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  • Pakistan: India shells kill three children in Kashmir

    An official in the Pakistani-administered area of Kashmir has accused Indian forces of firing mortar shells that targeted a village along the disputed Line of Control (LOC), leaving three children killed and three others injured. "Two girls and their brother died when mortar shells fired by Indian troops hit their house in Kotli district along.. More

  • 'Utter desperation' in east Aleppo as bombs rain down

    Air strikes and artillery have pounded opposition-held districts of eastern Aleppo for a second day, killing dozens of people, damaging medical facilities and flattening residential buildings. Sources told Al Jazeera on Wednesday that at least 84 people had been killed and dozens wounded in and around Aleppo city over the past 48 hours, as air raids.. More

  • Scores feared dead as another boat capsizes off Libya

    Around 100 people are feared drowned in the Mediterranean Sea after a dinghy capsized off Libya, according to rescue teams frantically searching for survivors in darkness and rough seas. Rescuers and the Italian coastguard said on Tuesday that they had recovered seven bodies. According to German NGO Jugend Rettet, which has a boat in the Mediterranean,.. More

  • US aims new sanctions at Assad backers

    US legislators have passed a bill that would sanction the government of Syria and its supporters, including Russia and Iran, for war crimes and crimes against humanity in the country. The bill was passed by the House of Representatives on Tuesday, imposing new sanctions on Syria and underscoring US determination to play a strong role in Middle East.. More

  • Iraqi civilians stranded north of Mosul grow desperate

    Aid agencies say that tens of thousands of people "lack access to water, food, electricity and basic health services" in areas recaptured by the army in Mosul and surrounding towns and villages. More than 54,000 people have been displaced so far in the campaign and 700,000 people are thought to need shelter, food, water or medical support. Hundred.. More

  • Palestinians slam bill restricting call to prayer

    The Gaza-based Hamas movement and Palestinian lawmakers in the Knesset (Israel's parliament) have slammed an Israeli ministerial committee for approving a bill that would limit the Muslim call to prayer. In a statement issued Sunday, the Joint List coalition of Arab lawmakers said the "racist law" to reduce the volume of the call to prayer.. More

  • Trump ready to deport 3 million immigrants

    Donald Trump on Sunday named Reince Priebus as his Chief of Staff, according to a statement. Trump’s campaign chairman and former head of Breitbart news, Steve Bannon, will also be on the White House leadership team as chief strategist and senior counselor. "I am thrilled to have my very successful team continue with me in leading our country,&qu.. More

  • Palestinian leader Raed Salah begins hunger strike

    Sheikh Raed Salah, the head of the Islamic Movement, has declared an open-ended hunger strike, protesting bad treatment in Israeli prison, and his continued solitary confinement. Sheikh Salah, who heads the northern branch of Islamic Movement in historic Palestine, is being held at the Ramon prison, in the Negev Desert. The Israeli Prison Service.. More

  • Israeli committee approves bill legalizing outposts

    Israel has approved a controversial draft bill aimed at authorizing Jewish settlements that were built on private Palestinian land in the occupied West Bank without Israeli government permission. The bill must now pass through three readings in parliament and also be ratified by the Supreme Court before it can become law. Sunday's vote was rushed.. More

  • Iraqi Kurds destroy Arab homes in Mosul battle: HRW

    Iraqi Kurdish forces have unlawfully destroyed Arab homes and villages in northern Iraq over the past two years in what may amount to a war crime, rights group Human Rights Watch (HRW) said on Sunday. Kurdish Peshmerga fighters are part of a 100,000-strong Iraqi alliance, helped by US-led air raids and military advisers, that is battling to retake.. More

  • Taliban bomber kills 4 Americans at key NATO base

    A Taliban suicide bomber dressed as a laborer blew himself up at the NATO airbase at Bagram north of the Afghan capital Kabul, killing four Americans and wounding at least 17 people. Two US military service members and two US contractors were killed on Saturday, and 16 other US service members were wounded, along with a Polish soldier who was part.. More

  • 64 civilians killed in US air strikes in Iraq and Syria

    At least 64 civilians have been killed and eight injured in 24 US air strikes against ISIS targets in Iraq and Syria between November 20, 2015, and September 10, 2016, the US military said in a statement on Wednesday. Rights organizations such as Amnesty International have urged the US to “come clean” about civilian deaths in air strikes... More

  • Fire exchanged across India-Pakistan border in Kashmir

    India and Pakistan have accused each other of violating a ceasefire along the Line of Control - the de facto border - separating the two South Asian rivals. The Indian army said on Wednesday that one of its soldiers was killed by Pakistani sniper fire in the Machhil sector of Indian-administered Kashmir. The Indian army said two of its soldiers were.. More

  • Thousands protest against Trump's victory in US cities

    Thousands of people have taken to the streets in several US cities to protest against Republican Donald Trump's surprise victory in the presidential election, condemning his campaign rhetoric around immigrants, Muslims and other groups. On Wednesday evening, thousands of protesters thronged streets in midtown Manhattan, New York City. Some burned a.. More

  • Battle for strategic district in Aleppo continues

    Syrian regime forces are claiming to have taken over a strategic district in Aleppo marking the most critical advance in the divided city for Damascus and its allies, but opposition forces say the battle is far from over. Located on the southwestern outskirts of Aleppo, the 1070 Apartments district lies alongside the regime's corridor into the parts.. More