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Israeli arrests over missing teens condemned
Israel has closed the Hebron region and partially sealed Gaza Strip crossing points as it searches for three Israeli teenagers, in a move condemned by a Palestinian rights group as "collective punishment". Israeli forces have also arrested at least 80 Palestinians, including a high-level Hamas official, in an operation on Saturday and early.. More -
Russia threatens to cut off gas to Ukraine
Ukraine faces the threat of Russia cutting off gas supplies when a 06:00 GMT deadline passes on Monday after talks on a long-running natural gas pricing dispute failed. Russia's state-owned natural gas producer Gazprom said it was not extending the deadline for Ukraine to pay off its gas debts after the discussions ended in the early hours of the morning.. More -
Arrests made in search for missing Israelis
Hebron, Occupied West Bank -- The Israeli army has arrested more than 20 Palestinians as it intensifies its search for three suspected kidnapped teenagers, triggering fears of a broader crackdown. The Israelis disappeared late Thursday night after leaving their religious school in Kfar Etzion, an illegal settlement between Jerusalem and Hebron. Security.. More -
Ukraine hits back after rebels down plane
The Ukrainian military has launched air strikes against separatist strongholds in the country's eastern region following the shooting-down of a transport plane that killed 49 people. The military on Saturday targeted rebel checkpoints in Luhansk and a military base that had been taken over by pro-Russian separatists, in retaliation for the downing.. More -
Hillary Clinton warns US not to fight for Maliki
The US former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has said the United States should not intervene in Iraq as PM Nouri al- Maliki's administration was unable to function for all Iraqis despite US support. Referring to the Iraqi government, Clinton said on Friday: “You’d be fighting for a dysfunctional, unrepresentative, authoritarian government.&q.. More -
Strike in Jerusalem over jailed Palestinians
Shops in occupied East Jerusalem have downed their shutters in solidarity with hunger-striking Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails, many of whom have been in hospital. Business owners closed their shops on Thursday in the normally bustling Old City in Israeli-annexed East Jerusalem, an AFP news agency correspondent said, to observe a strike called.. More -
Two more towns fall to armed fighters in Iraq
Rebels in Iraq have gained more ground in Iraq overnight, moving into two strategically-important towns in the province of Diyala, northeast of Baghdad, after security forces abandoned their posts. Armed men, who have not yet been identified, entered the towns of Jalulah and Saaiydiyah and used loudspeakers to tell local police that if they laid down.. More -
Leading Egyptian activist jailed for 15 years
An Egyptian court has sentenced leading activist Alaa Abdel Fattah to 15 years in jail for violating a protest law and on other charges, his lawyer said. Abdel Fattah, who has been out on bail since March, was arrested along with two co-defendants immediately after the ruling was issued as they were waiting to be allowed to enter the makeshift court.. More -
Israeli air strike hits northern Gaza
An Israeli air strike has hit the northern Gaza Strip and killed one Palestinian and wounded two others, emergency services have said. The strike came on Wednesday after a rocket fired from the territory earlier in the day landed in southern Israel, causing no casualties. The latest escalation came little more than a week after a Palestinian unity.. More -
Iraq city of Tikrit falls to ISIL fighters
The Iraqi city of Tikrit has been seized by fighters from the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, security sources have said, the second city to fall to the group in two days. Sources told Al Jazeera on Wednesday that gunmen had set up checkpoints around Tikrit, which lies between the capital Baghdad and Mosul, Iraq's second largest city which was.. More -
Israel selects Rivlin as next president
Reuven Rivlin has been selected as the 10th president of Israel, ending an ugly and hard-fought campaign to replace the outgoing head of state, Shimon Peres. Rivlin received 63 votes in a second-round runoff on Tuesday in the Knesset, the Israeli parliament. He defeated Meir Sheetrit, a centrist politician, who received 53 votes. Rivlin is a former.. More -
Kuwait opposition demands end to corruption
Thousands of anti-government protesters have rallied in Kuwait, demanding an end to alleged multi-million dollar corrupt transactions which they say involve government officials. The protesters came out in response to a call made by veteran opposition leader Musallam al-Barrack, who vowed to reveal the names of officials he accused of complicity in.. More -
S Sudan leaders agree to form new government
South Sudan's president and rebel chief have met in Addis Ababa in a bid to end six months of civil war, agreeing to forge a transitional government within a 60-day deadline, Ethiopia's prime minster says. President Salva Kiir and rebel leader Riek Machar met on Tuesday on the sidelines of a regional leaders' summit organized by the East African regional.. More -
Assad offers amnesty to Syrian opponents
Bashar al-Assad has announced a general amnesty for prisoners, less than a week after he was re-elected to another seven-year term as Syria's president, state media reported. Assad's decree, released on Monday, said pardons will be offered to those accused of "terrorist acts" or those who "set up a group aimed at changing the economic.. More -
Egypt arrests seven over Tahrir sex attack
Egyptian police have arrested seven men accused of sexually assaulting and stripping a woman during celebrations in Cairo's Tahrir Square on Sunday marking the inauguration of the president. Police were also investigating 27 complaints of sexual harassment against women in Tahrir, where tens of thousands celebrated Abdel Fattah el-Sisi's inauguration,.. More
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