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Palestinian shot dead after stabbing Israeli soldier, police say

An Israeli paramilitary policeman shot dead a Palestinian who had stabbed a soldier in the occupied West Bank on Thursday, police and the army said, as a month-long spate of attacks showed no signs of abating. The latest assault, like other recent stabbings, took place in the West Bank city of...

Abbas tells UN of Israeli extrajudicial killings

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Wednesday called for international protection for Palestinians against “extrajudicial killings” by Israeli security forces. Addressing the UN Human Rights Council, Abbas asked the Security Council to “urgently… set up a special regime for...

No solution in Syria crisis without Turkey, says PM

Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said late on Monday that the Syria crisis cannot be resolved without Turkey. "Can the Syrian question be resolved with an equation in which Turkey does not figure? Is there a formula for progress that does not include Turkey?" asked Davutoglu in a live...