Family members of Palestinian killed by Israelis expelled from East al-Quds

Here is a round-up of global news developments:

• Five family members of a Palestinian killed by Israeli forces have been expelled from East Jerusalem al-Quds to the occupied West Bank. Prisoners’ rights group Addameer says Fouad Abu rajab's family members are denied al-Quds residency. Israeli authorities claimed that the family lived in al-Quds illegally. 
• Iraqi forces have liberated several strategic villages from Daesh terrorists in Anbar province. The army says 80 terrorists were killed during the operation to capture the villages northwest of the city of Ramadi. The army said its forces also evacuated ten-thousand residents held hostage by the Takfiri terrorists. 
• A defector has leaked the personal data of over 20 thousand Daesh terrorists. The man, known as Abu Hamed, reportedly stole a memory stick from the head of the Takfiri group’s internal security force after being disillusioned with the group. British intelligence services are investigating the information.
• The UN human rights chief has urged the EU to adopt a humane behavior toward refugees. Zeid Ra'ad al-Hussein said the mass expulsion of refugees from Greece to Turkey under the recent deal between Ankara and Brussels would be illegal. Hussein added that imposed border restrictions violate international and European laws. 
• China has strongly rejected Western countries’ criticism of human rights violations in the country. Chinese diplomat Fu Cong lashed out at the US, in particular, and blamed it for crimes including rape and murder of civilians. The Chinese official was speaking before the United Nations Human Rights Council.
• The US president has extended more than two decades of the country’s National Emergency regarding Iran. Barack Obama said non-nuclear-related sanctions will also be kept in place. Obama added that Iran’s policies are still contrary to the US interests and threaten the security and the economy of the United States.
• Two US presidential hopefuls, along with a group of their fellow Republican senators, have called for sending more prisoners to the controversial Guantanamo detention center in Cuba. Ted Cruz, Marco Rubio, and the 13 lawmakers introduced the resolution at a time President Barack Obama is trying to close the facility.
• Nigeria's ruling party says 32 of its members have been brutally killed in the violence that marred the run-up to the legislative elections in the Rivers state. The southern state is a stronghold of the opposition Democrats. They accuse the government of waging a smear campaign against the opposition.

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