Abbas tells Blinken injustice towards Palestinians driving conflict to ‘explosion’

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas told U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken that “injustice” towards Palestinians is driving the conflict with Israel to an “explosion”, Palestinian news agency WAFA said on Saturday. In a phone call, Abbas also said the ongoing escalation is down to the “practices of the colonialists and the Israeli occupation forces, and…

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Erdogan: Turkey’s Erdogan tells supporters he does not ‘recognise’ LGBT

ANKARA: Turkey‘s President Tayyip Erdogan said on Saturday he did not “recognise LGBT” and vowed to combat “perverse” trends which he said aimed to destroy the institution of family in the country. Turkey’s government, led by Erdogan and his Islamist-rooted AK Party, has toughened its stance on LGBTQ freedoms in recent months, particularly while campaigning…

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