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  • Oren Hazan harasses families of Palestinian prisoners

    An Israeli member of parliament has verbally harassed Palestinian families hailing from the Gaza Strip on their journey to visit their imprisoned relatives in an Israeli prison, calling their sons "dogs" and "terrorists". Oren Hazan, a member of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government, boarded a bus carrying the families.. More

  • Turkey and Sudan agree to boost ties in Erdogan visit

    Turkey and Sudan have agreed to establish a strategic cooperation council and to increase trade tries, sealing an "historic" visit by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to Khartoum. Erdogan's arrived in the Sudanese capital on Sunday as part of a three-day trip that also includes stops in Chad and Tunisia. Following a meeting with his.. More

  • Deadly flooding and landslides hit the Philippines

    The death toll from Tropical Storm Tembin in southern Philippines has risen to at least 200 people with hundreds more missing, according to officials and aid agencies. Rescue efforts are under way after the storm lashed the country's second largest island, Mindanao on Friday, triggering mudslides and flash floods. Aid workers fear the number of casualties.. More

  • Philippines: Passenger boat with 251 on board capsizes

    Casualties are feared after a boat carrying 251 passengers capsized in the northern Philippines’ Quezon province, some 70 kilometers east of Manila, on Thursday, the Philippine Coast Guard said. At a press briefing in Manila, coast guard spokesperson Captain Armand Balilo said they got a report at 11 a.m. (0300GMT) from their Northern Quezon.. More

  • Israeli army responds to fresh protests with live fire

    More than 80 Palestinians have been injured in fresh protests across the West Bank, two weeks after US President Donald Trump's recognition of Jerusalem as Israel's capital, according to the Red Crescent. At least three people were injured with live bullets, more than 20 with rubber-coated steel bullets and 40 by tear-gas inhalation in Wednesday's.. More

  • Israel detains 24 Palestinians in overnight raids

    The Israeli army detained 24 Palestinians in overnight raids in the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem, according to Palestinian NGOs on Wednesday. In a statement, the Palestinian Prisoners Society said Israeli forces rounded up 18 Palestinians after raiding their homes in the West Bank cities of Ramallah and Nablus. Six people were also arrested.. More

  • Palestinians turn to UN General Assembly over Jerusalem

    The UN General Assembly will hold an emergency meeting after the US vetoed a UN Security Council resolution rejecting the US decision to recognize Jerusalem as Israel's capital. The request for the General Assembly meeting was put forth by a bloc of Arab nations, Turkey and the Organization of Islamic Cooperation, which bills itself as "the collective.. More

  • Protests held worldwide against Jerusalem capital move

    Four Palestinians have been killed by Israeli security forces in the occupied Palestinian territories on Friday. Two were killed in the Gaza Strip as thousands of people protested on Friday in the occupied Palestinian territories and across the world over the US decision to recognize Jerusalem as Israel's capital. Another two Palestinians were fatally.. More

  • Palestinians killed in protests against Jerusalem move

    The death toll has risen to four as Israeli forces violently crack down on Palestinian protesters in besieged Gaza and the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem. Local media reported that an 18-year-old Palestinian, Muhammad Amin Aqel al-Adam, died after being shot by the Israeli military during Friday protests near the West Bank city of Ramallah. Adam.. More

  • US Jerusalem move: Fury spreads from Jakarta to Rabat

    A wave of anger against a US decision to recognize Jerusalem as Israel's capital has spread from Asia, through the Middle East, to North Africa, with tens of thousands of people taking to the streets to denounce the controversial move. Protesters filled central avenues and squares in a number of major international cities on Sunday, waving the flag.. More

  • Over 200 injured in fresh Palestinian protests

    Over two hundred Palestinians were injured in fresh protests in the occupied West Bank, East Jerusalem and Gaza strip Saturday amid tension over U.S. President Donald Trump’s recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital. In a statement, the Palestinian Red Crescent updated their numbers with at least 231 Palestinians injured so far during.. More

  • Gaza: Two dead in Israeli attack amid Jerusalem unrest

    At least two people have been killed in an Israeli air raid on the besieged Gaza Strip, according to the Palestinian health ministry. Another 25 Palestinians, including a six-month-old baby, were also wounded in the attack carried out on Friday night. Dr Ashraf al-Qidra, the spokesperson for the health ministry, told local media that the bodies of.. More

  • Tense scenes as unrest over US Jerusalem move continues

    Protests have broken out for a fourth day across the occupied West Bank, East Jerusalem and the Gaza Strip following a US decision to declare Jerusalem as the capital of Israel. The demonstrations on Saturday came as Palestinian leaders were to meet in Ramallah to firm up a response to US President Donald Trump's controversial move. In East Jerusalem,.. More

  • Scores of Palestinians hurt as Jerusalem protests rage

    Thousands of Palestinians have taken to the streets of Jerusalem, the West Bank and the Gaza Strip to protest against the US decision to recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, a contentious move that has inflamed tensions in Palestine and across the region. In the occupied West Bank, Palestinians clashed with Israeli forces in a handful of cities.. More

  • Hamas chief Ismail Haniyeh calls for new Intifada

    Hamas on Thursday called for a new Palestinian Intifada in the wake of the U.S. decision to recognize Jerusalem as the Israeli capital. The group’s leader, Ismail Haniyeh, called for Palestinians to launch protests from Friday and for Muslim countries to cut ties with the U.S. Speaking at a televized news conference in Gaza City, he said: “We.. More

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