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Mexican cartel figure arrested over missing students

Federal authorities in Mexico have captured a suspected high-ranking drug cartel member who they says is implicated in last year’s disappearance of 43 college students in the state of Guerrero. State prosecutor Miguel Angel Godinez Munoz announced the arrest of Gildardo Lopez Astudillo, whose nickname is ‘El Gil’, in a[…]

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Muhammad Allan suspends hunger strike

Palestinian prisoner Muhammad Allan suspended his hunger strike on Friday morning, the head of the legal unit at the Palestinian Prisoner’s Society told Ma’an. Jawad Boulos visited Allan in the Ramla jail medical clinic on Friday, two days after being rearrested by Israeli authorities while leaving the Barzilai Medical Center[…]

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Dozens of Palestinians injured in West Bank protests

Dozens of Palestinians were injured on Friday as Israeli forces suppressed protests across the West Bank in support of the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound amid ongoing entry restrictions. Three Palestinians were injured at the Qalandiya military checkpoint after being shot by rubber-coated steel bullets as protesters marched from Qalandiya refugee camp[…]

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Al Aqsa is burning, cry ulema

Ulema in the Western Cape have been urged to focus on the continued brutality at Masjidul Aqsa in their jumuah khutbah on Friday. The impassioned plea by the Muslim Judicial Council and Al Quds Foundation comes as Islam’s third holiest site remains the flashpoint of violence between extreme Zionist settlers,[…]

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Motsoeneng to challenge Madonsela’s powers

SABC chief operating officer Hlaudi Motsoeneng will challenge the Public Protector’s powers in a matter to be heard in the Supreme Court of Appeal in Bloemfontein on Friday. His lawyer, Zola Majavu, said the heart of the matter was whether Public Protector Thuli Madonsela’s recommendations were binding. “The issue that[…]

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Crime down on N2: WC authorities

The number of violent and criminal incidents on the N2 has been dramatically reduced since the recent establishment of a priority committee. This was according to a statement issued by Community Safety MEC Dan Plato, Cape Town mayoral committee member for safety and security JP Smith, Transport and Public Works[…]

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Parole review board to decide on Oscar’s fate

Whether Oscar Pistorius stays in jail or is released is expected to be decided when the parole review board meets on Friday. The former Paralympic athlete was meant to have been released from the Kgosi Mampuru II prison in Pretoria on August 21, to serve out the rest of his[…]

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Taliban targets airbase near Peshawar

Pakistan’s military says two security officers and six fighters have been killed following an attack on an airbase in the north of the country. Tehreek-e-Taliban, or Pakistani Taliban, claimed responsibility for Friday morning’s attack as gunfire was exchanged at Badaber Air Force base, on the outskirts of Peshawar. The assault[…]

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Croatia closes Serbia border crossings

Croatia has closed seven of eight road border crossings with Serbia after complaining of being overwhelmed by an influx of more than 11,000 migrants who evaded police, trekked through fields and tried to sneak into Slovenia by train in a march westwards that is dividing Europe. Only the main Bajakovo[…]

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Moroccan held for 13 years at Guantanamo freed

Another Guantanamo Bay prisoner has been released as part of the drawn-out effort to wind down and eventually close the detention centre at the US base in Cuba. Younis Abdurrahman Chekkouri was sent to his native Morocco after more than 13 years in custody at Guantanamo, officials said on Thursday.[…]

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