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Anti-Israeli tweets irk US university
A leading academic group has criticized the University of Illinois for refusing to employ a professor over his anti-Israel tweets.

A leading academic group has criticized the University of Illinois for refusing to employ a professor over his anti-Israel tweets.

UK police say a 25-year-old man has died in police custody in Luton, UK.

The British prime minister has pledged a serious crackdown on female genital mutilation in the country.

A UK petition has urged the government to release the number of disability deaths over cuts in the country.

Israeli military forces severely beat and injure a Palestinian man in the occupied West Bank before taking him away.

Republicans attacked Hillary Clinton as “out-of-touch with mainstream America” shortly after she officially launched her campaign for the White House.

At least 26 ISIL terrorists are killed in separate military operations by Iraqi forces and armed tribesmen in the western province of Anbar.

Protesters take to the streets of Hong Kong ahead of a vote on a political reform package.

Flooding kills at least eight people in the Georgian capital, and sets dangerous animals on loose after destroying zoo enclosures.

Senior officials from the US and Venezuela have met in Haiti in an attempt to “normalize relations.”

The International Criminal Court (ICC) urges South Africa to arrest Sudan’s President Omar al-Bashir, who is in Johannesburg.

A ban on prostitution in Northern Ireland won’t reach England over politicians, says a report.

Iran is planning to build eight condensate refineries in southern Bushehr province.

Washington aims to "stigmatize" and "isolate| China by leveling allegations that Chinese hackers stole data of US federal employees’ records, says a professor.

A German daily says the International Monetary Fund has "torpedoed" a proposal by the European Commission on Greece debt talks.

Somali army troops kill a top al-Shabab commnader during an ambush in southwestern Somalia.

A Saudi airstrike targets a wedding party in Yemen, killing at least seven people, including the bride.

A senior Afghan government official and three policemen are killed in a bomb attack in Takhar Province.