Imprisoned Palestinian journalist Muhammad al-Qiq was suddenly transferred from HaEmek Hospital in Afula to a medical clinic in al-Ramla prison on Thursday, the Palestinian Committee for Prisoners’ Affairs said. The committee said the reasons for al-Qiq’s transfer were not explained, pointing out that he is still undergoing medical treatment for[…]
The Syrian advance comes amid a government offensive to capture Palmyra that began earlier this month with support from Russian fighter jets. A Russian commando who was calling in coordinates for air strikes was killed, said an unidentified Russian military spokesman from the Hmeymim base in Latakia. “The soldier died[…]
Two pieces of debris found in Mozambique are “almost certainly from MH370”, Australia and Malaysia said on Thursday, after technical analysis provided fresh clues to the fate of the missing Malaysia Airlines aircraft. Until the latest discoveries, only a wing part recovered from a beach on the Indian Ocean island[…]
A coal mine accident in northern China has killed 19 miners, Chinese state media reported. The accident happened on Wednesday night on an underground platform in a mine in Shuozhou city in Shanxi province, the official Xinhua News Agency said. Its brief report cited the Shanxi Datong Coal Mine Group,[…]
Turkey said on Wednesday it had detained and then deported one of the two suspected suicide bombers at Brussels airport, suggesting Belgian authorities ignored a warning that he was a “foreign terrorist fighter”. President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Turkish authorities detained Brahim el-Bakraoui in June last year in Gaziantep, close[…]
Niger’s president has been re-elected as his main opponent remains in France seeking medical treatment after being jailed for several months. The electoral commission released results on Tuesday showing that President Mahamadou Issoufou received more than 92 percent of the runoff vote. His rival Hama Amadou received 18 percent of[…]
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has expressed hope that the United States will continue to support Israel at the United Nations by opposing all resolutions on the creation of a Palestinian state. Addressing the annual conference of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC), Washington’s most influential pro-Israel lobbying group,[…]
Four men torched a car from the ride hailing company Uber in the Kenyan capital Nairobi on Wednesday, police said, on the same day Uber launched its services in Mombasa, Kenya’s second largest city. The driver escaped unhurt, police said. This is the second attack against Uber cars in Kenya[…]
A fifth person has died of Ebola in southeast Guinea since March 17, a health official told Reuters on Tuesday, raising concerns that a recent flare-up of the deadly virus could spread. The latest case was detected in Macenta prefecture, about 200 kilometres from the village of Korokpara where the[…]
Congo Republic’s President Denis Sassou Nguesso was on course on Tuesday to extend his long rule, according to preliminary election results that the opposition dismissed as fraudulent as police and troops patrolled the capital’s streets. Election commission president Henri Bouka told reporters that Sassou Nguesso, who has ruled Congo for[…]
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