Middle East
UN Warns of ‘Unprecedented’ Afghan Civilian Deaths From Taliban Offensives
The United Nations warned that Afghanistan could see the highest number of civilian deaths in more than a decade if...
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Iran Seeking to Cut Executions of Child Offenders to Zero
Iran is doing its best to bring down the number of executions of child offenders to zero, a senior Iranian...
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Cross-Border Aid to Syria Will End, Says Russian Ambassador to UN
UN authorization of cross-border humanitarian aid to Syria without Damascus's agreement will stop, the Russian ambassador to the United Nations...
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Palestinian Media Rally for Protection After Activist’s Death
Dozens of Palestinian journalists rallied outside a UN building in Ramallah Monday to demand press freedom following violent clashes with...
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Political Prisoner ‘Unfit’ for Jail Dies in Iran: Activists
A man serving a five-year jail sentence on political charges in Iran has died in custody, activists said, accusing the...
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Amnesty Urges Iraq to Account for 643 Missing Boys and Men
Amnesty International urged Iraq to reveal the whereabouts of 643 Sunni Muslim boys and men abducted five years ago by...
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Israeli-Palestinian Conflict Rages on Amid Ceasefire Push
Deafening air strikes and rocket fire once more shook Gaza overnight and early Wednesday amid an international diplomatic push to...
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‘Mixed’ Jewish-Arab Cities Pay Price of Israeli Agression
For years, Jews and Arabs have lived together in the central Israeli city of Lod. This week everything fell apart,...
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Israel Holds Day of Mourning for Stampede Victims
Flags were lowered to half mast as Israel held a national day of mourning for 45 men and boys killed...
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British-Iranian Zaghari-Ratcliffe Sentenced to One Year in Prison
British-Iranian national Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, held in Iran since 2016, was jailed for a year and banned from leaving the country...
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Over 120 Wounded in East Jerusalem Clashes
Over 100 Palestinians and 20 Israeli police were wounded in overnight clashes in annexed east Jerusalem, medics and police said...
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Syria Faces Sanctions at Chemical Weapons Watchdog
The world's chemical weapons watchdog will decide this week whether to impose unprecedented sanctions on Syria for its alleged use...
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After Natanz Blast, Iran Vows to Ramp Up Uranium Enrichment
Iran warned it would start enriching uranium up to 60 percent purity, two days after an explosion it blamed on...
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Israel Refuses to Work With ICC on War Crimes Probe, Says ‘No Authority’
Israel said it has formally decided not to cooperate with an International Criminal Court war crimes investigation into the situation...
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Yemen Rebels Admit Forces Caused Deadly Fire at Migrant Center
Yemen's Huthi rebels have admitted their forces caused a fire that killed 45 people at a migrant center earlier this...
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At Least Eight Dead in Fire at Yemen Migrant Facility: IOM
At least eight migrants and guards were killed, and scores more injured, in a fire on Sunday at a holding...
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Syria Health Workers to Receive Covid Vaccine From Next Week
Syria will start giving coronavirus vaccines to its vital healthcare workers across the war-ravaged country from next week, a government...
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Afghanistan Begins Covid Vaccine Campaign Amid Surge in Violence
Afghanistan has launched a Covid-19 vaccination campaign aimed at inoculating hundreds of thousands, as the war-weary nation reels from near-daily...
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First Batch of Covid-19 Vaccine Arrives in Gaza After Israel’s Blockage
A first batch of coronavirus vaccines, enough to inoculate 1,000 people, arrived in Gaza on February 17, Palestinian and Israeli...
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Al-Qaeda’s Leader in Yemen Under Arrest: UN Report
The leader of Al-Qaeda's Yemeni affiliate has been under arrest for several months, according to a United Nations report, in...
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