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Hamas armed wing warns Israel over prisoner demands

The Hamas group’s armed wing Ezzedine al-Qassam Brigades has given Israel 24 hours to respond to the demands of hunger strikers inside the Israeli prisons. "We warn the Israeli enemy of ignoring the just and legitimate demands of our prisoners," Abu Ubaida, the spokesman for the al-Qassam Brigades, said in a recorded speech broadcast.. More

216775 03/05/2017
UNESCO passes Jerusalem resolution critical of Israel

UNESCO's executive board has passed a resolution that criticizes Israel's actions in occupied Jerusalem and the Gaza Strip, with Palestinian leaders hailing the move as a "step forward" and a "victory for international law". The resolution, which describes Jerusalem as "occupied" and declares Israel's sovereignty over.. More

216772 03/05/2017
Blast hits NATO convoy in central Kabul

At least eight people were killed in a large explosion in Afghanistan's capital, Kabul, officials said, with reports saying the target was a NATO convoy. The attacker blew up his explosive-laden vehicle next to the convoy near a National Defense Security (NDS) checkpoint on Shash Darak road in the central Macroyan area early on Wednesday, military.. More

216769 03/05/2017
Airstrike kills 15 Iraqi civilians in Mosul: Activist

At least 15 Iraqi civilians were killed on Sunday when a warplane struck their house in western Mosul, according to an Iraqi rights activist. "The victims were taking refuge inside the house when the plane struck the building," Mohamed Fadel told Anadolu Agency. He said five other people were injured in the attack. It remains unclear.. More

216709 01/05/2017
Saudi Arabia arrests 46 over 2016 Medina mosque attack

Saudi Arabia has arrested 46 people suspected of belonging to a cell responsible for an attack in Medina outside of one of Islam's holiest sites last year. "Investigations revealed they were directly involved in the crime of targeting worshippers in the Prophet's sacred mosque," Interior Ministry spokesman Major-General Mansour al-Turki told.. More

216703 01/05/2017
Air strikes 'kill White Helmets rescuers' in Hama

Air strikes have killed at least eight first responders from the Syria Civil Defense in Hama province, according to the group also known as The White Helmets. Saturday's air strikes hit the rescuers' center in Kafr Zita, located in northwestern Syria. Civilians who rushed to the scene to help were also struck, according to the Syria Civil Defense’s.. More

216706 30/04/2017
Erdogan says West ignores famine in Africa

The West has ignored the plight of 14 million people facing famine in Africa, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Wednesday. Turkey would continue to stand alongside “suffering people trying to keep alive in poverty,” he added at an Ankara press conference with Somalian President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed. “At least 14 million people,.. More

216646 27/04/2017
France: Assad regime behind chemical attack

France claims it has scientific proof that the Syrian regime was responsible for a suspected chemical attack that killed 87 people earlier this month. Foreign Minister Jean-March Ayrault said on Wednesday that chemical analysis of samples taken from the opposition-held village of Khan Sheikhoun "bears the signature" of Bashar al-Assad's regime. &q.. More

216643 27/04/2017
Turkey suspends 9,000 police officers for 'Gulen links'

Turkey has temporarily suspended more than 9,000 personnel from the country's police force while they are investigated for suspected links to US-based cleric Fethullah Gulen, the country's state-run news agency said. Anadolu Agency said that police personnel were removed from duty on Wednesday, hours after Turkey launched nationwide operations, detaining.. More

216640 27/04/2017
Turkish court declines to hear CHP referendum appeal

A Turkish court has declined to hear an appeal by the main opposition party challenging the acceptance of unstamped ballots in the referendum to expand the powers of the presidency. The Council of State, Turkey's high judicial body handling complaints and appeals against state and public institutions, said it had no jurisdiction in the case, state-run.. More

216619 26/04/2017
U.S. moves THAAD anti-missile to South Korean site, sparking protests

The U.S. military started moving parts of its controversial THAAD anti-missile defense system to a deployment site in South Korea on Wednesday amid high tensions over North Korea's missile and nuclear programs. The earlier-than-expected move prompted protests by hundreds of local residents and was denounced by the frontrunner in South Korea's presidential.. More

216610 26/04/2017
Millions facing famine in Yemen

The UN has warned that 17 million Yemenis will be in famine unless the world sends urgent humanitarian help. Antonio Guterres, the UN chief, issued a call to action on Tuesday at the aid conference held in Geneva where donor countries pledged almost $1.1bn. But UN says the amount is half of what is needed to combat what it is calling "the world's.. More

216607 26/04/2017
Air strikes kill civilians fleeing Syria's Raqqa

Air strikes have killed at least 11 people, seven of them children, as they tried to flee the fighting in Syria's northern Raqqa province, witnesses and a monitor said. A family was killed in a suspected US-led coalition air strike that targeted their car while leaving the city of Tabqa, the UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported on.. More

216586 25/04/2017
Refugee boat sinks between Greece and Turkey, 16 drown

At least 16 people, including two children, have drowned when an inflatable boat sank in the eastern Aegean Sea between Greece and Turkey, according to Greek authorities. Greece's coastguard said on Monday that the bodies of nine people - six women, two men and a child - had been recovered overnight from Greek waters off the island of Lesbos, while.. More

216577 25/04/2017
North Korea threatens to sink approaching US carrier

North Korea threatened on Sunday to sink a US aircraft carrier cruising towards the tense Korean peninsula, and said it would strike Australia with nuclear weapons if it "blindly" followed its American ally. The latest warnings from Pyongyang came as two Japanese navy ships joined the American supercarrier strike group for exercises in the.. More

216565 24/04/2017

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