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UK-based NGOs slam restriction on entry to Israel

The representatives of various U.K.-based non-profit organizations reacted on Monday to a recent ban on their members from entering Israel. Israel on Sunday banned representatives of 20 NGOs working in the country from its territory due to their support for a campaign opposed to the...

Conjoined Gaza twins separated in 'successful' Saudi op

Conjoined twin girls born in the blockaded Gaza Strip were separated in "successful" surgery in Riyadh Monday, the state-run Saudi Press Agency said in a statement. Dr. Abdullah bin Abdulaziz al-Rabiah, who headed the team that operated on Farah and Haneen at the King Abdullah...

UN raises probable death toll in migrant boat sinking to 64

The U.N. migration agency has raised the probable death toll to 64 in the weekend sinking of a smugglers' rubber dinghy in the Mediterranean Sea off Libya. The Italian coast guard, hours after the boat started sinking Saturday due to a puncture, rescued 86 people from it and retrieved...

Egypt detains 2 police after detainee death sparks clashes

Egyptian officials say two policemen have been taken into custody after the death of a detainee sparked clashes in the capital. Dozens of protesters tried to storm a police station in Cairo's Mokattam neighborhood on Saturday after a detainee held on drug-related suspicions died in...