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Israel adopts controversial Jewish nation-state law

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07/19/2018

07/19/2018

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Israel adopts controversial Jewish nation-state law

Top news: Israel’s parliament adopted a law defining the country as the nation state of the Jewish people, provoking fears it could lead to blatant discrimination against Arab citizens of Israel. Arab lawmakers and Palestinians called the law “racist” and said it legalized “apartheid” following a tumultuous debate in parliament.

Spain: A Spanish Supreme Court judge dropped international arrest warrants for former Catalan regional president Carles Puigdemont and five other Catalan separatists.

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AFRICA |

•  Eritrean troops withdrew from the Ethiopian border in a “gesture of reconciliation.”

•  A Kenyan court temporarily suspended a "Robin Hood" tax on bank transfers of over $5,000.

•  Thousands of pages of U.S. intelligence documents on Nelson Mandela were made public, revealing that U.S. intelligence agencies continued to monitor Mandela as a communist threat after his release from prison.

AMERICAS |

•  Brazil's Health Ministry says at least 744 people have been infected with measles in an outbreak near the border with Venezuela, where health services have collapsed.

•  Morena, the party of Mexico president-elect, was fined over campaign finance irregularities connected to a trust established to aid earthquake victims.

•  Alleged Russian agent Maria Butina was ordered to remain in custody after prosecutors argued she has ties to Russian intelligence.

ASIA |

•  The Global Slavery Index found that outside North Korea, the countries with the worst prevalence of slavery were Eritrea, Burundi, the Central African Republic, Afghanistan, Mauritania, South Sudan, Pakistan, Cambodia, and Iran.

•  Accusations of military interference, encroaching extremism, and a series of deadly attacks have cast a shadow over Pakistan’s hopes for a democratic transition of power in next week’s election.

•  A businessman from central China has reportedly been sentenced to four years in prison for violating the privacy of judges after he hired detectives to photograph them indulging in activities like gambling and extramarital affairs.

EUROPE |

•  Hungary pulled out of a United Nations global agreement on migration on Wednesday, citing security concerns, just days after the accord was reached.

•  A 20-year-old British man was found guilty on Wednesday of plotting to kill Prime Minister Theresa May in a planned attack on 10 Downing Street.

•  British police have identified the perpetrators of the Novichok nerve agent attack on a former Moscow double agent and his daughter and they believe the suspects are Russians.

MIDDLE EAST |

•  Several thousand residents evacuated two pro-regime towns in northern Syria, putting an end to one of the longest sieges of the country's seven-year civil war.

•  The Syrian army's campaign intensified as Nawa, the largest urban centre still held by rebels in Daraa province, comes under attack.

•  An Iranian factory has started to produce rotors for up to 60 centrifuges a day, upping the stakes in a confrontation with the United States over the Islamic Republic's nuclear program.

- By Martin de Bourmont

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