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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...

UN demands humanitarian access to eastern Syria

The United Nations on Friday called for "unhindered humanitarian access" to people fleeing the last pocket of Islamic State jihadists in eastern Syria. In the past week alone, the UN says more than 10,000 people have fled from the conflict zone to Al-Hol, where the main camp for people...

Israel's attorney-general to decide on PM indictments

Israeli Attorney-General Avichai Mandelblit will decide whether to indict Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for graft before Knesset elections slated for April 9, Mandelblit announced Friday. In a statement, Mandelblit said his team of prosecutors was currently working on the three...