Gaza’s sole power plant will stop running Monday evening as it is unable to cover taxes imposed by the national unity government, Gaza’s energy authority said. The unity government waved the tax in a show of good will in the four months to the end of Ramadan, but the Gazan[…]
Human Rights Watch on Monday accused Israel of “abusive arrests” of Palestinian children as young as 11 and of using threats to force them to sign confessions. Israeli authorities failed to inform parents of their children’s arrest or whereabouts, the New York-based watchdog added, drawing on accounts of several children[…]
At least 27 people have been killed and 100 wounded in an explosion at a cultural centre in the southeastern town of Suruc near Turkey’s border with Syria, according to the Turkish interior ministry. Officials said three government ministers were on their way to the scene of Monday’s blast, which[…]
The United Nations Security Council on Monday endorsed a deal to curb Iran’s nuclear program in return for sanctions relief, but it will be able to re-impose U.N. penalties during the next decade if Tehran breaches the historic agreement. The 15-member body unanimously adopted a resolution that was negotiated as[…]
The Gaza Ministry of Interior said it arrested two suspects on Sunday in relation to attacks on five vehicles belonging to the military wings of Hamas and the Islamic Jihad the day before. A ministry spokesperson, Iyad al-Bazm, said the suspects were undergoing interrogation. He also added that the ministry[…]
Hissene Habre, the former leader of Chad once described as “Africa’s Pinochet” by Human Rights Watch (HRW), is about to face trial in Senegal over the alleged political killings of thousands of people during his time in power. The trial, starting on Monday, will be the first of an African leader[…]
At least 43 civilians were killed on Sunday in rebel bombing of Yemen’s second city of Aden, where Saudi-backed pro-government forces have advanced against Shia Houthi militia fighters, a health official said. More than 100 others were wounded in the bombing of the Dar Saad neighbourhood in the north of the[…]
The United States and Cuba have reopened embassies in each other’s countries for the first time in 54 years in a move that officially restores their full diplomatic ties. Cuba on Monday was to open its Washington mission with a ceremony attended by hundreds of guests, while the US was to[…]
The leader of the Islamic State group has reportedly banned graphic videos of executions just after it released a video showing a Syrian Army officer beheaded by a teenage boy, the first of its kind. The execution of the Syrian captain was carried out by a boy fighter in the city[…]
Five car bombs were detonated simultaneously in the Sheikh Radwan neighborhood in central Gaza City, on Sunday morning. Graffiti on a wall near the bombings read “Daash,” the Arabic acronym for the Islamic State (IS), however no group has taken official responsibility for the attacks. Three of the cars are[…]
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