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At least 15 Palestinians have been killed and more than 1,400 others wounded by Israeli forces as thousands marched near Gaza’s border with Israelin a major demonstration marking the 42nd anniversary of Land Day. Mohammed Najjar, 25, was shot in the stomach in a clash east of Jabalia in the northern Gaza Strip, while Mahmoud Muammar, 38, […]

British embassy in Moscow, Russia. © Tatyana Makeyeva / Reuters The Russian Foreign Ministry said the UK has been given one month to cut its diplomatic mission in the country to the same number of Russian diplomatic staff in Britain. The ministry also handed a note of protest to the UK envoy over London’s “provocative actions.” The tit-for-tat […]

MBS meets Bloomberg founder and former NYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg [Anadolu/Saudi Kingdom Council/Handout] Leaked itinerary shows MBS has met leaders of several right-wing Jewish organisations during ongoing US tour. Mohammed bin Salman, the crown prince of Saudi Arabia, known as MBS, has met leaders from a number of right-wing Jewish organisations during his tour of the United States. The […]

FILE PHOTO: A view through a fence shows the building of the consulate-general of the U.S. in St. Petersburg © Anton Vaganov / Reuters Russia will expel sixty US diplomats and close the US consulate in St. Petersburg, in a response mirroring the mass expulsion of Russian diplomats initiated by the US and UK, Foreign […]

  PHOTO: AFP ISLAMABAD: The youngest Nobel laureate, Malala Yousafzai, landed in Islamabad in the wee hours of Thursday, after spending nearly six years abroad. Although there was no official confirmation, reports suggested that Malala, her immediate family, and officials of the Malala Foundation flew into Islamabad from Dubai and landed Islamabad airport at 1:30am. They had taken […]

  Abdulhafid Yusuf Ibrahim The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is devastated by the loss of one of its staff, Abdulhafid Yusuf Ibrahim, in Mogadishu. He passed away Wednesday night after succumbing to injuries from an improvised explosive device, which detonated while Mr. Ibrahim was in his private car leaving the ICRC office […]

A German police handout showing Berlin attacker Anis Amri. Photo: BKA Police arrested five people believed to have connections to the Tunisian Isis militant who killed 12 people at a Berlin Christmas market in 2016, in a series of raids across central and southern Italy on Thursday. Warrants were issued for one Palestinian national, who […]

2018 presidential elections vote count starts in polling station in Cairo, Egypt, March 29, 2018 (Photo: Ahram Arabic news website) Initial results of Egypt’s presidential elections show that incumbent President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi is garnering a sweeping majority, with a vote share of around 90 percent, Ahram Arabic and state news agency MENA reported. Vote counting […]

Members of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK). Members of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK). Baghdad (IraqiNews.com) Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) fighters have handed over a border crossing with Syria to the Iraqi army, a newspaper has reported as Turkey eyes an invasion of northern Iraq against the group. London-based, Qatar-owned The New Arab said the […]

The agreement was made during high-level talks between the two countries at the border truce village Panmunjom. Under the agreement, South Korean President Moon Jae-in will meet his North Korean counterpart Kim Jong-un in the Peace House on the southern side of Panmunjom, according to Seoul’s unification ministry that handles inter-Korean affairs. Both sides also […]