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  • Sudan freezes talks with US over sanctions

    Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir has suspended negotiations with Washington aimed at ending sanctions against Khartoum after the United States extended its embargo for another three months, state media reports US President Donald Trump prolonged a review period to October 12 before his administration decides whether or not to permanently lift the.. More

  • Palestinian shot dead in alleged car ramming incident

    A Palestinian man has been shot dead after he allegedly rammed his vehicle into a group of Israeli soldiers, injuring one, near a settlement in the occupied West Bank. Reports quoting an Israeli army spokesman said the man emerged from his vehicle brandishing a knife after the ramming near Bethlehem intersection on Monday, prompting another soldier.. More

  • Yemen cholera cases pass 300,000 as outbreak spirals: ICRC

    A cholera outbreak in Yemen has now surpassed 300,000 suspected cases, the Red Cross said, outpacing by more than a month the projection made by the World Health Organization (WHO) at the end of June. As the war-torn country reels from the disease and the threat of famine, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) said the cholera epidemic.. More

  • Dozens of Egyptian migrants found dead in Libya

    Some 48 Egyptian migrants were found dead in eastern Libya, according to the Libyan Red Crescent. In a statement on Saturday, the Red Crescent said the bodies were found south of a checkpoint between Tobruk and Ajdabiya cities in northeastern Libya. “The victims were on their way to enter Libya illegally for work," the organization said. The.. More

  • Qatar charities and UN sign deals worth $8.5m for Syria

    Qatar charities, including those targeted by Saudi Arabia and its allies in the Gulf dispute, have signed $8.5m worth of agreements with various UN agencies to finance aid workers on the ground in Syria. World Food Programme, UNICEF, World Health Organization, UN refugee agency (UNHCR) and Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA).. More

  • London mosque attack driver charged with 'terrorism'

    The British van driver suspected of mowing down Muslim worshippers near a London mosque appeared in court on Friday charged with "terrorism-related murder and attempted murder". Darren Osborne, 47, appeared at Westminster Magistrates Court in central London, speaking to confirm his name, age and that he had no fixed address. The Crown Prosecution.. More

  • US-led strikes in Syria 'kill 472 civilians in a month'

    At least 472 civilians, including 137 children, have been killed during the past month of US-led coalition air raids in Syria, a monitoring group said. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) said on Friday the period between May 23 and June 23 saw the highest civilian death toll in coalition raids for a single month since they began on September.. More

  • South Sudan no longer in famine, but situation critical

    South Sudan no longer has areas in famine, but almost two million people are on the brink of starvation, the country's government and the United Nations said in reports. The UN's Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and South Sudan's National Bureau of Statistics said the situation remains critical, warning that an estimated six million people,.. More

  • Hate crime motive probed in Muslim teen's murder

    A memorial to Nabra Hassanen, the 17-year-old girl bludgeoned to death after leaving her mosque in Virginia, was set on fire early Wednesday, further increasing speculation that her death was a hate crime. Police arrested Jonathon Soloman, 24, of South Carolina and charged him with vandalism. Police spokeswoman Sergeant Anna Rose told Al Jazeera via.. More

  • Hate crimes against Muslims increase in Canada

    Hate crimes against Muslims have increased 60 percent, according to the latest figures released Tuesday by Statistics Canada. There were 159 incidents in 2015, a significant jump from 99 the previous year, the agency said on its website. The numbers have been steadily increasing and are up 253 percent since 2012, although overall instances of police-recorde.. More

  • Huge fire engulfs tower block in west London

    Multiple fatalities have been confirmed after a massive fire broke out in a 24-floor block of flats in west London with witnesses claiming residents are trapped inside. The London Fire Brigade said 40 fire engines and 200 firefighters were battling the blaze which had engulfed all floors from the second to the top of the Grenfell Tower in the north.. More

  • Israel agrees to PA request to reduce Gaza electricity

    The Israeli government has agreed to cut down its electricity supply in the Gaza Strip, at the behest of the West Bank-based Palestinian Authority (PA), Israeli officials said. According to Yoav Mordechai, the Israeli head of the Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories (COGAT), President Mahmoud Abbas requested Israel to stop supplying.. More

  • Ali Sherif al-Emadi: Sanctions will not harm economy

    Qatar can easily defend its economy and currency against sanctions by other Arab states, Qatari finance minister Ali Sherif al-Emadi told CNBC television in an interview broadcast on Monday. He said that the countries which had imposed sanctions on Qatar would also lose money because of the damage to business in the region. "A lot of people think.. More

  • Israel PM wants UN's Palestinian refugee agency closed

    Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has called for closing the UN agency responsible for Palestinian refugees. Speaking during a cabinet meeting on Sunday, Netanyahu said he told U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Nikki Haley during a meeting last week "that the time has come for the UN to reconsider the continued existence on UNRWA." Netanyahu.. More

  • Turkey condemns Israel approving new W. Bank settlements

    Turkey on Saturday condemned the approval of 2,500 additional Israeli settlements in Palestine's West Bank. Such Israeli construction violates the basic rights of the Palestinian people on their territory, the Foreign Ministry said in a statement. The "illegal” settlements are unacceptable, and Israel's action is damaging the grounds for.. More