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View all search resultsAn Indonesian city plans to slap its gay and transgendered residents with a one million rupiah ($70) fine for disturbing "public order", underscoring a marked rise in discrimination against the Muslim-majority nation's small LGBT community.
The Palestinian leadership is weighing retaliatory measures against US penalties, including halting security cooperation, a senior Palestinian official said Wednesday."It's among possible steps we are thinking about," Hanan Ashrawi, a member of the Palestine Liberation Organisation's executive committee, told journalists in the West Bank city of Ramallah."We are thinking of many things that can be done," she added.Ashrawi was responding to a question about the possibility of a complete break with Washington, including security ties.The United States has given the Palestinian Authority security forces some $61 million in aid this year, according to the US embassy for Israel.US-based news site Axios reported that a Palestinian security and intelligence delegation was in Washington earlier this month for talks with the CIA.Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas cut off diplomatic talks with the US administration after President Donald Trump ...
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