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Lebanon media says 3 kids amongst 5 useless in Israeli moves

Lebanese official media said separate Israeli strikes Tuesday in south Lebanon killed five people including three Syrian children, with Hezbollah announcing rocket fire at Israel in retaliation."Three Syrian children" were killed "in an enemy raid that targeted farmland...

MSF calls on UN, support teams to ‘come again to Sudan’

United Nations agencies and international aid groups must "come back and do more for the people of Sudan", the head of medical charity Doctors Without Borders (MSF) said on Tuesday.MSF international president Christos Christou told AFP that after...

4 Pakistanis killed in uncommon Oman assault close to Shiite mosque

At least four Pakistanis were killed and another 30 wounded in a shooting near a Shiite mosque in the Omani capital Muscat, officials said Tuesday, a rare attack in the otherwise stable Gulf sultanate.Shiites make up a small...

4 killed in taking pictures close to Oman mosque: police

Four people were killed and multiple others wounded in a shooting near a mosque in Oman's capital Muscat, police said Tuesday."The Royal Oman Police have responded to a shooting incident that occurred in the vicinity of a mosque...

Syrian businessman with ties to Assad killed in suspected Israeli airstrike

A prominent businessman with close ties to the government of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad was killed in a suspected Israeli airstrike west of Damascus on Monday. Baraa al-Qaterji was killed when the car in which he was traveling was...

No surprises anticipated as Syrians vote in parliamentary ballot

Syrians in government-held areas were voting Monday in their fourth parliamentary election since civil war erupted in 2011, a poll expected to keep President Bashar al-Assad's ruling Baath party in power.While voting was calm in most areas, a...

Israeli police kill car-ramming suspect after squaddies hit

Israeli police shot dead a car driver who ran down four soldiers at a bus stop near a military base on Sunday, police and army spokesmen said. Police called it a "suspected terrorist attack" and said the driver,...

Gaza civil defence says 15 killed in Israel strike on Gaza faculty

The civil defence agency in Hamas-run Gaza said Sunday that 15 people were killed in a strike on a school sheltering war displaced where the Israeli military said it had targeted "terrorists".The strike on the UN-run Abu Araban...

Hamas says pulling out of Gaza truce talks after Israeli strike focused on Deif

A Hamas official on Sunday said the group is pulling out of Gaza truce talks, following an Israeli strike that targeted the militants' commander Mohammed Deif, who was "fine" despite the attack according to another Hamas figure."Commander Mohammed...

As Gaza struggle rages, Palestinian tradition stifled in Israel

Comedian Ayman Nahas said he has kept a "low profile" since October 7, fearing reprisals as an Arab artist in Israel while the country wages war in the Gaza Strip.He is one of many Arab artists in Israel...