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October 19, 2018
Israeli forces wound dozens of Palestinians at Gaza border protest
GAZA CITY — Israeli soldiers shot and wounded 77 Palestinians during protests near the Gaza Strip border on Friday, the enclave’s Health Ministry said.An Israeli military spokeswoman said about 10,000 demonstrators massed at the border and that some threw burning tires, grenades and explosive devices at the troops across the fence. About 30 Palestinians suffered tear gas inhalation, the Gaza Health Ministry said.But the protest was relatively small — some ...
October 19, 2018
Anti-money-laundering body gives Iran until February to complete reforms
PARIS — The international group that monitors money laundering worldwide said on Friday Iran had until February to complete reforms that would bring it into line with global norms or face consequences.The Paris-based Financial Action Task Force said after a meeting of its members that it was disappointed that Tehran had acted on only nine out of 10 of its guidelines despite pledges to make the grade.“We expect Iran to ...
October 19, 2018
Many Qataris want to remove 'Hamad regime': Fahad Al-Thani
London - A member of the Qatari ruling family stated that the internal situation in Qatar is "unbearable," while touching on a whole range of topics during a Q&A session on Twitter. Sheikh Fahad bin Abdullah Al-Thani described in that terse one word the internal situation in his country. When asked if there was any sign of an imminent end to the Gulf crisis with Qatar, he said, "First, I am ...
October 19, 2018
Turkey to host four-way Syria summit in Istanbul
ISTANBUL, Turkey — Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan will host a summit on the Syria conflict with the leaders of Russia, Germany and France on Oct. 27 in Istanbul, his spokesman said on Friday, the first such gathering with key EU leaders.The summit will be attended by Russian President Vladimir Putin as well as French and German leaders Emmanuel Macron and Angela Merkel, Turkish presidential spokesman Ibrahim Kalin said, cited ...
October 18, 2018
Israel steps up armored deployment on Gaza border
YAD MORDECHAI, Israel — Israel ramped up its armored forces along the Gaza border on Thursday in a daylight show of force, a day after a Palestinian rocket destroyed a home in southern Israel.With the deployment clearly visible from main Israeli roads near the Gaza Strip, senior Egyptian security officials met leaders of the enclave’s ruling Hamas to try to calm tensions.Hamas and the smaller Islamic Jihad militant group quickly ...
October 18, 2018
UN envoy warns Gaza is imploding
NEW YORK — With its economy in a free-fall and tensions rising with Israel, the Hamas-ruled enclave of Gaza is imploding, the UN envoy for the Middle East warned Thursday.Nickolay Mladenov delivered the warning to the Security Council a day after Israeli warplanes struck the Gaza Strip in retaliation at rocket firings from the Palestinian territory.“Gaza is imploding. This is not hyperbole. This is not alarmism. It is a reality,” ...
October 18, 2018
Israeli Supreme Court overturns entry ban on US student
JERUSALEM — An American student who was barred entry into Israel under a law against foreign activists who support boycotts of the state over its policies toward the Palestinians was given permission to stay in the country by the Supreme Court on Thursday.In its ruling, the court criticized Israeli authorities for denying entry to Lara Alqasem, 22, saying their decision gave “the unavoidable impression” that she was barred for her ...
October 18, 2018
“World’s largest book sale” comes to Middle East at giant hangar in Dubai
DUBAI — A gargantuan touring book sale that touts itself as the world’s largest is making its first stop in the Middle East, filling a huge hangar in Dubai with stacks of 3 million discounted books, open around the clock.The Big Bad Wolf Book Sale, launched in Kuala Lumpur in 2009, has since regularly toured Asian cities including Jakarta, Manila, Cebu, Colombo, Bangkok and Taipei. Organizers hope to attract as ...
October 18, 2018
Russia and Turkey give more time for Idlib deal in Syria: UN
GENEVA — Russia and Turkey plan to give more time for the implementation of their de-escalation deal in the Syrian province of Idlib, a “great relief” for 3 million civilians in the area, UN humanitarian adviser Jan Egeland told reporters on Thursday.But there were still “a million unanswered questions” about how the deal would work, and what would happen if groups designated as terrorists refused to lay down their weapons.Speaking ...
October 18, 2018
Flash floods in Tunisia leave five dead, two missing
TUNIS — Flash flooding in Tunisia has killed at least five people while a further two are unaccounted for, the interior ministry said on Thursday.Two died in the Kef region in the northwest and another in Grombalia in the north, ministry spokesperson Sofiene Zaag said.On Wednesday a six-year-old child drowned in Sidi Bouzid in central Tunisia and a 40-year-old man was swept away by a seasonal river in the neighboring ...
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