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  • Palestinians on strike in solidarity with prisoners

    Israeli forces have shot and injured at least 11 Palestinian protesters who staged a general strike in the occupied West Bank, East Jerusalem, and the besieged Gaza Strip in support of hunger-striking Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails. Hundreds of protesters blocked roads in cities and towns of the West Bank on Monday. Stores and government offices.. More

  • Cholera outbreak claims 315 lives in Yemen

    The number of suspected cases reaches almost 30,000 in the war-torn country whose healthcare system is collapsing. A cholera outbreak in war-ravaged Yemen has killed 315 people since April 27, the UN World Health Organization (WHO) said on Sunday. The cholera infection is continuing to spread across Yemen with more than 29,300 suspected cases reported.. More

  • Hamas decries Trump's terror allegation

    Hamas Movement has rejected US President Donald Trump's comments linking it to "terrorism" in his speech in Saudi Arabia, saying it shows his "complete bias" towards Israel. "The statement describing Hamas as a terror group is rejected and is a distortion of our image and shows a complete bias to the Zionist occupation,".. More

  • Turkish President Erdogan reelected head of ruling AK Party

    Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Sunday returned to his post as Justice and Development (AK) Party chairman with the votes of 1,414 party delegates. In a speech after the historic vote, Erdogan said they are ushering in a new era for the party’s work in the service of the country and nation. He added: "The coming months will be.. More

  • UN urges Libya to release all refugees, asylum seekers

    The head of the UN refugee agency has urged Libyan authorities to free all asylum seekers and refugees from its detention centers. Filippo Grandi, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, visited one of the detention centers in the Libyan capital of Tripoli on Sunday. "I fully appreciate that the government has security concerns,".. More

  • 5,000 refugees rescued on route to Italy from Libya

    About 5,000 refugees bound for Italy were rescued in waters off the coast of Libya between Thursday and Saturday morning by Italian and Libyan coastguards, according to statements from both countries. About 2,900 people were rescued on Thursday, 2,300 of whom were found in international waters and taken to Italy, while 580 picked up in Libyan waters.. More

  • US-Gulf summit opens in Saudi capital

    A U.S.-Gulf summit opened in Saudi capital Riyadh on Sunday on the 2nd day of U.S. President Donald Trump’s visit to the kingdom. The meeting is attended by leaders of Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Kuwait, Bahrain, the Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Oman’s deputy prime minister. Iran’s interference in the Gulf affairs, the Yemeni conflict.. More

  • 'People starving' in Tabqa as SDF nears Raqqa

    A US-backed alliance of Kurdish and Arab fighters has seized 350 square kilometers over the past week in Syria's Raqqa province, "tightening their noose" on ISIL in an advance to isolate its base of operations, a spokesman for a US-led coalition said on Wednesday. Some 3,000 to 4,000 ISIL fighters are thought to be holed up in Raqqa city.. More

  • Afghanistan: Gunmen attack Jalalabad TV station

    Several gunmen wearing suicide vests have attacked a national television and radio station in the eastern Afghan city of Jalalabad, police have told Al Jazeera. The attackers, which carried AK-47s, entered Radio Television Afghanistan (RTA) on Wednesday and engaged in a gun battle with security forces. Two of them detonated their vests and at least.. More

  • UN urges end to mistreatment of Palestinian prisoners

    The UN’s point person on human rights in occupied Palestine Tuesday urged Israel to abide by international law and international standards of detention. In a written statement, Michael Lynk, the UN special rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian Territory under occupation, requested better and accessible health care, unrestrained.. More

  • UN: As many as 100 killed in CAR fighting

    As many as 100 people were killed last week in militia violence in southern Central African Republic, the United Nations has said, expressing "grave alarm" over the spread of fighting fuelled by ethnic and religious rivalries. Among the victims were six UN peacekeepers, marking the deadliest month for the UN mission MINUSCA since it began.. More

  • Car bombs kill Syrian civilians in Rukban refugee camp

    A pair of car bombs has killed at least six people and wounded several others in Syria's sprawling Rukban refugee camp near the border with Jordan, according to a rebel official and a resident. The first explosion on Monday went off close to a restaurant, while the second targeted the camp's market nearby. "There are at least six civilians dead.. More

  • US says Assad using 'crematorium' to hide mass killings

    The US administration has accused the Syrian regime of installing a crematorium in a military prison in order to destroy the remains of thousands of murdered prisoners. Stuart Jones, acting assistant secretary for the state department's Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs, gave reporters satellite pictures apparently showing snow melting on the roof of.. More

  • Hunger-strike leader Barghouti says snacking video fake

    Palestinian hunger-strike leader Marwan Barghouti has denied the authenticity of a video purportedly showing him eating secretly in his prison cell, his lawyer said. Barghouti, along with 1,500 Palestinian prisoners held by Israel, launched a hunger strike on April 17, demanding better conditions, including family visits. Last week, Israeli authorities,.. More

  • Global cyberattack alert as experts warn of more havoc

    Government offices, banks and hospitals around the world are bracing themselves for a possible repeat of Friday's global cyber attack, while tech giant Microsoft pinned blame on the US government for not disclosing more software vulnerabilities. Cyber security experts said the spread of the worm dubbed WannaCry - "ransomware" that locked.. More