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Palestinians clash with Israeli police at Jerusalem holy site

At least 152 Palestinians were injured in clashes with Israeli riot police inside Jerusalem's Al-Aqsa mosque compound on Friday, the latest outbreak in a recent upsurge

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US says Russia closer to invading Ukraine, agrees to meeting

Russia on Sunday rescinded earlier pledges to pull tens of thousands of its troops back from Ukraine's northern border, a move that U.S. leaders said put Russia another

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IS group claims mosque explosions in Afghanistan as death toll soars to 47

The death toll from Friday's suicide explosions inside a mosque in Kandahar city, capital of Afghanistan's southern Kandahar province, has risen to 47, while 90 others

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Muslim worshippers attend downsized Hajj for second year in a row

Click arrows to view gallery Muslims participating in the Hajj to Mecca this year experienced a downsized gathering under significant restrictions for the second year ami

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Afghan government, Taliban meet in Qatar for peace talks

FILE PHOTO: U.S. Army from NATO and Afghan commando forces are pictures in a checkpoint during a patrol against Islamic State militants in July, 2018. A peace conference between the Afghan govern

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12 worshippers killed in explosion at Kabul mosque

VCG A bomb hit a mosque in northern Kabul during Friday prayers, killing 12 worshippers and wounding 15 others, Afghan police said.No group had claimed responsibility for the attack by the tim

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Virus, Mideast turmoil stifle Eid al-Fitr celebrations

Muslims celebrated Eid al-Fitr in a subdued mood for a second year Thursday as the COVID-19 pandemic again forced mosque closings and family separations on the holiday

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Malaysia fears a COVID-19 'tsunami' like India

Around 95 percent of daily cases are now Malaysians. Rian Maelzer/CGTN It has been a week of announcements of new restrictions, of about-turns, of confusion, all culminating on Monday in the

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Gaza militants, children among 24 dead as Israel hits Hamas

Israel unleashed new airstrikes on Gaza early Tuesday, hitting the high-rise home of a Hamas field commander and two border tunnels dug by militants, as Hamas and other

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Jerusalem unrest a test for Biden's foreign policy

Palestinians react to stun grenades fired by Israeli police to clear the Damascus Gate to the Old City of Jerusalem after clashes at the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound, May 7, 2021. /VCG Editor's not

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More than 300 Palestinians hurt in Jerusalem holy site clash

Israeli police firing tear gas, stun grenades and rubber bullets clashed with stone-throwing Palestinians at a flashpoint Jerusalem holy site on Monday, the latest in a

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Egyptian officials: Palestinians plan to call off elections

Egyptian officials say the Palestinian Authority plans to call off its first elections in 15 years, citing Israel's refusal to allow voting in east Jerusalem.The decisi

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Gaza rockets follow Jerusalem clashes in second night of violence

Israeli warplanes struck the Gaza Strip early Saturday after repeated salvos of rocket fire into Israel followed a second night of clashes between Palestinians and police in Israeli-annexed east

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‘Horrible’: Witnesses recall massacre in Ethiopian holy city

Bodies with gunshot wounds lay in the streets for days in Ethiopia’s holiest city. At night, residents listened in horror as hyenas fed on the corpses of people they kn

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Many still traveled during U.S. Thanksgiving holiday

02:07 Thanksgiving 2020 was not the typical holiday most Americans are accustomed to withCOVID-19 claiming more than 2,000 lives a day in the U.S., and new cases surging toward 200,000

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German courts charge 12 men with plotting terror attacks on mosques

German prosecutors have charged 12 men they believe plotted to kill Muslim worshippers at mosque./AP Prosecutors in Germany have charged 12 men with plotting armed attacks on mosques that were

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As anger rises, Muslims protest French cartoons

Tens of thousands of Muslims, from Pakistan to Lebanon to the Palestinian territories, poured out of prayer services to join anti-France protests on Friday, as the Fren