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Amnesty: US killed 1,600 civilians in Raqqa

April 25th, 2019567 The U.S.-backed assault to drive Islamic State from its Syrian capital Raqqa in 2017 killed more than 1,600 civilians, 10 times the toll the coalition itself...

Middle East

UN condemns Saudi's beheading of 37 men

April 24th, 20191178 The U.N. human rights chief on Wednesday condemned the beheadings of 37 Saudi nationals across the kingdom this week, saying most were minority Shi'ite Muslims...

Americas

Israeli minister condemns Sanders' remarks on "racist" Netanyahu government

April 23rd, 20191193 An Israeli cabinet minister condemned U.S. Democratic Party presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders on Tuesday for describing Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's...

Middle East

Alcohol shops in Mosul reopen

April 23rd, 2019797 Almost two years after Iraqi forces recaptured the city of Mosul from Islamic State (IS), small shops selling alcohol are reopening their doors and new ones...

Middle East

US to end all waivers on imports of Iranian oil

April 22nd, 20191094 By Lesley Wroughton and Humeyra Pamuk The United States on Monday demanded that all buyers of Iranian oil stop purchases by May 1 or face...

Middle East

Five Algerian billionaires arrested

April 22nd, 2019901 Five Algerian billionaires, some of them close to former president Abdelaziz Bouteflika who quit over mass protests, have been arrested as part of an...

World

Four killed in failed attack on Saudi state security building

April 21st, 20191065 Four assailants were killed on Sunday when authorities thwarted an attack on a state security building in Saudi Arabia's central Riyadh province, authorities...

Europe

Kosovo brings back IS fighters, families of jihadists

April 20th, 20191203 Kosovo brought back 110 of its citizens from Syria on Saturday including jihadists who had gone to fight in the country's civil war and 74 children, the...

Middle East

Egyptians vote on changes that may see Sisi in power to 2030

April 20th, 2019754 Egyptians began voting on Saturday on constitutional changes that will potentially allow President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi to stay in office until 2030 and...

Middle East

Mortar bombs land on Tripoli suburb as two-week battle rages on

April 19th, 2019708 By Hani Amara and Ulf Laessing AL-SUANI, Libya/TRIPOLI, April 18 (Reuters) - Mortar bombs crashed down on a suburb of Tripoli on Thursday, almost hitting a...

Middle East

Fearing death, runaway Saudi sisters appeal for world's help

April 17th, 2019909 Two Saudi sisters took to Twitter on Wednesday to plead for international protection and a safe haven, saying their lives would be at risk if they went back to...

Middle East

Christianity grows in Syrian town once besieged by IS

April 16th, 20191153 A community of Syrians who converted to Christianity from Islam is growing in Kobani, a town besieged by Islamic State for months, and where the tide turned...

World

Netanyahu passes threshold for nomination as Israel's premier

April 16th, 2019799 Israel's president said on Tuesday a majority of members of parliament had advised him to have Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu form a government after the...

Europe

French-made tanks and howitzer canons used in Yemeni war

April 15th, 2019985 French arms including tanks and laser-guided missile systems sold to Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates are being used in the Yemeni war against...

Middle East

Syria's air defences intercept missiles near city of Hama

April 13th, 20191017 Israeli planes targeted a military position near the province of Hama in Syria on Saturday, but Syrian air defences intercepted and downed some of the rockets,...

Middle East

Teenage brides trapped between IS and its victors

April 12th, 2019983 Rawan Aboud tried to escape Islamic State after the death of her abusive first husband, a militant killed fighting for the group. She was jailed and forced to...

Middle East

Israeli spacecraft Beresheet reaches moon but landing unsuccessful (Updated)

April 11th, 20191339 The Israeli spacecraft Beresheet crashed onto the moon on Thursday after a series of technical failures during its final descent, shattering hopes of a...

Middle East

Trump says Netanyahu win improves chances of peace (Updated)

April 10th, 20191044 By Jeffrey Heller Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu secured a clear path to re-election on Wednesday, with religious-rightist parties set...

Middle East

Netanyahu secures election victory (Updated)

April 10th, 2019905 Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu secured a clear path to reelection on Wednesday, with religious-rightist parties set to hand him a parliamentary...

World

Israeli election exit polls give Netanyahu the advantage

April 9th, 2019852 Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was on course to secure a right-wing governing coalition, according to Israeli TV exit polls broadcast after voting ended on...

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