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Palestinian killed during clashes with Israeli troops

Israeli soldiers killed a Palestinian man Sunday by hitting him with their jeep after shooting him during clashes in the eastern Ramallah village of Kafr Malik, Palestinian medical sources told Ma’an. The mayor of Ramallah, Laila Ghannam, told reporters that 22-year-old Abdullah Iyad Ghanayim had been killed by Israeli soldiers “in[…]

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Pakistani rally against Charlie Hebdo turns violent

Pakistani students are clashing with police during protests against the French satirical magazine that was attacked last week for publishing images of the Prophet Muhammad. The clashes broke out Friday afternoon when the protesters started heading toward the French consulate in the southern port city of Karachi. The protesters began[…]

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Clashes rock Bangladesh on poll anniversary

Clashes between supporters of Bangladesh’s opposition and ruling party have erupted in several cities as security forces continued their siege of opposition leader Khaleda Zia’s office, preventing her from leaving. Monday marks the first anniversary of last year’s controversial poll, and Zia had urged her supporters to take to the[…]

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Israeli forces detain relatives of stab suspect

Israeli forces on Wednesday detained the father and two brothers of a 16-year-old Palestinian boy suspected of stabbing two Israelis near Maale Adumim. Local committee spokesman Hani Halabiya said Israeli forces detained Samir Abu Sneineh and brothers Murad and Tariq after raiding their house in al-Eizariya. Clashes broke out following[…]

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Clashes as Palestinian bus driver found hanged

Palestinians clashed with Israeli security forces in an East Jerusalem neighbourhood on Monday after the body of a Palestinian bus driver was found hanged inside his vehicle in a city parking lot. Police suspect that 32-year-old Youssef al-Ramouni committed suicide, adding that no signs of a violent struggle were found[…]

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Dozens injured during Aqsa clashes

Dozens of Palestinians suffered tear-gas inhalation and several others were injured by stun grenades, shrapnel and rubber-coated steel bullets during clashes in the Al-Aqsa mosque compound area on Wednesday, an official said. Palestinian Red Crescent official Amin Abu Ghazaleh told Ma’an that Red Crescent ambulances moved nine injured to the[…]

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Houthi and al-Qaeda fighters clash in Yemen

At least 10 people have been killed in fighting between Houthi tribesmen and al-Qaeda linked fighters in central Yemen, witnesses have said, part of a growing struggle over territory and influence between the two sides. Witnesses said a convoy of Houthi fighters trying on Thursday to reach the town of[…]

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Clashes erupt at Jerusalem’s al-Aqsa mosque

Palestinian demonstrators have clashed with Israeli police at the al-Aqsa mosque compound in occupied East Jerusalem, leaving three officers lightly injured, according to police. Al Jazeera’s Imtiaz Tyab, reporting from West Jerusalem, said that Palestinian worshippers on Wednesday morning were not allowed into the mosque by Israeli police, who then[…]

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