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HRW accuses Saudi Arabia of repression despite reforms

Human Rights Watch accused Saudi Arabia Thursday of violating international humanitarian law in Yemen and stepping up arrests and prosecutions of activists seeking reform or voicing peaceful dissent. In its World Report 2018, which reviews human rights practices in more than 90...

Israel apologizes to Jordan over embassy shooting

Israel confirmed Thursday it had reached a deal with Jordan over a shooting incident last July at the Israeli embassy in Amman that left two Jordanians dead. “Israel and Jordan have reached an agreement over the shooting incident which occurred at the Israeli embassy in Amman in which...

Spain holds two alleged smugglers over migrant deaths

Spanish authorities have detained two men allegedly responsible for a boat carrying migrants to the Canary Islands, seven of whom drowned or died from "hypothermia, exhaustion and hunger", a court said Thursday. The inflatable boat was found Monday off a beach at the popular resort of...

Woody Allen says claim he molested daughter 'discredited'

Woody Allen Thursday issued another denial of child molestation, accusing his ex-lover's family of "cynically" jumping on the Time's Up movement in Hollywood to repeat a "discredited allegation." The legendary American film director issued the statement after his estranged, adopted...