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Mariam the dugong died from an infection caused by bit of plastic in her stomach
An orphaned dugong, made famous after it was rescued earlier this year in Thailand, has died.
The animal named Mariam died on Saturday from a…
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Kashmir communications partially restored – India
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A Kashmiri Muslim talks on a landline phone in Srinagar on Saturday
Landline telephone services are being restored to parts of Indian-administered Kashmir, India says.
Seventeen out of 100 phone exchanges in the Kashmir Va…
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US issues warrant to seize Iranian oil tanker
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Grace 1, which is currently anchored in the Strait of Gibraltar, is carrying 2.1m barrels of oil
The US justice department has issued a warrant to seize a detained Iranian oil tanker, a day after a judge in Gibraltar ord…
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Slum fire leaves 50,000 homeless in Bangladesh
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The fire left thousands of the poor dwellers homeless
A massive fire has swept through a slum in the capital of Bangladesh, Dhaka, leaving 50,000 people homeless.
About 15,000 homes were destroyed in the Chalantika slum…
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Siblings stabbed in Gush Etzion terror attack
Two Israeli siblings, Noam and Nahum Navi, aged 20 and 18, were injured in a ramming attack near the settlement of Elazar on Friday afternoon in the Gush Etzion region of the West Bank.
Police released dramatic video footage of the attack, which showed a whi…
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Explosions heard after rocket sirens activated in southern Israel
Explosions were heard in southern Israel after incoming rocket sirens were activated in several communities bordering the Gaza Strip on Friday night.
According to the IDF one rocket was launched from Gaza towards southern Israel and was intercepted by the I…
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Trump slams Talip via her grandmother, who ‘doesn’t have to see her’ now
Rep. Tlaib wrote a letter to Israeli officials desperately wanting to visit her grandmother. Permission was quickly granted, whereupon Tlaib obnoxiously turned the approval down, a complete setup. The only real winner here is Tlaib’s grandmother. She doesn’t …
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This is what Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib’s trip would have looked like
WASHINGTON — By now it seems clear that Reps. Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib are not going to be visiting Israel or the Palestinian areas of the West Bank.
Israel’s government announced Thursday that it would not allow the Democratic congresswomen to make thei…
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Tlaib granted permission to visit family but refused, citing ‘oppression’
WASHINGTON - After a 24 hours saga, Rep. Rashida Tlaib announced Friday that she would not travel to Israel. The Congresswoman from the radical wing of the Democratic Party was permitted to visit from Minister of Interior, Arie Deri, after receiving a letter …
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Ban of Tlaib, Omar, resembles South Africa’s bans during apartheid
Israel's decision to ban US Congresswomen Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib from entering the country has been compared to South Africa's bans of African-American representatives.
On Thursday, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced that Israel would not allo…
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