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32 Palestinians wounded in border clashes: Gaza ministry

Thirty-two Palestinians were shot and wounded by Israeli troops in renewed clashes along the Gaza border Friday, the health ministry in the Hamas-run enclave said. Ministry spokesman Ashraf al-Qudra said in a statement they were shot during protests along the border, but none were reported...

US urges new Lebanese government to block Hezbollah

The United States on Friday called on Lebanon to deprive Hezbollah of all official funds after the Shiite militant movement took a record three cabinet posts in a long-delayed government. The United States stressed that it was ready to work with Prime Minister Saad Hariri's new government,...

US court orders Syria to pay $302m for journalist death

A U.S. court ordered the government of Syria's Bashar al-Assad to pay $302 million dollars in reparations for the killing of an American correspondent. Marie Colvin was killed after the makeshift media center she was working in the Syrian city of Homs was blasted with artillery fire....

Dozens of Palestinians hurt in clashes near Ramallah

Dozens of Palestinians were injured by Israeli troops Friday while staging a protest near the occupied West Bank city of Ramallah, according to the Palestinian Red Crescent (PRC). In a statement, the PRC said that 15 Palestinians had been wounded by Israeli army gunfire after clashes...