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Over the weekend, the government suspended funding for the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNWRA) after “several” staff members were terminated for alleged involved in the 7 October attack on Israel. The agency provides many essential services in Gaza, and has been one of the key distributors of aid since the Israel-Hamas…
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Right-wing Tories have threatened to vote down emergency Rwanda deportation legislation in the new year if it is not tightened. Rishi Sunak avoided a damaging Tory rebellion on Tuesday night over his flagship Rwanda bill in a crunch vote in the Commons. The totemic legislation, which aims to revive the stalled £290m deportation scheme after the Supreme…
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Ahead of the sentencing of former Deputy President of the Nigerian Senate, Ike Ekweremadu on May 5, the House of Representatives has appealed to the Central Criminal Court, United Kingdom, to temper justice with mercy. This followed the adoption of a motion of urgent public importance raised by the deputy minority leader of the House,…
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The Speaker of the Iraqi parliament announced on Friday the launch of his new political party. According to a report from Andolu, Salim Al-Jubouri made the announcement at a press conference in Baghdad. “The Civil Rally for Reform,” he explained, “will seek to develop effective policies aimed at finding real solutions to the political, economic and…
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