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Palestinians converge on Al-Aqsa for Friday prayers

Thousands of Palestinians from the Israeli-occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem converged on Jerusalem’s Al-Aqsa Mosque on the second Friday of the Ramadan fasting month. Firas al-Dibs, a spokesman for Jerusalem’s Religious Affairs Authority, told Anadolu Agency that as many as...

UN aid chief warns of rising starvation in Yemen

The UN humanitarian chief on Friday urged the Saudi-led coalition and the Yemeni government to speed up food imports through commercial ports to prevent the rising starvation in the country. "I am extremely concerned by recent developments in Yemen. Over the past few weeks we have seen...

Gaza tear gas baby left off official death count

A baby who died near the Gaza border was not included in a Gaza health ministry list of Palestinians killed by the Israel army, after a dispute over how she died. The ministry and family members originally said 8-month-old Leila al-Ghandour had died after inhaling tear gas along the...

Some US news websites blocked by EU data law

Several major U.S. news websites including the Los Angeles Times were blocked in Europe Friday after the EU's new data protection laws came into effect. The LA Times, Chicago Tribune, New York Daily News, Baltimore Sun and Orlando Sentinel websites all displayed the same message saying...