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Germany's Merkel joins calls for Gaza ceasefire as violence continues

European foreign ministers during a tour of a building that was hit by a rocket fired by Palestinian militants. /AFP/Gil COHEN-MAGEN Germany's Chancellor Angela Merkel has agreed to support ef

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Airstrikes in Gaza amid global calls for ceasefire

Click arrows to view gallery Smoke billowed in Rafah on the southern Gaza strip Wednesday following Israeli overnight airstrikes. Israel is reportedly researching whether

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Afghanistan Defense Ministry: Army has killed 251 Taliban militants

A total of 251 Taliban militants have been killed and 193 others were wounded in severalAfghan provinces inthe past 24 hours, the Afghanistan Ministry of Defense announced on Wednesday via social med

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EU mulls ways to help defuse Israel-Palestinian fighting

European Union foreign ministers are meeting Tuesday to discuss how to use the 27-nation bloc’s political clout to help diplomatic efforts to end the fighting between t

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Dogged by Mideast crisis, US envoy Blinken visits Denmark

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken was in Denmark on Monday for talks on climate change, Arctic policy and Russia as calls grew for the Biden administration to take

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'Heaviest attack since the war began' pushes Gaza death toll over 190

Palestinian firefighters douse a huge blaze at the Foamco mattress factory following an Israeli airstrike, east of Jabalia in the northern Gaza Strip. /Mahmud Hams/AFP The Israeli military unl

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Media caught in crossfire of Israel-Hamas conflict

An Al Jazeera journalist stands before the ruins of the Jala Tower, which had housed international press offices until it was destroyed in an Israeli airstrike, in the Gaza Strip, May 15, 2021. /

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Israeli Envoy to US Lauds Biden's ‘Strong Message’ in Support of Israel’s ‘Right to Defend Itself’

Israeli Ambassador to the US Gilad Erdan went on Twitter on Sunday to express gratitude to US President Joe Biden for issuing a ‘strong message of support’ to Israel in

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Several injured in east Jerusalem car-ramming attack: Police

A car-ramming attack wounded several people including four police officers in the flashpoint Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood of east Jerusalem on Sunday, police said, adding that the attacker was shot.Aft

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Israeli Army Deplores Twitter Refusal to Publish ‘Repetitive’ Post About Sirens in Beersheba

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) have complained that Twitter refused to allow it to publish a notification about alarm sirens sounding in the city of Beersheba, as it h

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Death toll rises as violence rocks Gaza, Israel and West Bank

Smoke and flame rise during Israeli air strikes, as cross-border violence between the Israeli military and Palestinian militants continues, in Gaza City, May 14, 2021. /Reuters Israeli planes

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9 wounded in shooting incident on U.S. Rhode Island

Nine people were injured in a shooting incident late Thursday in U.S. Rhode Island with three critically wounded, local media reported.

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Weary Gaza marks Muslim feast as violence spreads in Israel

Weary Palestinians on Thursday prepared for a somber feast marking the end of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, as Gaza braced for more Israeli airstrikes and communal

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Escalating Mideast violence bears hallmarks of 2014 Gaza war

Rockets streamed out of Gaza and Israel pounded the territory with airstrikes early Wednesday as the most severe outbreak of violence since the 2014 war took on many ha

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School shooting in Russia kills 9 people; suspect arrested

A gunman attacked a school Tuesday morning in the Russian city of Kazan, sending students running out of the building as smoke poured from its windows. At least nine pe

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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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China urges calm and restrain amid east Jerusalem conflict

Palestinian protesters clash with Israeli security forces at Jerusalem's Al-Aqsa mosque compound on May 10, 2021. /CFP China's Foreign Ministry SpokespersonHua Chunyingcalled for calm and rest