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  • Assad regime attack targets Yarmouk refugee camp

    The Syrian regime has shelled the Yarmouk refugee camp late Friday in southern Damascus, a local activist said. This is not the Syrian regime's first attack on the camp. On Wednesday, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon condemned another attack, which was carried out Tuesday, urging the Syrian regime to "immediately end any military operation that.. More

  • Israeli army attack journalists in Bethlehem

    Three journalists were injured Saturday when Israeli troops used teargas to disperse a protest by Palestinian journalists in the West Bank city of Bethlehem. The protest, organized by the Palestinian Journalists' Syndicate, was staged on the eve of World Press Freedom Day, which is celebrated on May 3. Israeli army troops used teargas and stun grenades.. More

  • U.S. led strikes kills 52 civilians in Syria

    The death toll from an air strike by U.S.-led forces on the northern Syrian province of Aleppo has risen to 52 including seven children, a group monitoring the conflict said on Saturday. Rami Abdulrahman, who runs the British-based Observatory for Human Rights, said the death toll from Friday's strike was the highest civilian loss in a single attack.. More

  • France berated for ‘religious’ skirt ban on Muslim girl

    French anti-Islamophobia groups have strongly condemned the recent school suspension of a Muslim girl for wearing a long black skirt to class. Abdallah Zekri, president of the National Observatory against Islamophobia, told the Anadolu Agency Wednesday that it was “outrageous and unacceptable" that a girl was suspended on the pretext of.. More

  • Mass graves of Muslim Rohingya found in Thai south

    The bodies of 32 Rohingya Muslims thought to have been trafficked into Thailand from Myanmar were discovered buried near a clandestine jungle work camp in the Thai south Friday. A Malaysian is reported to have chanced upon the camp and alerted authorities. Police Colonel Wirasan Tanpiam of Sadao police station told The Anadolu Agency on Friday that.. More

  • Palestinian shop owners stage strike

    Palestinians staged a strike on Tuesday in a number of Israeli cities and towns to protest the recent demolition of several Arab homes by the Israeli authorities. Eyewitnesses told The Anadolu Agency that schools and shops were closed on Tuesday and streets mostly empty of pedestrians in several Arab-populated cities in Israel. The strike comes in.. More

  • Nepal earthquake death toll above 4,700

    As rescue operations shift towards remote regions of Nepal after Saturday's devastating earthquake, the death toll has climbed to 4,759 as rescuers continue to unearth victims. More than 9,000 people have also been found injured since the quake, according to figures released by Nepali police on Tuesday, as emergency services workers continued to search.. More

  • More aftershocks in Nepal as death toll soars

    Nepal has been rocked by aftershocks as the death toll from the magnitude 7.8 quake rose to at least 4,000, as aid agencies prepared "massive" humanitarian operations. Nepal police said on their Facebook page late on Monday evening that over 3,904 deaths had been counted so far, and 7,180 more were reported injured. In addition, an avalanche.. More

  • UN blames Israel for school attacks during Gaza war

    A UN inquiry has blamed Israeli security forces for seven deadly attacks on UN schools in Gaza that were used as shelters for safety during last year's offensive. UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said in a statement on Monday that he deplored the attacks that killed at least 44 Palestinians and injured at least 227 others at the UN sites. "It.. More

  • South Africa and Nigeria spar over xenophobic violence

    The recent xenophobic violence in South Africa against migrant workers has sparked a new diplomatic rift with Nigeria, with the South African government condemning Nigeria's decision to withdraw its envoys from Pretoria. On Sunday, the South African government released a statement calling Nigeria's move "an unfortunate and regrettable step".. More

  • Erdogan: Gulf countries' security is Turkey's security

    Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Turkey and Kuwait both want stability, prosperity and peace in the region. Before his upcoming visit to Kuwait on Monday, Erdogan gave an exclusive interview to Kuwait News Agency (KUNA) about regional and international developments. Erdogan stressed Ankara's "solid ties" with all GCC states and.. More

  • Aftershocks rattle Nepal after worst quake in decades

    Nepal is scrambling to save thousands of people who remain buried under rubble following its worst earthquake in decades, as dozens of aftershocks continue to rumble around the quake's epicenter near the nation's capital. On Saturday the Nepalese government declared a state of emergency after a 7.8-magnitude earthquake struck the Himalayan nation,.. More

  • Syria regime loses stronghold in Idlib

    Fighters of Syria's opposition have overrun the last major regime-held city in the northwestern province of Idlib, according to the monitoring group. The fighters launched their attack on Jisr al-Shughur on Thursday, seeking to capitalize on their capture of the provincial capital last month and open up a strategic assault route to the regime's stronghold.. More

  • Nepal declares state of emergency after killer quake

    The government of Nepal has declared a state of emergency after a 7.9 magnitude earthquake struck the country and killed hundreds of people, and touched off a deadly avalanche on Mount Everest. Police said that at least 1,130 people were killed on Saturday in the powerful quake that shook 80km east of Pokhara, about half way between the town and the.. More

  • EU to triple funding for migrant rescue operations

    EU leaders have agreed on Thursday to triple funding for search-and-rescue operations in the Mediterranean Sea after up to 900 people lost their lives off the Libyan coast last weekend, said the German Chancellor Thursday. Angela Merkel said after an emergency meeting in Brussels on Thursday: "We want to move quickly. So we will triple the financial.. More