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Saudi Arabia among 37 states backing China’s Xinjiang policy of detaining one million Muslims

July 13th, 20190 GENEVA - Saudi Arabia and 36 other states have written to the United Nations supporting China’s policies in its western region of Xinjiang, according to a copy of the...

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Hezbollah leader says U.S. seeking to talk

July 13th, 20190 BEIRUT - The leader of Hezbollah said on Friday that Washington was seeking to open channels of communication despite ramping up sanctions against the Iran-backed...

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Iran, U.S., U.K. and Israel, a nuclear game of Russian roulette

July 13th, 20190 The U.S. and Iran have had a rocky relationship for a while now, but now that Iran has "violated" a key element in the 2015 international agreement that mandated the...

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Muslims and Arabs in Hollywood: A century of vilifying a religion and culture

July 5th, 20190 It's been a long road to respect, equal rights, and fair, accurate representation for Arab American and Middle Eastern actors. And as late author Jack Shaheen's...

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Jared Kushner’s ‘deal of the century’ fails in Bahrain

July 3rd, 20190 MANAMA - The so called "deal of the century" proposed by President Trump's senior adviser and son-in-law Jared Kushner, which sought to deal with the Palestinian-Israeli...

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Palestinian-Canadian journalist threatened with jail time by Germany for “anti-Semitic” speeches

July 3rd, 20190 BERLIN — Palestinian-Canadian journalist Khaled Barakat was barred from speaking at a Palestine solidarity event in Berlin, and has been told to avoid all gatherings...

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Tunisian president, 92, leaves hospital, expected to resume work in coming days

July 2nd, 20190 TUNIS — Tunisian president Beji Caid Essebsi, who became ill last week, left the hospital on Monday in “normal health” and was expected to resume work in the...

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Ending America’s endless war

June 30th, 20190 The United States has been at war for too long. Even today, we seem to be preparing for a new war with Iran, which would be the worst yet. Earlier this month,...

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U.S. launches cyberattacks on Iran

June 30th, 20190 WASHINGTON, D.C. - It appears that the United States launched cyberattacks on Iran in response to that nation’s shooting down of an American drone...

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Lebanon opposes U.S. plan for Mideast, not attending Bahrain conference

June 30th, 20190 BEIRUT — The Lebanese government and parliament both oppose a U.S. plan for settling the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, Prime Minister Saad al-Hariri said on Wednesday,...

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Trump hits Iran with new sanctions in retaliation to downing of drone

June 24th, 20190 WASHINGTON — President Trump announced on Monday that he was imposing new sanctions on Iran, further squeezing the Iranian economy in retaliation for what the United...

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Palestinians reject Kushner ‘economy first’ approach to Middle East peace plan

June 22nd, 20190 GAZA - Palestinian officials on Saturday dismissed proposals unveiled by President Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner for big money projects to form the first economic...

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Canadian Arab businessman awarded $2.5M for suffering hate speech

June 22nd, 20190 ONTARIO, CANADA — An online media personality whose websites frequently air anti-Muslim content has been ordered to pay the owner of a prominent Middle Eastern...

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Two men from Chicago convicted of providing support to ISIS

June 22nd, 20190 CHICAGO — Two Chicago-area men were found guilty on Thursday of supporting ISIS in a federal case in which one of them was accused of saying he hoped to see the...

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Iran says it shot down American ‘spy’ drone, Trump plays it down as unintentional

June 20th, 20190 DUBAI - Iran’s elite Revolutionary Guards have shot down a U.S. “spy” drone in the southern province of Hormozgan, the Guards’ news website Sepah News said on...

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Mohamed Morsi died in court, in a soundproof cage under guards’ watch

June 18th, 20190 CAIRO - Egypt's former civilian president, Mohamed Morsi, ousted by the military in 2013 after one year in office, collapsed in a courtroom and died on Monday, June...

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Trump administration providing “false” information on Gulf of Oman attack, Japanese tanker owner says

June 15th, 20190 TOKYO, JAPAN — A Japanese tanker owner is disputing U.S. reports about an attack that occurred on Thursday in the Gulf of Oman that was blamed on Iranian naval...

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Netanyahu thanks Indian prime minister for vote against Palestinian group

June 14th, 20190 TEL AVIV — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has thanked Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi for voting in favor of a decision introduced by the Jewish state...

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Local Arab Americans claim they were victimized by alleged Ponzi scheme

June 14th, 20190 DEARBORN – Three people with ties to the Metro Detroit area are among those claiming they were defrauded by former Canton resident Syed Arbab, a recent graduate of the...

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Egypt, Jordan and Morocco to attend U.S. sponsored “Bahrain workshop” despite Palestinians’ objection

June 14th, 20190 WASHINGTON — Egypt, Jordan and Morocco have told the Trump administration they will attend a U.S.-led conference in Bahrain this month on proposals for boosting the...

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Israel strikes Hamas in Gaza, calling attack a “response” to rocket fire

June 13th, 20190 SDEROT, Israel — Israeli aircraft attacked a Hamas target in the Gaza Strip on Thursday after a Palestinian rocket strike, the Israeli military said, in the first...

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U.S ranked low in human rights and safety, new survey shows

June 10th, 20190 WELLINGTON, New Zealand— A recent poll conducted by the Wellington-based Human Rights Measurement Initiative (HRMI) asked civil society groups, lawyers and journalists...

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Freedom of expression in America has a different meaning when it comes to Israel

June 10th, 20190 When then-graduating PhD candidate Steven Thrasher made a speech at the NYU graduation commencement last month, endorsing the BDS movement, some parties felt the need...

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Iraqi citizens choked by worsening pollution problem, government negligence

June 10th, 20190 BAGHDAD —Iraq is suffering from a pollution crisis as citizens struggle with life in the slums where burning trash dumped by city officials is making life...

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Legislation introduced to block billions in arms sales to Saudi Arabia

June 10th, 20190 WASHINGTON, D.C. — Republican and Democratic senators said on Wednesday they would introduce legislation to block President Trump's plan for $8 billion in military...

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African Union suspends Sudan after death toll rises

June 10th, 20190 KHARTOUM – The official death toll in Sudan from violence that erupted on Monday, June 3, has risen to 61, the director general of the Health Ministry said on...

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Khamenei says Iran will not abandon its missile program

June 7th, 20190 Tehran — Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said on Tuesday that Tehran has no plans to give up its missile program and be deceived by President Trump's...

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