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Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu of the main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) addresses the supporters during an election campaign rally in Istanbul, Turkey, on March 22, 2024
Turkish prosecutor seeks 2,000 years for jailed opposition mayor of Istanbul
ISTANBUL — The prosecutor in Istanbul has demanded on Tuesday a prison sentence of more than 2,000 years for Ekrem Imamoglu, the jailed opposition mayor of Turkey's biggest city, for allegedly leading a vast corruption network that cost the state billions of liraImamoglu has been in pre-trial custody since March.President Tayyip Erdogan’s main political rival, Imamoglu has previously denied all the accusations against him, saying they are politically motivated, and his party on Tuesday rejected the latest charges as “nonsense.”In a separate move that also deepened an unprecedented year-long legal crackdown on Erdogan’s critics, the Istanbul prosecutor asked a higher court to consider shutting down Imamoglu’s main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP).Istanbul Chief...
November 12, 2025

Turkish prosecutor seeks 2,000 years for jailed opposition mayor of Istanbul

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks at the plenum of the Knesset, Israel's parliament, in Jerusalem, on November 10, 2025
Israel’s parliament clears controversial death penalty and foreign media bills
TEL AVIV — The Israeli parliament advanced two controversial bills on Monday, including one that would expand the use of the death penalty for convicted “terrorists” and individuals found guilty of nationalistically motivated murder.The death penalty bill, championed by far-right National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir, passed its first reading by 39 votes to 16. It now moves to a parliamentary committee for further debate and preparation ahead of the second and third readings.Ben Gvir has argued the measure would “create substantial deterrence” against terrorism and he threatened to withdraw his party from Israel’s coalition government if the bill was not put to a vote.Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had previously opposed the bill, citing concerns over potential...
November 11, 2025

Israel’s parliament clears controversial death penalty and foreign media bills

Hannibal Gaddafi, now 49, pictured in 2010
Gaddafi's youngest son released after 10 years in Lebanese detention
BEIRUT — Hannibal Gaddafi, the youngest son of the deposed Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi, has been released by Lebanon after nearly 10 years in detention without trial.The Lebanese authorities seized Gaddafi, now 49, in 2015, accusing him of concealing information about the fate of a Lebanese cleric who disappeared in Libya in 1978, when he was just two.Human rights groups had denounced the accusations.His lawyer told the AFP news agency his $900,000 (£682,938) bail had been paid.Laurent Bayon said: "It's the end of a nightmare for him that lasted 10 years."In October, a judge set a $11m bail against Gaddafi's release but this was reduced last week after an appeal by his defence team, according to AFP.Bayon said his client would leave Lebanon for a "confidential"...
November 11, 2025

Gaddafi's youngest son released after 10 years in Lebanese detention

In this photo released by Syrian Presidency press office, President Donald Trump, left, shakes hands with Syria's President Ahmad al-Sharaa, at the White House
Syria to join US-led coalition to defeat IS group after Trump meeting
WASHINGTON — Syria will join the international coalition to combat the Islamic State group, marking a shift in US foreign policy in the Middle East, a senior Trump administration official has confirmed.The announcement came as President Donald Trump met Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa at the White House - the first such visit from a Syrian leader in the country's history.In an interview with Fox News, al-Sharaa said the visit was part of a "new era" in which the country would co-operate with the US.Trump has expressed his support for al-Sharaa, who until recently was designated a terrorist by the US government.Syria will now be the 90th country to join the global coalition, which is aimed at eliminating remaining elements of the so-called Islamic State and stemming the flow of...
November 11, 2025

Syria to join US-led coalition to defeat IS group after Trump meeting

This photograph of Goldin taken while on duty was shared by his parents
Israel confirms returned body belongs to soldier killed in Gaza in 2014 war
JERUSALEM — Israel has confirmed the body it received on Sunday afternoon is that of Lt. Hadar Goldin, an Israeli soldier killed more than a decade ago in Gaza, the Prime Minister’s Office said on Sunday.Goldin was killed in the final days of the 2014 war between Israel and Hamas and his body has been held in Gaza since then.“We brought Lt. Hadar Goldin - our son, a fighter - to be buried in Israel,” his father, Simcha Goldin, said in a televised statement outside their home in Kfar Saba on Sunday evening. “We do not abandon soldiers on the battlefield, because this is a value and we don’t compromise on values. Victory means bringing home the hostages and bringing home our soldiers to Israel.”Following the burial ceremony in Israel on Sunday, his mother, Leah Goldin, said,...
November 10, 2025

