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Hamas grows bolder in West Bank

Israel has warned Egyptian intelligence that Hamas operatives in the West Bank are fueling demonstrations and conducting lone-wolf operations there. Hamas operatives seem to have renewed their activity in the West Bank in response to Israeli raids in the wake of the recapturing of six Palestinians who escaped an Israeli …

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Who has been named in the Pandora Papers?

Some of those named after secret files were leaked to a consortium of journalists that revealed offshore deals. A massive global investigation has exposed the ties between world leaders to the hidden world of offshore wealth collectively worth trillions of dollars. Dubbed the Pandora Papers, the landmark probe, published on …

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Oil or Nothing: Dealing with South Sudan’s Bleeding Finances

What’s new? South Sudan’s rulers keep a tight grip on its oil wealth, blocking outside scrutiny and obstructing reforms urgently needed to ease both popular hardships and political tensions. Along with International Monetary Fund support, a peace deal has kickstarted new efforts to fix the country’s broken finances. Why does it …

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