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Abbas reelected head of Palestine Liberation Organization

President Mahmoud Abbas was reelected head of the Palestine Liberation Organization Friday, as the veteran leader seeks to strengthen his control over politics in the occupied West Bank. A four-day meeting of the PLO's parliament, the Palestinian National Council, which was not attended...

Turkey's opposition names Ince as Erdogan poll challenger

Turkey's main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) Friday named senior lawmaker Muharrem Ince, known for his fiery and impassioned rhetoric, as its candidate to challenge President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in June 24 elections. The leader of the CHP Kemal Kilicdaroglu, who had already...

Israeli court convicts Arab poet of incitement

An Israeli court Thursday convicted an Arab poet of online incitement to terrorism for using a poem as the soundtrack to images of Palestinians in violent confrontations with Israeli troops. Dareen Tatour, 36, posted to Facebook and YouTube a video of herself reading out her poem...