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Seattle City Council passes resolution against CAA, NRC

2:00 pm February 4, 2020

Washington: The Seattle City Council, one of the most powerful city councils in the US, on Monday unanimously passed a resolution condemning India’s recently-enacted Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) and the proposed National Register of Citizens (NRC). The new citizenship law passed by Parliament in December 2019 offers citizenship to non-Muslim persecuted religious minorities from Pakistan, […]

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Sudan says Pompeo invites chief of ruling body to US

11:33 pm February 2, 2020

Khartoum: Sudan said Sunday the US had invited the head of its ruling body to Washington for an official visit, the first such move in more than three decades. The ruling civilian-led sovereign council said its chief General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan received the invitation in a telephone call from US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo […]

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Netanyahu withdraws immunity from prosecution request

7:35 pm January 28, 2020

Jerusalem: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday announced that he was withdrawing his request for parliamentary immunity in the three graft cases against him to stop the “dirty game” over the issue, paving the way for legal proceedings against him to go forward. The Israeli leader made his decision public through a Facebook Post […]

German military resumes training troops in northern Iraq

7:21 pm January 26, 2020

Berlin: The German military resumed training Iraqi troops in the country’s Kurdish north on Sunday, about three weeks after it was suspended following the US killing of a top Iranian general in Baghdad. The military said the commander of the international operation fighting the Islamic State group lifted the suspension. Germany resumed training in Irbil […]

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Iran condemns ‘inhuman’ US treatment of its nationals

7:53 pm January 25, 2020

Tehran: Iran condemned Saturday what it called the “illegal and inhuman” treatment of its nationals by US border security officers, after reports a student was deported despite having a valid visa. “Such absolutely discriminatory measures that only happen over people’s race, nationality or religion are against international human rights laws and principles,” foreign ministry spokesman […]