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  • Israeli air strikes hit targets in Gaza

    Seven Israeli air strikes have bombarded the Gaza Strip, hitting training targets held by the Palestinian group Hamas and injuring four of its members. The Israeli military said the air strikes were launched in retaliation to Palestinians in the Gaza Strip firing a missile at Israeli troops patrolling the border on the last day of the Passover holiday. The.. More

  • More barrel bombs hit Syria's Aleppo

    Activists have claimed that Syrian warplanes have targeted the neighborhood of al-Fardous in Aleppo city with barrel bombs, killing at least 40 people. A video posted on Saturday to YouTube showed severe damage on buildings and the street, while firefighters extinguished the fire. The number of casualties remained unclear. At least 10 people were.. More

  • Deadly clash in Ukraine's restive east

    A shoot-out at a checkpoint set up by pro-Russian separatists in eastern Ukraine has left three people dead and others hospitalized with gunshot wounds, the Interior Ministry has confirmed. It was not immediately clear who was responsible for Sunday's attack. In a statement, the Interior Ministry said the shooting had taken place near a roadblock.. More

  • Israel frees jailed Palestinian journalist

    A Palestinian citizen of Israel who was detained last week for traveling to Lebanon has been released from jail, but remains under house arrest and could face prison time for visiting "an enemy state". Majd Kayyal, a journalist and activist from the northern city of Haifa, was arrested on Saturday at the Allenby bridge while returning from.. More

  • Syrian activists allege new gas attack

    Activists in Syria have claimed that regime forces used chlorine gas in an attack on a village near the city of Hama. Amateur footage uploaded by activists on Friday showed dozens of villagers from Kafr Zeta struggling to breathe as a result of a toxic substance. Other footage online showed an unexploded canister suspected to contain chlorine gas... More

  • Homs civilians in danger as deal breaks down

    Lakhdar Brahimi, the UN-Arab League special envoy to Syria, has said that a deal that allowed some civilians to leave Homs has broken down. Brahimi's comments came as activists said on Thursday that barrel bombs were being dropped by regime forces targeting opposition-held areas in Homs after Syrian troops and pro-regime militiamen fought their way.. More

  • South Korea ferry tragedy death toll rises

    The death toll from a capsized South Korean passenger ferry rose to 25 as parents of missing schoolchildren blamed the ship's captain for the tragedy after he and shipping company officials made emotional apologies for the loss of life. South Korean prosecutors on Friday said that the third officer was in charge of the bridge when the ferry capsized.. More

  • Voting begins on India's biggest polling day

    From the Himalayan foothills to the Thar desert, from the strife-torn northeast to the silicon valley of Bangalore in the south, 12 Indian states are going to polls on the busiest day of general elections to decide who will govern the country's 1.2 billion people. On Thursday, the parliamentary exercise will cross the half-way mark, with 121 constituencies.. More

  • Three Hamas members killed in Gaza blasts

    Three Palestinian fighters have been killed after a series of explosions near the southern Gaza Strip town of Khan Younis, witnesses and officials said. It was not immediately clear what caused the blasts on Wednesday, but officials swiftly ruled out the possibility of an Israeli airstrike. Ashraf al-Qedra, a spokesperson for Gaza's Health Ministry,.. More

  • Syrian regime accused of chlorine gas attacks

    The Syrian government has been accused of new attacks on civilians with improvised chlorine gas bombs, in the latest reports of chemical weapons use in the Syrian war. Several videos posted on Youtube on Wednesday, April 16, show what is said to be victims of chlorine gas attacks in the northern Syrian town of Kafr Zita, in the governate of Hama. One.. More

  • Iran cuts enriched uranium stockpile: report

    Diplomats say the UN will certify later this week that Iran's ability to make a nuclear bomb has been reduced because it has neutralized half of its material that can be turned quickly into weapons-grade uranium. Two diplomats told the Associated Press news agency on Wednesday that a report by the IAEA, the UN nuclear agency, will say that Iran has.. More

  • Ukraine hits rebels amid civil war warnings

    Russia has said Ukraine is lurching towards a state of civil war after Kiev began military operations against pro-Russian separatists in the east of the country, seizing control of an airfield. The acting president, Oleksandr Turchynov, said his forces had on Tuesday taken the airfield in Kramatorsk in the first action of a threatened "anti-terrorist&qu.. More

  • Canada-Saudi arms deal has 'significant risk'

    The Canadian government promoted it as the "largest advanced manufacturing export win" in the country's history. The deal, announced in February, will see Canada's division of General Dynamics Land Systems build more than $10bn worth of light armored vehicles (LAVs) and associated equipment for Saudi Arabia. Canadian Minister of International.. More

  • Sisi gains huge support for presidential bid

    Abdel Fattah el-Sisi gained eight times the number of signatures needed to register as a candidate in Egypt's presidential election, according to his campaign. A legal adviser of Sisi, the country's former military chief who orchestrated the 2013 overthrow of the then president, Mohamed Morsi, delivered the 200,000 signatures to the election commission.. More

  • US: Russia orchestrating Ukraine violence

    Middle Eastern nations increased their military expenditure by billions of dollars last year, with Saudi Arabia's budget now the fourth largest in the world, according to figures from the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute. The Kingdom spent $67bn last year, a 14 percent increase on 2012, meaning it leapfrogged the UK, Japan and France.. More