Israel promotes Arab officer, highest rank for Muslim in nation
Israel has promoted an Arab police officer to deputy commissioner, the highest rank obtained by a Muslim in the nation. Jamal Hakrush will be in charg
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Senior Bangladesh editor ShafikRehman arrested in Dhaka
Prominent Bangladeshi magazine editor ShafikRehman has been arrested in Dhaka on suspicion of sedition, police and his family have said. Police say he
US Election 2016: Top UN official condemns Trump
The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights has condemned the policies of US Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump, equating them to bigotry
Guatemala’s former President Perez Molina ‘took Spanish bribes’
Guatemala’s former president Otto Perez Molina and his vice-president, Roxana Baldetti, took at least $25m in bribes from a Spanish port company
Kenya’s bid to overturn gay sex ban filed in High Court
A gay rights campaign group has filed a case in Kenya’s High Court calling for the decriminalisation of gay sex. Homosexual acts are illegal in