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Palestinian reconciliation deal dying slow death

The two leading Palestinian factions missed another deadline Thursday to implement a reconciliation deal, potentially burying the landmark accord aimed at ending their decadelong split. The Hamas movement was to hand over power in the Gaza Strip by December to the Palestinian...

Israel vows to retain West Bank control in any peace deal

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu Wednesday said Israel will retain security control over the Palestinians as part of any future peace deal, deepening Palestinian fears that Israel and the Trump administration are colluding on a proposal that will fall far short of their dreams of...

Egypt issues suspended sentence to 19 over church attack

An Egyptian court has sentenced 19 Muslim defendants to a one-year suspended sentence for attacking an unlicensed church south of Cairo. Wednesday's sentence was handed down in Atfih misdemeanor court. The defendants will not have to serve prison time unless they get into trouble...