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Yemen national blood bank faces threat of closure

The director of Yemen's national blood bank says the facility could shut down within a week after a medical aid charity ended its support. Ayman el-Shihari, the blood bank's general director, said Thursday its closure could lead to a "humanitarian catastrophe." He says the facility receives...

Israel demolishes homes of Palestinian attackers

Israeli authorities have demolished three homes and sealed off a fourth of Palestinian nationals who carried out attacks that killed a soldier and a policewoman, the Israeli Army said on Thursday. Israel regularly carries out such demolitions, which it says act as a deterrent, but human...

Palestine is 2017's fastest-growing tourist destination

( The New Arab )- It could be the lure of Bethlehem's Banksy hotel offering "the worst view in the world" that is attracting tourists in their thousands to the West Bank, but whatever has propelled Palestine to the top of the list of 2017's fastest-growing tourist destinations is helping bring...