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Russia says 'likely' to close Jewish Agency amid tensions with Israel over Ukraine
Aug 19, 2022 01:08Russia has expressed the likelihood of dissolving a so-called Jewish Agency that works to encourage the emigration of Jews to the Israeli Occupied Lands after the country’s Ministry of Justice accused the Moscow-based agency of violating Russia’s privacy laws.
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India set to deport Rohingya Muslim refugees in New Delhi
Aug 18, 2022 15:45India's Home Ministry says the persecuted Rohingya Muslim refugees in New Delhi will be held at a detention center and then expelled.
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India: Release of Hindu gang-rapists of Muslim woman sparks fury
Aug 18, 2022 15:21A Muslim woman who was gang-raped while pregnant during India’s religious riots of 2002 says she is “numb” after her attackers were released early from prison.
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UK suffers worst inflation rate in G7 amid record soaring prices
Aug 18, 2022 15:09Britain is suffering the worst inflation rate among the G7 countries with skyrocketing prices further tightening the squeeze on the British public.
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Planned eight-day strike at port threatens UK’s supply chains
Aug 18, 2022 09:54The most significant of a growing wave of strikes in Britain will go ahead with an eight-day walkout after pay talks broke down with employers at Felixstowe port in Suffolk, England.
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Families of 9/11 victims urge Biden to send frozen assets back to Afghan people
Aug 18, 2022 08:40Nearly 80 family members of 9/11 victims have urged US President Joe Biden to send back billions of dollars in Afghan government assets held in the United States to the Afghan people.
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Mali accuses France of arming terrorists, seeks emergency UN meeting
Aug 18, 2022 08:33Mali has requested an emergency UN Security Council meeting as the country has accused France of violating its airspace and delivering weapons to armed groups, an attempt considered to destabilize the West African country.
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26 dead as forest fires spread in north Algeria
Aug 18, 2022 05:51At least 26 people died and dozens of others were injured in forest fires that ravaged 14 districts of northern Algeria on Wednesday, the interior minister said.
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Imran Khan supporters hold anti-government protest in Islamabad
Aug 18, 2022 05:17Supporters of Pakistan's former Prime Minister, Imran Khan, and lawmakers from the Tehreek-i-Insaf party held a rally in the capital Islamabad against what they called “government’s US-backed policies”.
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Top American economist warns US recession may be ‘long and severe’
Aug 18, 2022 02:00An American economist has warned that the United States is at the cusp of a “long and severe” recession, which he says could bring financial distress "across the board."