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Israeli forces kill two Gazans during border protest 22 Mar 2019 - 09:44 pm
A Palestinian man carries an injured youth at the border fence with Israel east of Gaza City on March 22, 2019. AFP/Said Khatib
UN rights forum condemns Israel over deadly Gaza protests 22 Mar 2019 - 09:44 pm
Palestinian paramedics carry an injured protester at the border fence with Israel east of Gaza City on March 22, 2019. AFP / Said Khatib
Trump's Golan statement draws strong regional condemnation 22 Mar 2019 - 09:44 pm
Druze community members holds Syrian and Druze flags as they sit facing Syria, during a rally marking the anniversary of Israel's annexation of the Golan Heights in the Druze village of Majdal Shams in Golan Heights February 14, 2019. Reuters/Ammar Awad
In major shift, Trump says time for US to recognize Israeli sovereignty over Syria’s Golan Heights 21 Mar 2019 - 11:02 pm
An Israeli flag is seen placed on Mount Bental in the Israeli-annexed Golan Heights on May 10, 2018. AFP/Jalaa Marey
Toll rises to 72 as overloaded ferry sinks in Iraq's Tigris river 21 Mar 2019 - 06:56 pm
An Iraqi rescue helicopter searches for survivors at the site where an overloaded ferry sank in the Tigris river near Mosul in Iraq, March, 21,2019. Reuters/Stringer
At least 10 dead in Egypt chemical plant blast 21 Mar 2019 - 05:58 pm
Family-members and relatives of the victims of an explosion at a chemical plant gather outside a morgue to receive their bodies, in the Egyptian Red Sea port city of Suez on March 21, 2019. AFP
Ferry sinks in Tigris near Iraq's Mosul, killing 45 21 Mar 2019 - 05:33 pm
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At least 40 killed as overloaded ferry sinks in Iraq's Tigris river 21 Mar 2019 - 04:43 pm
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Hezbollah putting Lebanon at risk: Pompeo 21 Mar 2019 - 04:29 pm
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo speaks during a meeting with the Israeli and greek prime ministers and the Cypriot president, in Jerusalem March 20, 2019. / AFP / POOL / JIM YOUNG
Ethiopian crash captain untrained on 737 MAX simulator - source 21 Mar 2019 - 02:11 pm
Mourners of victims of the crashed accident of Ethiopian Airlines react beside coffins during the mass funeral at Holy Trinity Cathedral in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, on March 17, 2019. AFP / Samuel HABTAB
Israel calls UN members to vote against war crimes bill 20 Mar 2019 - 08:01 pm
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Lions, other animals to be saved from Gaza zoo: welfare group 20 Mar 2019 - 08:01 pm
FILE PHOTO: Palestinian Mohammad Oweida, a zoo owner, shows stuffed animals that died during the 2014 war in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip, March 7, 2016. Reuters/Ibraheem Abu Mustafa
Air strike kills four people in Somalia: Relatives 20 Mar 2019 - 01:25 pm
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Lebanese-Canadian arrested for ‘spying for Israel’ 19 Mar 2019 - 06:33 pm
A herd of sheep graze near the Lebanese-Israeli border in Kfar Kila village, southern Lebanon, August 24, 2015. Reuters/Aziz Taher
'Fascist' perfume, flatulent hippo star in Israel election social media war 19 Mar 2019 - 06:33 pm
Competitors hold the Israeli flag along the Old City ramparts during Jerusalem's 9th International Marathon, on March 15, 2019. AFP / Gil Cohen-Magen
Top US diplomat says Golan change intentional 19 Mar 2019 - 06:33 pm
A United Nations Truce Supervision Organisation military observer uses binoculars near the border with Syria in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights, May 11, 2018. Reuters/Baz Ratner
Japan to send defense forces to non-UN mission in Egypt 19 Mar 2019 - 06:33 pm
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe delivers his speech while attending the graduation ceremony of the Defense Academy in Yokosuka, Kanagawa prefecture on March 17, 2019. AFP / Toshifumi Kitamura
Islamic State loses big part of enclave, SDF sees defeat "very soon" 19 Mar 2019 - 12:17 pm
Smoke rises from the last besieged neighborhood in the village of Baghouz, Deir Al Zor province, Syria, March 18, 2019. REUTERS/Stringer