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Israeli soldiers kill Palestinian during West Bank protests

At least one Palestinian was killed and six others were injured in the occupied West Bank on Friday when Israeli soldiers used live bullets and teargas to disperse protesters demonstrating against illegal Jewish settlements there, authorities said. The Palestinian Health Ministry said in a...

Fear in Iraq's Mosul as IS families return from Syria

The return of dozens of Iraqi families suspected of links to the Islamic State group from Syria to Mosul has sparked fears among residents who survived the horrors of IS rule. Around 300 people from some 90 families left the Kurdish-run Al-Hol camp in northeast Syria on Tuesday under Iraqi...

In Iraq's iconic marshlands, a quest for endangered otters

CHIBAISH, Iraq (AP) — “Don’t move a muscle.” His command cut across the reeds rustling in the wind. On a moonlit embankment several kilometers from shore in Iraq’s celebrated southern marshes, everyone stood still. Omar al-Sheikhly shined a flashlight across a muddy patch....

UN rights chief: Israeli strikes in Gaza may be war crimes

 The U.N. rights chief said Thursday that Israeli forces may have committed war crimes in the 11-day war with the militant group Hamas that rules the Gaza Strip. Michelle Bachelet also called on Israel to allow an independent probe of military actions in the latest spasm of deadly violence....