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Israeli prosecutors recommend indicting PM for bribery

The Israeli State Prosecutor's Office has recommended the indictment of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for alleged bribery in two separate corruption cases, Israeli daily Haaretz reported Wednesday.  Netanyahu will also likely be charged for breach of trust in a third corruption...

After shedding Daesh, Mosul embraces makeovers

For three years, Mosul's women were covered in black from head to toe and its men had to keep their beards long. Salons were shut, and plastic surgery considered a crime. But more than a year after the Daesh’s (ISIS) ouster, the Iraqi city is flaunting its more fabulous side....

WFP to cut back food assistance in Gaza, West Bank

The World Food Program announced Wednesday cuts in food aid affecting about 190,000 impoverished Palestinians in Gaza and the West Bank – half of all its recipients there, citing a severe funding shortfall. The U.N. agency said it would, as of Jan. 1, suspend food assistance to 27,000...