For Masar Jadid leader Samer Sinijlawi, the turnout was crucial. Now the goal is to mobilise Palestinians for a Palestinian election in March. The high turnout in East Jerusalem is another sign of change. For Adel Misk, at the polls, the voiceless revived the Palestinian issue.
Under "pressure" from the municipality, organizers had to move a conference originally planned at the Tower of David Museum. The initiative was focused on abuses and biased attacks by the Jewish world on Christians. Armenian Church in storm over use of land granted to Jewish-Australian developer. The faithful say land aquired through "sweat and blood" was "sold off".
Today's headlines: Pyongyang fires two short-range ballistic missiles, "inevitable" response to exercises between South Korea and the US; Tehran denies Hajj permit to Iranian Sunni leader critical of protest crackdown; Taliban officials in Norway to attend peace forum; Indonesian special needs students victimized by serious deficiencies in education system; Japan studies limits on access to Mt. Fuji; New tobacco law in Russia.
The complaint in a document released today by Amnesty International. Months after the end of the football review Fifa and Qatar have yet to offer "an effective and accessible regime" for obtaining reparations. Redress options precluded for those who have returned to their countries of origin.
Today's headlines: Philippines launches tourist tours to disputed territories on Spratly Islands. Indonesian Constitutional Court rejects request to change electoral system. Japanese opposition ready to file no-confidence vote against Kishida. Indian nun arrested on conversion charges released on bail. Last year nearly 3800 people died on migration routes from the Middle East and North Africa to Europe, the largest increase from Lebanon. With the vacations come an increase in children begging in Turkmenistan.
Data from Israel’s Defence Ministry show defence exports top US$ 12.5 billion. Accords partners represent about 25 per cent of the total. Sales jumped by 50 per cent over the previous three years. Asia-Pacific accounted for 30 per cent of sales, followed by Europe with 29 per cent.
Today's headlines: in Japan military opens fire on instructors, at least two dead and one wounded. Riyadh draws up $20 billion investment plan in food industry. Tens of thousands evacuated between India and Pakistan for Cyclone Biparjov, already seven casualties. Istanbul, doctors on alert for measles outbreak: first casualties among children. Taipei issues defense manual to "distinguish" Chinese soldiers from Taiwanese.
Lebanon’s National Assembly meets tomorrow to elect a new head of state eight months after the last one left office. The two main rivals cancel each other out, reducing their chance to win. France’s former foreign minister is expected in Beirut next week to boost the general's candidacy.
Today's headlines: Afghan Taliban against music and dancing at weddings; Burmese junta shuts down oil wells in Magway, over 300,000 workers at risk, Beijing studies a new "water network" against drought, Holland and Canada want to try Damascus in the International Court for torture; Bhutan sets its sights on Bitcoin and cryptocurrency to build a 600-megawatt power plant; Tehran ready to build an assault drone factory in Russia.
Yesterday, Supreme Leader Khamenei backs an agreement on condition that "the existing infrastructure of [Iran’s] nuclear industry should not be touched". Washington has denied any progress in negotiations. Iran is reportedly close to the 90 per cent threshold in uranium enrichment, deemed a red line for Israel.
Demonstrations against the government, which President Maia Sandu accuses of being directly inspired by the Kremlin, have been going on in Chisinau since September. With Moscow's rejection of gas, inflation in the country has reached 33%. A profile of the young Tel Aviv-born oligarch who with his own party from abroad (due to a conviction for fraud) pulls the strings of the opposition.
Today's headlines: Honduras inaugurates Chinese embassy after breaking relations with Taiwan; An Indian travels from Kerala to Mecca on foot on Hajj pilgrimage, the major pillar of Islam; South Korean police arrest 77 people for espionage, including abroad; Several people killed in two separate shootings in central Vietnam, police stations targeted; Heavy rains in Pakistan kill 27 people; Marriages collapse in China; Tajikistan's largest mosque inaugurated in Dushanbe, with the help of Qatar.
A historical record completed thanks to UN efforts and set to be stored in the offices of the Supreme Judicial Council. Digitized documents proving Islamic State atrocities crucial in future trials. Kidnapped in 2014 by jihadists, six very young Yazidi women returned to their families in recent days.
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