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One Palestinian injured by Israeli occupation fire in Bethlehem
A Palestinian was injured on Sunday by fire of the Israeli occupation forces west of Bethlehem city, the West Bank.
WAFA news agency stated that the occupation troops stormed the village of Husan west of the city and opened…
UK: Russia likely to step up Ukraine civilian target attacks
Russian shelling hit cities and towns across a wide stretch of during the night, officials said Sunday, while the British Defense Ministry warned that Russia is likely to increase its attacks on civilian targets as it suffers battlefield…
Palestinian teen killed in Israeli raid in occupied West Bank
A 17-year-old Palestinian boy was killed on Thursday by Israeli army gunfire in the occupied West Bank, local media reported on Thursday.
Wissam Bakr, the director of the Khalil Suleiman Hospital in Jenin, said that the teenage…
UN condemns loss of life in West Bank amid Israeli raids
UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process Tor Wennesland has condemned the daily loss of life in the West Bank amid Israeli military raids in the occupied territory.
"He is gravely concerned by the deteriorating…
134 dead, scores of homes wiped out in Sudan seasonal floods
Flooding in Sudan has killed at least 134 people and destroyed tens of thousands of homes in the northeast African country's ongoing wet season, police said on Thursday.
Heavy rains usually fall between May and October in…
50 million people stuck in ‘modern slavery’: UN
Fifty million people around the world are trapped in forced labour or forced marriage, the UN said Monday, warning that their ranks had swelled dramatically in recent years.
The United Nations had set a goal to eradicate all forms…
Death toll from migrant shipwreck off Tunisia rises to 11
The death toll from a migrant shipwreck off Tunisia last week has risen to 11, most of them Tunisians, as they tried to cross the Mediterranean to Italy, TAP state news agency said on Sunday.
It added that five more bodies were recovered…
Dozens of Afghan girls rally against Taliban ban on education
A group of teenage girls took to the streets of the capital of Afghanistan's Paktia province on Saturday to demand their right to an education, local media reported.
Footage from the TOLOnews broadcaster showed dozens…
Queen Elizabeth’s funeral to be held on Monday, Sept. 19
The funeral of Britain's Queen Elizabeth who died this week after 70 years on the throne, will be held on Monday, September 19 at 1000 GMT, England's most senior peer who is in charge of state occasions said on Saturday.
The…
73 Palestinians die in Israeli custody due to medical negligence: NGO
At least 73 Palestinians have died in Israeli custody due to medical negligence since 1967, a local NGO said on Saturday.
In a statement, the Palestinian Prisoner Society said the latest victim was Palestinian female Sa'diya…