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Turkey faces election runoff, Erdogan seen with momentum

President Tayyip Erdogan led comfortably in the first round of Turkey's election on Monday, with his rival facing an uphill struggle to prevent him extending his rule into a third decade in a runoff vote on May 28. Turkish assets weakened…

Book of Week: A Half Century of Occupation: Israel, Palestine, and the World’s Most Intractable Conflict

by Gershon Shafir Gershon Shafir is professor of sociology at the University of California, San Diego. He is the author of Land, labour and the Origins of the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, 1882-1914 and Immigrants and Nationalists,…
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Palestine warns of humanitarian crisis, holds Israel responsible for current tension

Palestine holds Israel “fully and directly responsible” for the flaring violent tension with Palestinian military groups in the Gaza Strip, and warns that closure of the crossing points on the borders would lead to a severe humanitarian…
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UK and US, kingpins of private military industry, mull designating Wagner

Britain is set to designate Russia’s private security company Wagner Group as a “terrorist organization”, according to a report in The Times of London, in line with similar plans being debated in the US and the European Union. A…
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Iran, Egypt discuss resuming ties in Iraq-brokered talks

Iraq is hosting negotiations between Iran and Egypt to resume full diplomatic relations, with preparations underway for a meeting between Presidents Ebrahim Raisi and Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, Shafaq News reported on 14 May. Fadahussein…
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Top Republican investigating Biden administration Afghanistan withdrawal requests transcribed interviews

House Foreign Affairs Chairman Michael McCaul announced Sunday that he had formally requested a series of transcribed interviews from current and former State Department officials as part of his panel’s investigation into the Biden…