accused of rape and murder in US lawsuit

Sheikh Khalid Bin Hamad Bin Khalifa Al Thani, brother of the current emir of the Gulf state, 28 July 2018 [@KemalSYN_44/Twitter] A US federal lawsuit has been filed against Qatari royal, Sheikh Khalid Bin Hamad Bin Khalifa Al Thani, brother of the current emir of the Gulf state, with bombshell claims about the playboy life

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Kenya: Why curbing rise in sexual offences still an uphill task

A victim of sex abuse. As Kenya joins the world in marking International Day for the Elimination of Sexual Violence in Conflict today, rape remains rampant in the country. Statistics from various organisations show that rape is rampant in the country despite efforts by the government and non-governmental organisations (NGOs) to eradicate it. The World

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Facebook removes Trump ads with symbols once used by Nazis

President Donald Trump looks at his phone during a roundtable with governors on the reopening of America’s small businesses, in the State Dining Room of the White House, Thursday, June 18, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon) Facebook has removed campaign ads by President Donald Trump and Vice President Mike Pence that featured an upside-down

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