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Israel’s occupation of the West Bank and Gaza deprives the Palestinian economy of almost £4.4bn a year, equivalent to about 85% of the nominal gross domestic product of Palestine, according to a report published in Ramallah…

Israel’s occupation of the West Bank and Gaza deprives the Palestinian economy of almost £4.4bn a year, equivalent to about 85% of the nominal gross domestic product of Palestine, according to a report published in Ramallah…

Israel’s occupation of the West Bank and Gaza deprives the Palestinian economy of almost £4.4bn a year, equivalent to about 85% of the nominal gross domestic product of Palestine, according to a report published in Ramallah…

Sam Jones and agencies A Saudi woman sentenced to be lashed 10 times for defying the country’s ban on female drivers has had her punishment overturned by the king. The woman, named as Shaima Jastaina and believed to be in her 30s, was…

Kenya’s deputy prime minister, Uhuru Kenyatta, took the witness stand at the international criminal court yesterday to deny planning ethnic attacks during the 2007-2008 election violence, in a case that will help define the country’s…

Kenya’s deputy prime minister, Uhuru Kenyatta, took the witness stand at the international criminal court yesterday to deny planning ethnic attacks during the 2007-2008 election violence, in a case that will help define the country’s…

An American fugitive who hijacked a plane in the 1970s lived openly in Guinea-Bissau during the 1980s under his real name, a retired US ambassador to the African nation claims. The former ambassador, John Blacken, said the embassy knew…

Turkey is pressing ahead with plans to impose its own sanctions on Syria, despite European powers backing down from using the UN to punish the regime for its crackdown on the protest movement. The Turkish measures are likely to be…

A Chinese attempt to establish an alternative to the Nobel peace prize appeared to have flopped after just one award ceremony when the government confirmed yesterday that the group overseeing the award had been...The Guardian

Dominique Strauss-Kahn met yesterday with a Frenchwoman who says he tried to rape her, as the two were jointly questioned by investigators deciding on whether to pursue the case. The Paris prosecutor’s office is investigating Tristane…