INTERNATIONAL Hundreds of people on Saturday attended a funeral in Ramallah held for two Palestinians who were killed early in October by Israeli security forces, reports Anadolu Agency. Israeli authorities turned over the bodies of Salameh Sharay’a and Khaled Anbar to their families at a checkpoint in the West Bank on[…]
INTERNATIONAL US forces killed two Islamic State group “officials” in an overnight raid in eastern Syria, US Central Command (Centcom) said on Sunday. The forces “conducted a successful helicopter raid in eastern Syria at 2.57am (11.57 GMT)… killing two ISIS officials,” Centcom said in a statement, using an alternative acronym for the IS group[…]
INTERNATIONAL Israeli forces, on Wednesday, detained a senior Hamas leader in an overnight raid in the occupied West Bank, according to his son, Anadolu News Agency reports. “Nayef Al-Rajoub was arrested after Israeli forces raided his home” in the town of Dura, south-west of Hebron, his son, Mohamed, told Anadolu Agency. No reason[…]
Myanmar’s armed forces killed at least 25 people in a confrontation with opponents of the military at a town in the centre of the Southeast Asian nation, villagers said on Sunday, as people increasingly take up arms against the generals who seized power in a coup five months ago. A[…]
Iraqi security forces have raided a base belonging to a powerful Iran-backed armed group in southern Baghdad and detained at least 14 militia members, sources have told Al Jazeera. The raid late on Thursday was the most brazen action by Iraqi forces against a major Iran-backed group in years and[…]
The South African National Editors’ Forum has condemned the raid at author Jacques Pauw’s Riebeek Kasteel home, saying it is a threat to media freedom. Pauw’s house was raided by the crimes against the state unit of the Hawks. “The speculation at the moment is that rogue elements in the[…]
The Hawks have confirmed that an early morning raid is currently underway on Wednesday at the Saxonwold residence of the controversial Gupta family. Hawks spokesperson Hangwani Mulaudzi told News24 that officers were on scene, but could not immediately confirm the details of the operation. “We are there. We will be[…]
Interior ministry denies police stormed union building but confirms arrest of two opposition-linked journalists. Egyptian police have stormed the press syndicate in Cairo and arrested two journalists critical of the government, a syndicate official and reporters said in what the union called an unprecedented crackdown. The interior ministry denied officers[…]
At least three policemen and one civilian were killed in a blast at an apartment on Thursday in Giza, east of Cairo, the Interior Ministry said in a statement. Thirteen people were wounded, the ministry statement said, without specifying if they were civilians or policemen. According to the ministry, the[…]
Belgian investigators believe explosives used in the attacks in Paris in November may have been made in an apartment in Brussels that was rented under a false name and where a fingerprint of a key fugitive was found. Police found material that could be used to make explosives, traces of[…]
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