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Jerusalem archbishop condemns Israeli forces raid at journalist's funeral
May 17, 2022
OCCUPIED JERUSALEM — The Catholic archbishop in Jerusalem on Monday strongly criticised Israel's "police invasion" last week of a Christian hospital ahead of the funeral of slain Al Jazeera reporter Shireen Abu Akleh.The veteran journalist was shot dead during an Israeli forces raid in the West Bank. ...
Lebanon vote weakens Hizbollah bloc as reformists book gains
May 17, 2022
BEIRUT — An election in crisis-hit Lebanon appears to have dealt a setback to the big ...
Thousands hospitalised as latest sandstorm brings Iraq to standstill
May 17, 2022
BAGHDAD — Another sandstorm that descended on Monday on climate-stressed Iraq sent at ...
Terrorists, drought and distrust: the crises facing Somalia’s new president
May 16, 2022
NAIROBI — Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, who won Sunday’s long-overdue presidential election in Somalia, takes charge as the troubled nation reels f ...
First commercial flight in 6 years leaves Yemen's rebel-held capital to Amman
May 16, 2022
SANAA — The first commercial flight in nearly six years took off from Yemen's rebel-held capital Monday, a major step forward in a peace pro ...
Palestinians mourn Israel's creation amid outcry over funeral raid
May 15, 2022
OCCUPIED JERUSALEM — Palestinians rallied Sunday to mark the "Nakbeh," or catastrophe, 74 years after Israel's creation, with condemnation s ...
Lebanon votes in first election since crisis
May 15, 2022
BEIRUT — Lebanon voted on Sunday in its first election since multiple crises dragged it to the brink of failed statehood, a major test for n ...
2,000 attend new Tunisia opposition alliance demonstration
May 15, 2022
TUNIS — A crowd estimated at more than 2,000, lower than expected, took part Sunday in the first demonstration of a new alliance to oppose a ...
New UAE president meets Macron as world leaders stream in
May 15, 2022
ABU DHABI — The UAE’s new president, Sheikh Mohammad Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, held talks Sunday with French counterpart Emmanuel Macron as world ...
Somalia MPs begin voting in long-delayed presidential election
May 15, 2022
MOGADISHU — Somali lawmakers began voting in the country’s long-overdue presidential election on Sunday, with dozens of candidates vying for ...
Outcry after Israeli forces beat mourners at journalist funeral
May 15, 2022
OCCUPIED JERUSALEM — The US and EU led an international outcry Saturday after Israeli forces charged the funeral procession in Jerusalem of ...
Sheikh Mohammad Bin Zayed elected UAE president
May 15, 2022
ABU DHABI — Sheikh Mohammad Bin Zayed Al Nahyan was elected as president on Saturday, official media said, a day after the death of former l ...
Iraq exhumes remains of Saddam-era victims from mass grave
May 14, 2022
NAJAF, Iraq — Iraqi authorities have exhumed the remains of 15 people from a mass grave believed to hold dozens more likely killed under dic ...

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