The number killed by Israeli forces in the Gaza Strip continues to rise as a Palestinian succumbed Saturday to wounds sustained during a demonstration days before, Gaza’s ministry of health said. Spokesperson of the ministry of health, Ashraf al-Qidra, told Ma’an that Khalil Hassan Abu Obeid, 25, died after being[…]
Russian President Vladimir Putin has dismissed criticism over his country’s air campaign in Syria, accusing Western governments of double standards in their support for the Syrian opposition. Speaking on Thursday at a political conference in Sochi, Putin said the West is using some of the rebel groups as pawns to[…]
Dozens of Palestinians were injured by Israeli forces on Friday during clashes across the occupied West Bank and the Gaza Strip, medics said, as Palestinian political factions called for a “Day of Rage.” At the northern entrance to Hebron, a rally organized by Hamas after Friday prayers was suppressed by[…]
At least 42 people died when a bus carrying elderly day-trippers collided head-on with a truck and caught fire near Bordeaux early on Friday, in France’s worst road crash in more than 30 years. Another eight people were injured in the collision on a country road near Puisseguin in the[…]
Russian President Vladimir Putin said his Syrian counterpart Bashar al-Assad had told him he was ready to talk to armed opposition groups if they are genuinely committed to dialogue and to combating Islamic State. Speaking a day after Assad made a surprise visit to Moscow for talks with Putin —[…]
Saudi Arabia could burn through its financial assets within five years, as the country grapples with slumping oil prices. The Middle East’s biggest economy is expected to run budget deficits of 21.6 percent in 2015 and 19.4 percent in 2016, according the IMF’s latest regional outlook. That means Riyadh needs[…]
One member of a U.S. special operations force was killed during an overnight mission to rescue hostages held by Islamic State radicals in northern Iraq, the first American to die in ground combat with the radical group, U.S. officials said on Thursday. Sixty-nine hostages were rescued in the action, which[…]
One Palestinian was killed and one critically injured by Israeli police in Beit Shemesh, west of Jerusalem, on Thursday after an alleged stabbing attack, Israeli media and police said. An Israeli police spokesperson told Ma’an that two Palestinians attempted to board a children’s bus in the city but were blocked[…]
Sweden said on Thursday it expected up to 190,000 migrants this year, putting unprecedented strain on a country famous for welcoming refugees but planning to house many in tents this winter. On the opposite pole of the angry debate on the migration crisis, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban urged European[…]
At least 20 Houthi militia fighters were killed in heavy clashes in Yemen’s third-largest city Taiz on Thursday, a day after they pounded it with rockets, forces loyal to the government said. Taiz, considered Yemen’s cultural capital, has suffered huge destruction since becoming a main battleground in the conflict between[…]
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