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Explosion in Gaza Strip kills 2 Palestinians

Two Palestinian civilians were killed and eight others injured in an explosion at an eastern neighbourhood of the Gaza Strip, the Palestinian Health Ministry said on Saturday. The incident took place in Shejaiya neighbourhood after fireworks exploded, said Ashraf al-Qidra, the ministry...

Jewish settlers torch West Bank farmland: Official

Extremist Jewish settlers on Friday set fire to Palestinian farmland in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, according to a Palestinian official. “A group of settlers from the Itamar settlement east of the West Bank city of Nablus set fire to farmland adjacent to the [Palestinian] town of...

Iraqi authorities detain 121 wanted individuals: Police

Security forces have arrested 121 “wanted individuals” in Iraq’s southeastern Maysan province, local police officials said Thursday.  Within the past week, Iraqi security forces have carried out a number of separate counter-terrorism operations. According to a police...