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Bangladesh police Thursday on charged a senior opposition official with sedition for allegedly plotting against the state when he met an Israeli government adviser, an official said, according to AFP. The move comes as Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s government is stepping up a crackdown on political opponents in the Muslim-majority country, which is reeling from

Israel’s friends in the Western Pacific: Micronesia The World Health Organization (WHO) called for an investigation into alleged abuses of “mental, physical and environmental health” rights by Israel, the only country singled out during the U.N. agency”s annual assembly in Geneva. The motion was co-sponsored by the Arab Group of States and the Palestinian delegation,

Israel’s attorney general has been asked to look into allegations that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu accepted donations from alleged French fraudster Arnaud Mimran, to the tune of 1 million euros (about $1.1 million). Netanyahu has denied the claim. “We received a request from a Knesset member and it will be addressed and treated in the

Johannesburg’s Randburg Magistrates Court ruled on Thursday that Rabbi Eliezer Berland is to be extradited to Israel, reports Walla news. Berland, who heads the Shuvu Banim sect, fled from Israel in 2012 after several women as well as a 15-year-old girl laid charges of sexual assault against him. He evaded capture in the United States,