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Israel ex-soldiers say troops abused Palestinian kids
Former Israeli soldiers who served in the occupied territories say that mistreatment of Palestinian children by troops is "routine" and occurs even at times of relative calm. A collection of over 30 testimonies published on Sunday by Breaking the Silence, a group of ex-servicemen critical of army practices, says physical violence, often arbitrary,.. More -
Egypt reopens Gaza crossing
Egypt decided on Saturday to reopen a border crossing with Gaza it had mostly kept closed since a militant attack killed 16 of its soldiers on August 5, the official MENA news agency reported. It said the Rafah border crossing, the Palestinian territory's only passage which bypasses Israel, would return to opening six days a week, like before the attack. Eg.. More -
Activists: Syrian Troops Kill Hundreds in Daraya
Violence has raged in the Syrian uprising against the government of Bashar al-Assad, with anti-regime activists accusing Assad's forces of having committed a massacre in a town close to the capital recently retaken by the army. The opposition activists said on Saturday that more than 200 bodies had been found in houses and basements around Daraya,.. More -
Syria refugee numbers 'surpass 200,000'
The number of refugees fleeing the violent uprising against the regime of President Bashar al-Assad in Syria has risen beyond 200,000, the United Nations has said. Even as thousands continue to flee the country, mainly to Turkey, Lebanon and Jordan, government forces on Friday continued their assault across the country. The UN refugee agency said.. More -
Cholera outbreak worsens in Sierra Leone
At least 217 people have died in the worst cholera outbreak to have hit Sierra Leone, according to humanitarian officials. Oxfam, British-based charity organization, said on Thursday that the disease had reached almost double emergency thresholds with over 12,000 reported cases. It said the number of people affected is "likely to increase significantly.. More -
Norway rules mass killer Breivik sane
A Norwegian court has found that Anders Behring Breivik is sane and criminally responsible for the murder of 77 people in a gun and bomb massacre last year, sending him to jail for 21 years and dismissing the prosecution's request for an insane verdict. Breivik, who was sentenced on Friday, has admitted detonating a fertilizer bomb outside government.. More -
US air strikes hammer North Waziristan bases
At least 18 dead after hideouts attacked in border region a day after Pakistan summoned US diplomat over air raids. A US air raid has killed 18 suspected fighters near Pakistan's border with Afghanistan, Pakistani officials have said. Fourteen other people were also reportedly injured after drone-fired missiles hit three compounds used by the fighters.. More -
Clashes in Damascus as shelling continues
Clashes have broken out in Damascus, with Syrian regime forces firing mortar rounds on opposition positions, activists say, in what they describe as some of the heaviest fighting in the nation's capital this month. The fighting on Thursday coincided with the departure from the country of UN “monitors”, whose mandate expired and was not.. More -
Kenyan clashes kill at least 48
At least 48 people have been killed in ethnic clashes in south-eastern Kenya, officials say. The clashes in Tana River district, Coast Province, took place late on Tuesday between the Orma and Pokomo groups, the region's police chief said. Most of the dead were women and children, he said. Police have been deployed to the area. The clash is the worst.. More -
Syria resumes shelling on Damascus districts
The Syrian army has deployed tanks on a ring road surrounding Damascus and shelled southern neighborhoods where opposition forces operate, the heaviest bombardment on the capital since the army reasserted control last month, residents say. They said on Wednesday that at least eight people were killed in the shelling, which was accompanied by attacks.. More -
Afghan rockets hit US army chief's plane
Rocket fire that struck a US base in Afghanistan on Monday night has damaged the aircraft of the top-ranking US military officer and injured two members of the maintenance crew. Army General Martin Dempsey, the chairman of the US joint chiefs of staff, was not near the aircraft at the time of the attack and no one was injured, Jamie Graybeal, NATO.. More -
Deadly bombing strikes Turkey's southeast
At least eight people were killed and dozens wounded, including police officers, after a car bomb believed to have been planted by Kurdish fighters exploded close to a police station in the southeastern Turkish city of Gaziantep, a senior Turkish politician and security sources say. "Unfortunately we lost eight citizens and nearly 60 people are.. More -
Somalia swears in historic new parliament
Somalia moved one step closer to a new government, with the swearing in of 215 members of the country's committee-selected parliament. The committee tasked with approving parliamentarians swore in 215 of 275 parliamentarians on Monday afternoon. Another 15 have been approved by the selection committee, but must have had their paperwork approved before.. More -
Syria airstrikes, shelling kill 100 during Eid
Government forces pummelled the battered city of Aleppo with airstrikes and tanks and shelled parts of Damascus and southern Syria Monday, killing at least 100 people during the Eid, rights groups and activists said. The crackdown escalated dramatically after a one-day lull on Sunday, the start of the three-day Eid al-Fitr holiday which marks the end.. More -
Eid in Syria marred by fighting in Aleppo
Two children were among at least 19 people reported killed in shelling by the Syrian army, as clashes with opposition fighters continued on the first day of the Muslim Eid al-Fitr holiday. Activists said the children were killed on Sunday during continued shelling on the town of Maaret al-Numan in Idlib province. The violence came as Lakhdar Brahimi,.. More
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