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1 killed in attack on trade chamber in southern Turkey

Officials say a gunman has killed the deputy head of a local trade organization in southern Turkey. The organization's president was wounded in the attack. Gov. Omer Faruk Coskun said the attack occurred Tuesday in the Trade and Industry Chamber for the city of Osmaniye. The gunman, who...

Israel army killed 25 Palestinian children in 2018: NGO

The Israeli army has killed 25 Palestinian children in the occupied West Bank and the blockaded Gaza Strip since the beginning of 2018, a rights NGO said Monday. In a press release, Defense for Children International-Palestine, which advocates for the rights of Palestinian children in...

Palestinians protest US ‘deal of the century’

Hundreds of Palestinians demonstrated in the West Bank city of Ramallah on Monday against the so-called “Deal of the Century” -- a backchannel plan to reach a peace settlement between Israel and the Palestinians. The Palestinian people "stand united against the ‘deal of the...

Iran president leaves for Europe visit

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani left Monday for a visit to Europe billed as of "prime importance" after the U.S. pulled out of the 2015 nuclear deal between Tehran and world powers. Rouhani was headed for Switzerland and scheduled to travel on to Vienna on Wednesday, where the nuclear...