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Heavy sandstorm hits Iraq as hospitals battle respiratory issues
A powerful dust storm has swept across Iraq, including Najaf and Baghdad.
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Iran executes two convicted members of banned opposition group
Abolhassan Montazer and Vahid Baniamerian have been hanged after Iran’s Supreme Court upheld their sentences.
Eight countries condemn Israel’s one-sided death penalty for Palestinians
Muslim-majority nations denounce Israel’s ‘increasingly discriminatory’ practices that ‘entrench a system of apartheid’.
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What are the consequences of Israel’s death penalty law for Palestinians?
Israel has become the first country to vote in favour of capital punishment in the 21st century.
Published On 1 Apr 2026
Palestinians in West Bank protest, strike against Israeli death penalty law
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas’s Fatah party had called for the strike.
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Global protests condemning Israel’s new death penalty law for Palestinians
Protesters are condemning Israel’s new bill that makes the death penalty the default punishment for some Palestinians.
Published On 1 Apr 2026
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Outrage and condemnation over Israel’s death penalty law for Palestinians
Outrage and widespread condemnation has followed Israel legalising the death penalty for Palestinians.
Published On 31 Mar 2026
‘Dangerous escalation’: World reacts to Israel passing death penalty law
Rights groups denounce Israeli legislation as a violation of international law that puts Palestinian prisoners at risk.
European nations criticise Israel’s death penalty plans
France, Germany, Italy and the United Kingdom raise concern over ‘de facto discriminatory character of the bill.’
Amnesty demands Israel drop death penalty bills ‘entrenching apartheid’
Amnesty International says bills would mean ‘punishment is being reserved for, and weaponised against, Palestinians’.
China carries out further executions of Myanmar scam centre suspects
Executions are part of broader crackdown by Beijing on scam centres across Southeast Asia built on an industrial scale.
