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Campaigners say bloc’s plan to use development aid, trade policy and access to visas as ‘leverage’ fails to put human rights firstThe European Union could use development aid, trade policy and access to visas as “leverage” over non-EU countries that ar…
Sudden restart of investigation sets off developments leaving doubts justice for victims will be deliveredMore than two years since the huge explosion that levelled Beirut’s port and horrified the world, a blazing row has broken out that has seen Leban…
Amir Yaron said to have warned PM that erasing democratic checks and balances could deter crucial foreign investmentThe governor of the Bank of Israel has warned Benjamin Netanyahu that his new government’s proposals for sweeping judicial reform could …
Fred Ryan says former secretary of state ‘outrageously misrepresents’ Post journalist murdered by Saudi Arabian regimeThe publisher of the Washington Post, Fred Ryan, has blasted the former secretary of state Mike Pompeo for “outrageously misrepresenti…
Lawyers demand support from Australia for five victims of Khaled Sharrouf in test case for international law on torture survivorsFive Yazidi women held as slaves by an Islamic State fighter are appealing to the UN to intervene in their case for comp…
Estimated 100,000 people took to streets in Tel Aviv in what protesters described as ‘fight for Israel’s destiny’An estimated 100,000 people took to the streets of Tel Aviv on Saturday night in what protestors described as a “fight for Israel’s destiny…
Lawyer for award-winning director says court of appeal expected to decide on case by end of weekIran’s judiciary is to rule on whether to release the film-maker Jafar Panahi on bail after his conviction was overturned by the supreme court, his lawyer s…
Culture minister’s attack on two documentaries set in Palestinian territories part of campaign to silence dissent, film-makers sayIsrael’s culture minister is attempting to revoke state funding from two documentary films dealing with the occupation of …
Checkpoints have sprung up and armed police flood the streets in the restive city where dozens of civilians were killed last year Protesters say they fear Iran’s security services may be planning an assault in the city of Zahedan – the site of a deadl…
Ministers under pressure to pass ban but some fear it could lead to collapse of nuclear talksThe European parliament has called for Iran’s Revolutionary Guards (IRGC) to be blacklisted in Europe, a move some western politicians fear could provoke Iran …