Author: Jamey Keaten
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Iran says it temporarily closed the Strait of Hormuz as it held more indirect talks with the US
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GENEVA (AP) — Iran announced the temporary closure of the Strait of Hormuz on Tuesday for live fire drills in a rare show of force as its negotiators held another round of indirect talks with the United States over the Islamic Republic’s disputed nuclear program. It was the first time Iran has announced the closure…
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UN refugee agency chief suggests that US deportation practices violate the law
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GENEVA (AP) — The head of the U.N. refugee agency suggested Monday that President Donald Trump’s America has carried out deportation practices that violate international law, and criticized a wider “backlash” in some countries against migrants and refugees. Filippo Grandi, the U.N. high commissioner for refugees, used a speech to lament that drastic funding cuts…
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UN adds 68 companies to blacklist for alleged complicity in rights violations in Israeli settlements
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GENEVA (AP) — The United Nations has added nearly 70 more companies to a blacklist of firms from 11 countries that it says are complicit in violating Palestinian human rights through their business ties to Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank. The new list spotlights companies that do business that’s deemed supportive of the…
