Ankara – Turkish Politician Fired After Anti-Israeli Tweet Over Istanbul Bombing

Ankara – A Turkish official linked to the party founded by President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has stirred up controversy after posting on Twitter that she wished for the death of more Israelis caught up in Saturday’s suicide bombing on Istanbul’s main pedestrian shopping street that killed five people, including two people with dual Israeli-U.S. citizenship.

Angola’s dos Santos not aware of Interpol arrest warrant, representative says

Isabel dos Santos has yet to be notified of an international arrest warrant reportedly issued by global police agency Interpol, an official source representing the billionaire daughter of Angola’s former president said on Saturday. In a statement sent to Reuters, dos Santos’ official source said her lawyers had “consulted the Interpol database and, so far,…

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Anger and confusion as strictly-Orthodox girls banned from London concert

Strictly-Orthodox girls in London have been warned by religious authorities to stay away from a women-only concert being performed by an Orthodox Jewish female singer because it may cause “spiritual harm”. The row, involving several Charedi girls’ schools and the Union of Orthodox Hebrew Congregations (UOHC) umbrella group, centres on the singer Bracha Jaffe, a…

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