A German politician has been seriously wounded in a knife attack police suspect was linked to her work dealing with the ongoing refugee crisis. An official for German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s Christian Democratic Party (CPD) told Al Jazeera that Henriette Reker was attacked in Cologne while campaigning for the city’s[…]
Police say two children – a two-year-old and a five-year-old – have been raped in separate attacks in the Indian capital Delhi, in the latest incidents of sexual violence against girls and women in the country. Delhi Police deputy superintendent Pushpendra Kumar said on Saturday that the two-year-old girl was[…]
A Palestinian teenager was shot dead Saturday by Israeli forces in the occupied West Bank city of Hebron after allegedly stabbing an Israeli border police officer in the third alleged attack of the day. Palestinian locals said that Israeli forces opened fire at the woman close to the the Wadi[…]
Migrants streaming across the Balkans reached Slovenia on Saturday, diverted overnight by the closure of Hungary’s border with Croatia in the latest demonstration of Europe’s disjointed response to the flow of people reaching its borders. Hungary’s right-wing government declared its southern frontier with Croatia off limits to migrants, blocking entry[…]
Palestinian Authority (PA) security forces have arrested at least 14 Hamas members since the beginning of the month, further sharpening internal Palestinian tensions at a time when unrest is engulfing much of the occupied Palestinian territory, Hamas officials told Al Jazeera. Hamas accused PA security forces of arresting seven of[…]
Two Palestinians were killed and at least 100 others injured as Israeli forces opened fire at demonstrators in the Gaza Strip on Friday, medical sources said. Ashraf al-Qidra, Gaza’s Ministry of Health spokesperson, said that Yahiya Abd al-Qader Farhat, 24, was killed after being shot in the head by Israeli[…]
President Tayyip Erdogan said on Friday the European Union had woken up too late to Turkey’s importance in stemming the flow of refugees from Syria and accused it of insincerity in talks on Turkish membership despite recent overtures. EU leaders said overnight they had agreed with Erdogan a migration “action[…]
Palestinian youths set fire to Joseph’s Tomb in Nablus overnight Friday, locals said, after throwing Molotov cocktails at the holy site. Palestinian Authority police and fire brigades arrived at the scene and extinguished the flames. PA security forces said they would open an investigation into the incident. The perpetrators reportedly[…]
Turkey shot down a drone on Friday in an incident highlighting the dangers of the multiple air combat operations over Syria, where government troops and their allies launched an offensive against rebels near Aleppo, backed by Russian jets. The army offensive south of the city, backed by Hezbollah and Iranian[…]
As the 13-year-old Palestinian boy lay bleeding on the ground, after being shot for allegedly stabbing two Israelis, a man standing nearby shouted at him to die. In the ensuing propaganda war, with a video of the incident going viral, Palestinians claim Ahmad Manasra is dead, while Israel is showing[…]
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