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Uganda opposition leader held again as votes counted

Uganda’s main opposition leader Kizza Besigye has been arrested for the third time in a week, as provisional results gave veteran President Yoweri Museveni an early lead in an election overshadowed by persistent claims of vote-rigging. A Reuters news agency witness saw Besigye and several of his supporters loaded in[…]

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‘ISIS training camp’ in Libya targeted by US

US warplanes have carried out air strikes targeting fighters aligned with the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) in Libya, killing dozens of people, possibly including a senior leader of the armed group. US military sources told AFP news agency the operation hit an ISIL training camp early[…]

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Serbia closes Macedonia border to unregistered refugees

Serbia has closed its border with Macedonia to unregistered refugees, imposing stricter border controls for the purpose of preventing illegal migration, local state TV reported citing officials. The Serbian border with Macedonia has been closed to refugees who have not been registered at the Greek-Macedonia border in accordance with the[…]

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Israeli police briefly detain journalists

The Israeli police briefly detained Washington Post’s Jerusalem bureau chief William Booth and reporter Sufian Taha on Tuesday afternoon. The two journalists, who have government-issued press cards, were detained while interviewing residents of the Old City at the Damascus gate, in East Jerusalem. They were reporting on the recent wave[…]

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150 allegedly ‘burned alive by Turkish military’

A member of the Turkish parliament from the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party has accused the military of atrocities in Turkey’s southeast, claiming they have ‘burned alive’ more than 150 people trapped in basements. “In the Cizre district of Sırnak, around 150 people have been burned alive in different buildings by[…]

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Rigging claims and arrest mar voting in Uganda

Uganda’s opposition leader has been released after being arrested by police, with the country wrapping up voting for a presidential election alleged by the opposition to have been rigged in favour of the incumbent Yoweri Museveni. Al Jazeera’s Malcolm Webb, reporting from the capital Kampala on Thursday, said police detained[…]

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