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US abruptly endorses Israel’s Golan sovereignty in big shift

JERUSALEM (AP) — President Donald Trump abruptly declared Thursday the U.S. will recognize Israel’s sovereignty over the disputed Golan Heights, a major shift in American policy that gives Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu a political boost a month before what is expected to be a close election. The administration has been considering recognizing Israel’s sovereignty

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After mosque attacks, New Zealand bans ‘military-style’ guns

CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand (AP) — New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern on Thursday announced a ban of “military-style” semi-automatic firearms and high-capacity magazines like those used in the shootings at Christchurch mosques last week. Ardern said a sales ban was effective immediately to prevent stockpiling and would be followed by a complete ban on the

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The Uganda and Rwanda Conflict Is Shameful and Shows the East African Community Must Be Reformed

It’s a shame that at a time when the entire African continent has placed its guess on achieving Continental Free Trade Area, the East African Community (EAC), is embroiled in a crisis that is detrimental not only to the economic welfare of millions of EAC residents, but the continental vision of an economically integrated region.

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New Zealand begins funerals for mosque shooting victims, PM visits school

Photo Reuters The bodies of victims from New Zealand’s mosques mass shooting were carried in open caskets on the shoulders of mourners into a large tent at Christchurch’s Memorial Park Cemetery on Wednesday – the first burials of the 50 victims. The majority of victims from Friday’s attack in the South Island city were migrants

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Fears of Political Persecution as Kenya’s Treasury Secretary in $650 million Corruption Storm

President Uhuru Kenyatta’s promised fight against corruption has come under the spotlight as accusations of political witch-hunts emerge and divisions emerge in the ruling party. The Kenya public prosecutor on March 8 ordered that the graft probe into six projects to construct dams be accelerated. The Directorate of Criminal Investigations questioned Henry Rotich this month

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Gunman kills three in Dutch tram, police hunt for Turkish man

Handout still image taken from CCTV footage shows a man who has been named as a suspect in Monday’s shooting in Utrecht, Netherlands, in a still image from CCTV footage released by the Utrecht Police on March 18, 2019 REUTERS/Utrecht Police/Handout via Reuters A gunman shot dead three people and wounded nine on a tram

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Several hurt in Dutch tram shooting, ‘terrorist motive’ possible: police

Dutch police said several people had been shot in a tram in the central city of Utrecht on Monday and that there may have been a “terrorist motive”. Prime Minister Mark Rutte said he was “deeply concerned” and that crisis talks were to be held in response to the incident. Dutch radio said security had

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Mourners pay tribute to New Zealand victims, await burials

CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand (AP) — Thousands of people paid tribute Sunday at makeshift memorials to the 50 people slain by a gunman at two mosques in Christchurch, while dozens of Muslims stood by to bury the dead when authorities finally release the victims’ bodies. Hundreds of flowers were piled up amid candles, balloons and notes

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Israel’s Top Court Bans Kahanist Leader From Running, Approves Joint Arab Slate and Far-left Candidate

Far-right politicians Itamar Ben-Gvir and Michael Ben Ari at a Supreme Court hearing, on March 14, 2019.AFP The court reversed the Knesset election committee’s decision, which had approved Michael Ben Ari and disqualified Balad-United Arab List and Hadash’s Ofer Cassif First time in Israeli history candidate, not list, is banned. Israel’s Supreme Court banned on

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Yemen’s Houthis threaten to hit Riyadh, Abu Dhabi if Hodeidah peace deal broken

Photo Reuters Yemen’s Houthi group said they were building their ballistic capabilities and their forces stand ready to strike Riyadh and Abu Dhabi if implementation of a U.N. peace deal in the port city of Hodeidah is breached. A spokesman of the Houthi forces said the group has a “stockpile of missiles” and the group

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