Israel confirms returned body belongs to soldier killed in Gaza in 2014 war

Chancellor Friedrich Merz, pictured earlier this week, and other conservatives in his coalition cabinet are calling for their repatriation
Syrian migrants in Germany face uncertain future as government floats repatriation
BERLIN — When Germany opened its doors to refugees escaping war in the Middle East, more people arrived from Syria than any other country – finding homes, getting jobs, starting families.A question mark now hangs over their future, after Germany’s government – which has hardened its stance on immigration amid a surging far right – suggested it could be time for some to return home, voluntarily or not.Some 1 million Syrians arrived in Germany at the height of the refugee crisis in 2015-2016, under former chancellor Angela Merkel. Approximately 1.3 million live in Germany currently, including 25,000 who were born there.Now, Chancellor Friedrich Merz and other conservatives in his coalition cabinet are calling for their repatriation.Merz this week said that Berlin would approach the...
November 10, 2025

Syrian migrants in Germany face uncertain future as government floats repatriation

Eight Palestinians injured in attacks by Israeli settlers in West Bank and East Jerusalem
RAMALLAH — Eight Palestinians were injured Sunday in a series of assaults by illegal Israeli settlers in the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem, according to local rights groups and residents. The Bedouin rights group Al-Baidar said settlers attacked the Al-Arara Bedouin community north of occupied East Jerusalem with stones and sticks, injuring seven people. The attackers also burned container homes and caused significant property damage. Al-Baidar warned that the ongoing assaults pose “a direct threat to the stability of the people and their presence on their lands and pave the way for forced displacement.” In the southern West Bank, settlers assaulted Palestinians in the Umm al-Khair village of Hebron while they were working on their land, local sources told Anadolu. One young...
November 09, 2025

Eight Palestinians injured in attacks by Israeli settlers in West Bank and East Jerusalem

Israeli strike kills one in southern Lebanon amid rising cross-border tensions
BEIRUT — One person was killed Sunday in an Israeli strike in southern Lebanon, the Health Ministry said, marking the latest breach of a ceasefire in place since November 2024. The ministry said the fatality occurred in an attack targeting an area between Al-Sawwaneh and Khirbet Selm in the Bint Jbeil district. According to the state-run National News Agency (NNA), an Israeli drone fired three missiles at a pickup truck in the area. NNA also reported low-altitude Israeli drone flights over the Tyre district, Nabatieh province, the Iqlim Al-Tuffah region, and several areas of Bint Jbeil. Israeli ground forces carried out a combing operation with heavy weaponry on the outskirts of Alma Al-Shaab in Tyre. Tensions have been escalating in southern Lebanon for weeks, with Israel carrying out...
November 09, 2025

Israeli strike kills one in southern Lebanon amid rising cross-border tensions

Iraq begins special voting for security forces and displaced citizens ahead of elections
BAGHDAD — Iraq launched its special voting process on Sunday, allowing more than one million military personnel and thousands of internally displaced citizens to cast ballots ahead of the country’s parliamentary elections. Polling stations opened at 7 a.m. local time (0400 GMT) and will operate until 6 p.m. (1500 GMT). The Iraqi News Agency (INA) said more than 1.3 million members of the army and security forces are eligible to vote across 809 polling centers containing 4,501 stations nationwide. The early voting enables security personnel — who will be responsible for protecting polling centers on Nov. 11, the day of general voting — to exercise their constitutional right. In addition to the security forces, 26,538 internally displaced Iraqis are expected to vote on Sunday at 97...
November 09, 2025

Iraq begins special voting for security forces and displaced citizens ahead of elections

Umm Shukry has tended to her olive trees for 10 years. This olive harvest, she was prevented from accessing her land because of settler attacks
West Bank settler violence is impacting Palestinians’ olive harvest
HAMRA, West Bank — Umm Shukry inspects her olive trees one by one, just as she did every year for a decade. But this olive harvest season is different. Nearly all her trees are damaged; their branches bare and brittle.Examining each limb, she feels exhausted with sorrow.“I am suffocated. I am suffocated from seeing my hard work turn out like this,” she told CNN. “I used to spend so much time here under the scorching heat, taking care of them… we’ve had this land for over 50 years.”For the past two years, the 72-year-old has been prevented from accessing her land, cut off by settler violence and Israeli army restrictions. It sits opposite an illegal outpost in the occupied West Bank’s Jordan Valley. The Israeli settlers living there have assaulted and threatened her family,...
November 07, 2025

West Bank settler violence is impacting Palestinians’ olive harvest

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