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From PressTV
US forces arrive in southern Yemen: Report
A report says US Special Forces have arrived in Yemen to fight alongside Emirati forces in alleged operations against al-Qaeda militants in the country’s south.
Yemen’s al-Masirah television channel on Sunday quoted Tom Bawman, the National Public Radio’s Pentagon reporter, as saying that the troops had arrived in Yemen on April 25.
Saudi Arabia and the UAE last year provided financial and military support to militants to confront Houthis and the Yemeni army units that had taken over the security of the country after president Abd Rabbuh Manur Hadi resigned.
US deployment of troops comes a year after the withdrawal of its forces from Yemen.
On March 21, 2015, the US evacuated its remaining forces out of al-Anad airbase in southern Yemen “due to the deteriorating security situation” a day after al-Qaeda captured the nearby city of al-Houta.
Al-Qaeda has become stronger in Yemen taking advantage of the chaos created by the Saudi military campaign against Houthis more than a year ago.
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From Russia Today
5 suspected rapists detained in Swedish migrant center over assault on teenager
Published time: 2 May, 2016 12:04
Refugees sleep outside the entrance of the Swedish Migration Agency’s arrival center for asylum seekers at Jagersro in Malmo, Sweden. © Stig-Ake Jonsson / Reuters
Five men were arrested in a case of sexual violence at a Swedish refugee center – this time in Varmland, on the border with Norway. A boy aged 15-18 was attacked, local media report.
The police were called around 6pm on Sunday. According to authorities, the men who were detained had assaulted and threatened further violence against the teenager. The identities of the alleged assailants and their victim have not yet been disclosed.
It has also not been made clear if the attackers are residents at the center, situated in the town of Arjang.
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From the Jewish Telegraphic Agency
3rd British city councilman suspended in one day for anti-Semitic posts
Jeremy Corbyn leaving his home in London, April 29, 2016. (Chris Ratcliffe/Getty Images)
(JTA) — A third British city councilman was suspended by the Labour Party on Monday for tweeting anti-Semitic comments.
Shah Hussain, a member of the Burnley Borough Council in Lancashire, was suspended hours after the two other lawmakers who had made anti-Israel statements on social media.
An investigation will be launched into tweets Hussain sent to the Israeli soccer player Yossi Benayoun in 2014, the Labour Party announced Monday evening.
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From the Jewish Telegraphic Agency
Trump says he will try to broker Israeli-Palestinian peace deal
Donald Trump delivering a speech about his vision for foreign policy at the Mayflower Hotel in Washington, D.C., April 27, 2016. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
(JTA) — Saying he’d “never met a person from Israel that didn’t want to make that deal,†Donald Trump said if elected president he plans to try to broker an Israeli-Palestinian peace treaty.
“I am going to try and make that deal just because  — man, would that be a beauty – if you like deals. I like deals,” the Republican presidential front-runner said at a rally Sunday in Terre Haute ahead of the Indiana primary on Tuesday, according to Jewish Insider.
“A lot of my Jewish friends say, ‘You will never be able to make the deal’ because there are so many years of hatred, especially on the other side,†Trump added. “You know, they [the Palestinians] grow up as young children hating, hating, hating Israel. I think the deal can be made. But we got to be smart, and we got to use our best people; gotta use me, but you got to use our best people. And I know the best people.â€
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From the Jewish Telegraphic Agency
Rapist ex-Israeli president to request clemency for depression
Moshe Katsav walking out of the Supreme Court in Jerusalem, November 10, 2011. (Kobi Gideon / Flash90)
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Two clemency requests reportedly will be submitted to Israeli President Reuven Rivlin asking that he consider releasing former President Moshe Katsav, following a severe deterioration of his health.
The requests, to be filed by Katsav’s wife Gila and his attorney Zion Amir, were reported Sunday by Israeli news outlets.
According to reports, Katsav’s mental health has declined since he entered prison in December 2011, and declined very severely since the rejection last month of his request for an early release from prison on sexual assault convictions.
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From PressTV
‘Regime of calm’ extended around Damascus: Syrian army
The Syrian army says a “regime of calm” around the capital, Damascus, has been extended for another 48 hours.
The Syrian military made the announcement in a statement quoted by state television on Monday. It made no mention of a 72-hour lull in fighting in the north of coastal Latakia Province.
On Sunday, the Syrian Armed Forces Command said in a statement it had extended a 24-hour lull in fighting in the capital which had been announced on Friday. The regime of silence affected the capital and the Eastern Ghouta region on its outskirts.
Meanwhile, head of the Russian Center for reconciliation of the opposing sides in Syria, Lt. Gen. Sergei Kuralenko said Monday that talks were underway on declaring a “regime of calm” in Syria’s Aleppo Province.
“Negotiations on introducing a ‘regime of calm’ in Aleppo Province continue,” he said, as quoted by Russia’s Interfax.
Syria’s offensive in Aleppo is based on a UN Security Council resolution which accepts Syria’s right to fighting terrorists.
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From Russia Today
Israel’s justice minister pushes for Israeli law to be applied in West Bank
Published time: 2 May, 2016 22:43
Ayelet Shaked, Israel’s new Justice Minister of the far-right Jewish Home party © Gali Tibbon / Reuters
Israeli Justice Minister Ayelet Shaked has announced she will push for a controversial plan to extend Israeli civil law to West Bank settlements – a move that critics say would be tantamount to the annexation of territories beyond the Green Line.
READ MORE: ‘Israeli settlements in West Bank destroy environment’ – Abbas to UN
“Conditions need to be equal. There are basic laws that do not apply in Judea and Samaria [West Bank]. It is my goal to equalize conditions within one year, either by a GOC [General Officer Commanding] decree or through legislation,” Shaked said at a conference in Jerusalem on Sunday, as quoted by Ynet News.
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From Russia Today
Huge migrant camp evacuated from under Stalingrad metro station in Paris (PHOTOS)
Published time: 2 May, 2016 07:03
Migrants line up to get a meal served by volunteers at a makeshift camp of refugees and migrants from Afghanistan, Sudan, Somalia, Erytrea, set under the Paris elevated railroad near the Stalingrad subway station. © Joel Saget / AFP
A huge migrant camp under the Stalingrad metro in the French capital is being evacuated, local media reported. The notorious camp with hundreds of asylum seekers earlier saw fierce battles between refugees.
Shortly after 6:00am local time (04:00 GMT), the first migrants, including those from Sudan and Afghanistan, began to board buses to take them to refugee shelters.
French security forces were positioned early Monday morning near the station, Le Parisien newspaper reported. The authorities blocked the traffic in the area and closed the station.
“They will be sent to [migrant] centers in Ile-de-France [region] and other provinces,” said Sophie Brocas, secretary general of the Prefecture of Ile-de-France.
Between 400 and 500 asylum seekers were registered in the camp earlier on Sunday, according to French media.
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