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Eastern Ukraine voting to choose future of Donetsk, Luhansk

Sun May 11, 2014 12:54:45

Polling stations have opened in Donetsk and Luhansk regions seeking independence from central government in Ukraine.

Israel attempts to whitewash spying on US

Sun May 11, 2014 12:24:01

Israel has angrily reacted to recent media reports about its spying on the United States and tried to whitewash the controversy by claiming that there are attempts to disturb Tel Aviv-Washington ties.

Lebanese patriarch urged not to visit Palestinian occupied lands

Sun May 11, 2014 11:29:29

A prominent Palestinian Christian activist group has urged the Lebanese patriarch to reconsider an upcoming trip to al-Quds, as controversy mounts over what could potentially be the first visit of a Maronite religious leader to the holy city since Israel's creation in 1948.

9 million Syrians now displaced: UN

Sun May 11, 2014 11:07:32

The United Nation’s top humanitarian field operations official has said more than 9 million Syrians have been displaced by the country’s conflict.

Takfiri bombing kills 3, injures 3 in Syria’s Hama

Sun May 11, 2014 10:34:24

At least three people have been killed in a fresh car bomb attack carried out by foreign-sponsored militants in Syria’s west-central Hama Province, local sources say.

Hamas welcomes UN rapporteur’s remarks on Israel

Sun May 11, 2014 09:57:46

Palestinian resistance movement Hamas has praised recent comments by a senior UN official against the Israeli regime’s illegal settlement expansion on the occupied Palestinian lands.

Documents reveal CIA rendition network in Djibouti

Sun May 11, 2014 09:39:39

New evidence culled from a court case involving CIA contractors has revealed flight paths through Djibouti that appear to indicate the country’s role as a hub of the CIA’s rendition network in Africa, according to documents released by the UK-based human rights group Reprieve and New York University’s Global Justice Clinic.

UN, Lebanon plan to set up camps for Syrian refugees

Sun May 11, 2014 08:34:06

A Lebanese minister says his country is in talks with the United Nations over the setting up of “official” camps to shelter the Syrian refugees who have fled the foreign-backed crisis in their homeland.

Syria declares final list of presidential candidates

Sat May 10, 2014 23:13:29

Syria’s Supreme Constitutional Court (SCC) has announced that the final list of the country’s approved candidates for its upcoming presidential election came down to three individuals: Bashar Hafez al-Assad, Maher Abdul-Hafiz Hajjar and Hassan Abdullah al-Nouri.

UN HR official urges global boycott of Israeli goods

Sat May 10, 2014 22:39:08

A United Nations human rights official has called on institutions and businesses around the globe to boycott goods and products from the Israeli regime’s illegal settlements.

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