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Saudi helicopter crash 'kills high-ranking prince'
A helicopter carrying several Saudi officials, including a high-ranking prince, has crashed in the kingdom's southwest near the border with Yemen. Prince Mansour bin Muqrin Al Saud, deputy governor of Asir province, was on a tour of local projects west of the city of Abha when the crash happened on Sunday evening. The Saudi interior ministry said.. More -
Lebanese Prime Minister Hariri resigns
Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri on Saturday announced his resignation, according to the official Lebanese news agency. In a televised address from Saudi Arabia, Hariri criticized Iran and its Lebanese ally Hezbollah, accusing Tehran of planting “sedition” and meddling in Arab affairs. “I tell Iran and its followers that they.. More -
Aden: Troops killed in attack on government security HQ
At least five soldiers were killed in the Yemeni government stronghold of Aden in an attack on a security headquarters, local reports said. Al Masirah, a TV network run by the Houthi rebels, said on Sunday that a car bomb targeting the criminal investigation department of the Khormaksar district was followed by clashes. "The car bomb exploded.. More -
Seven Palestinians killed as Israel hits Gaza tunnel
At least seven Palestinians have been killed after Israeli forces targeted a tunnel in a southern town of the besieged Gaza Strip, according to Palestinian officials. Ashraf al-Qidra, spokesperson for the Ministry of Health in Gaza, said that nine others were also wounded in the attack on Khan Younis town and were taken to the nearby al-Aqsa Hospital.. More -
Clashes erupt as Kenya votes in election rerun
Protests marked the start of Kenya's contentious presidential election rerun, which has been boycotted by the country's opposition leader. Polls opened at 6am local time (3:00 GMT) and will close at 5pm (14:00 GMT). More than 19 million voters are registered to cast their vote. The country is holding the rerun after the Supreme Court nullified the.. More -
Iraqi Kurds propose to freeze referendum results
The Kurdish Regional Government (KRG) has expressed readiness to freeze the results of a recent referendum to secede from Iraq, as tensions mount between Erbil and Baghdad. The KRG said in a statement on Wednesday that its leadership was prepared to declare an "immediate ceasefire and halt all military operations in the Kurdistan region". People.. More -
Israeli police arrest 51 Palestinians in East Jerusalem
Israeli police rounded up 51 Palestinians in an occupied East Jerusalem neighborhood in overnight raids Sunday, police said in a statement. Police accused the arrested, from the Issawiya area of Jerusalem, of throwing rocks and petrol bombs at Israeli armed forces. While Israeli forces routinely make overnight arrests in the occupied West Bank and.. More -
Catalonia weighs options as Spain ups the stakes
Catalonia's separatists were planning their response Sunday after Spain took drastic steps to stop the region from breaking away by dissolving its separatist government and forcing new elections. Catalan leader Carles Puigdemont and his regional executive -- who sparked Spain's worst political crisis in decades by holding a banned independence referendum.. More -
UN rights boss urges intervention over Myanmar's Rohingya
There is intensifying international pressure on Myanmar over the violent repression of Rohingya. The United Nations and the US government hold the military responsible and are calling for stringent measures to deal with the crisis. Tens of thousands of Rohingya refugees have been arriving in bordering Bangladesh daily after Myanmar's atrocious military.. More -
Death toll in week of Afghanistan attacks tops 250
A suicide bomber has killed 15 Afghan army cadets as they were leaving their base in the capital, Kabul, officials said, taking the death toll from attacks this week across the war-torn country to more than 250. The suicide bombing on Saturday was the second such incident in Kabul in 24 hours, and the seventh major assault in Afghanistan since Tuesday. In.. More -
Taliban attack kills dozens of soldiers in Kandahar
The Taliban launched a major attack on an army base in southern Kandahar province, killing at least 43 Afghan soldiers. The brazen assault on Thursday began with two suicide car bombings, setting off several hours of fighting. Of 60 soldiers manning the base, 43 were killed, nine wounded, and six missing after Taliban fighters stormed the camp in.. More -
US: Myanmar's military accountable for Rohingya crisis
The United States holds Myanmar's military leadership responsible for its harsh crackdown on the Rohingya Muslim minority, the US secretary of state said. Rex Tillerson, however, stopped short of saying on Wednesday whether the US would take any action against Myanmar's military leaders over an offensive that has driven more than 500,000 Rohingya out.. More -
Israel approves settler housing in the heart of Hebron
For the first time in 15 years, Israel's civil administration has approved the construction of settlement housing units in the Palestinian city of Hebron. Israel is planning to build 31 housing units in the settlement of Beit Romano in Hebron's Old City, on a site that used to be a bus station on Shuhada Street. Next to it, an Israeli military base.. More -
Iraq army in 'full control' of Kirkuk as thousands flee
The Iraqi army says it has taken full control of Kirkuk following a major advance on Kurdish-held territories. The federal government in Baghdad and sources inside the city told Al Jazeera on Monday that Iraqi security forces had captured the governorate building in the center of Kirkuk city. According to security forces, troops moved into the building.. More -
Somalia declares three days of mourning after blast
The death toll from Saturday's truck bomb blast in Somalia's capital, Mogadishu, has surged to at least 231 people, according to police and medical sources. At least 275 people were also wounded in the powerful explosion at a busy road junction, which flattened nearby homes and businesses and turned vehicles into burned wrecks. Senior police officer.. More
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