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Dozens of Palestinians hurt in West Bank clashes

Dozens of Palestinians suffered a temporary asphyxiation from teargas canisters fired by Israeli forces in the occupied West Bank on Monday, according to a local Palestinian official. Israeli forces used teargas bombs and rubber bullets to disperse Palestinians, who gathered to prevent...

Official: Car bomb in Iraq's Tikrit kills 5

Iraqi officials said five people were killed in a car bomb blast in the city of Tikrit Sunday, the latest security breach to rattle the country in recent weeks. Sixteen others were wounded in the blast that set fires on both sides of a commercial street in the heart of the city, according to...

Netanyahu takes on defense post amid call for early polls

 Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Sunday he would take on the defense minister portfolio, rejecting calls to dissolve his government even as early elections appeared increasingly likely. Netanyahu said heading to elections now, amid repeated violent confrontations...

Palestinian gov’t slams Israeli incursions into Al-Aqsa

The Palestinian government on Sunday decried incursions by Israeli settlers and government ministers into East Jerusalem’s flashpoint Al-Aqsa Mosque compound. In a statement, government spokesman Youssef al-Mahmoud described the incursions as “part of an Israeli scheme to inflame...