Islamic Jihad Raed Jundiya dies after clash with Hamas police
GAZA CITY, Palestinian Territories: Islamic Jihad severed contacts with the Hamas rulers of Gaza Sunday after a commander in its military wing died of wounds sustained in a police shooting, a leader...
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KABUL: The Afghan government on Sunday pushed the US for answers on how Taliban rebels were allowed to open an office in Qatar that resembled an embassy, yet said it remained committed to the peace...
View ArticleFamily gathers as fears grow for ‘critical’ Mandela
JOHANNESBURG: The family of critically ill anti-apartheid icon Nelson Mandela gathered around his hospital bedside on Monday as millions in South Africa and across the world feared for the worst....
View ArticleLebanese troops killed in clashes with Sunni radicals
SIDON, Lebanon: Sixteen soldiers have been killed in clashes with supporters of a radical Sunni cleric in southern Lebanon, the army said Monday, in violence tied to rising sectarian tensions fanned...
View ArticleAngelina Jolie urges UN Security Council to act on war rapes
UNITED NATIONS: Screen star Angelina Jolie on Monday criticized UN Security Council powers for their lack of action over wartime rapes, invoking Syria and other conflicts in a surprise speech to the...
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