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Tunisian police fire tear gas at protesters demanding jobs

Tunisian police firing tear gas clashed on Thursday with hundreds of youths who tossed rocks and petrol bombs in protests over jobs and a lack of development in a town in the country's south, residents said. Six years after their revolt ousted autocrat Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, Tunisia's...

French far right leader Marine Le Pen seen at Trump Tower

French far-right presidential candidate Marine Le Pen was seen at Trump Tower on Thursday but a spokesman for President-elect Donald Trump said she was not meeting with him or his team. "No meetings with anyone," transition spokesman Sean Spicer said. "It's a public building." Le Pen,...

Hamas forces break up electricity crisis protests

Hamas security forces broke up a protest in the northern Gaza Strip Thursday, an AFP photographer and witnesses said, as thousands took to the streets over an ongoing electricity crisis. The demonstrators gathered in the Jabalia refugee camp in northern Gaza for a march, with attendees...

US sanctions Syrian officials for chemical weapons attacks

The United States on Thursday blacklisted 18 senior Syrian officials it said were connected to the country's weapons of mass destruction program, after an international investigation found Syrian government forces were responsible for chlorine gas attacks against civilians. The action marked...