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Israeli settlers attack shepherds in occupied Bethlehem

Israeli settlers, yesterday, attacked a number of Palestinian shepherds in Bethlehem's eastern occupied village of Kisan. Ahmed Ghazal, a member of the village's local council, told Safa that a group of settlers had "assaulted Palestinian shepherds near the Ebi Hanahel settlement, built on the village lands." "Clashes erupted between the villagers and settlers, who fired pepper gas at the Palestinian residents, resulting in the injury of one of the settlers," Ghazal pointed […]

23 April 2022

International News

Two crew killed in attack on Israeli-managed tanker off Oman

Two crew members, a Briton and a Romanian, were killed when a petroleum products tanker managed by Israeli-owned Zodiac Maritime came under attack on Thursday off Oman’s coast, the company said on Friday. London-based Zodiac said on its website that the attack in the Arabian Sea on Mercer Street, a Liberian-flagged Japanese-owned ship, was still being investigated. The US Navy rushed to the scene following the attack and was escorting […]

31 July 2021

International News

Somalia’s army camp rocked by deadly suicide attack

At least 15 army recruits have been killed in a suicide bomb attack at a military training camp in Somalia’s capital Mogadishu. Army officer Mohamed Adan said the bomber behind Tuesday’s attack was disguised among recruits queueing up outside the General Dhegobadan Military Camp when the explosion occurred. “I have counted about 15 new recruits who have been killed in the blast,” he said, adding that the death toll could […]

15 June 2021

International News

Suspected ADF attack in DRC village kills more than 20 civilians

More than 20 civilians have been killed in an attack on a village in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), according to local authorities. Authorities on Saturday blamed the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) rebel group for the attack the previous evening, saying its fighters first attacked a rival group of Congolese militia members before killing inhabitants in the village of Lisasa. Local administrator Donat Kibwana, from the Beni […]

1 November 2020

International News

Two women stabbed at Eiffel Tower in apparent racist attack

French police have launched an investigation after two women were stabbed near the Eiffel Tower in an apparent racist incident. The victims were injured with a knife near the famous Paris monument on Sunday, after an altercation involving “an unleashed dog”. Police confirmed in a statement that they had intervened “following a police call for help for two women with stab wounds at the Champ-de-Mars” at approximately 8pm (18:00 GMT). […]

22 October 2020

International News

Philippines arrests woman suspected of planning suicide attack

An Indonesian woman suspected of planning a suicide bomb attack in the southern Philippines was arrested on Saturday in a pre-dawn raid, the military said. The arrest comes less than two months after 15 people were killed and 74 others wounded when two suicide bombers, both of them women, blew themselves up on Jolo island in the southern province of Sulu. Security forces blamed the August 24 attack on the […]

10 October 2020

International News

Pakistani PM says ‘no doubt’ India was behind deadly attack

Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan has told Parliament he had no doubt that India was behind a deadly attack on the stock exchange building in the southern city of Karachi. Four gunmen armed with grenades attacked the Pakistan Stock Exchange on Monday, killing two guards and a policeman before security forces killed them. "There is no doubt that India is behind the attack," Khan said in his address to Parliament […]

1 July 2020

International News

Gunmen attack Karachi stock exchange building in Pakistan

At least seven people have been killed after gunmen stormed the Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) in the southern city of Karachi, firing indiscriminately as they entered the building complex, rescue officials say. Four attackers stormed the building at 10am (05:00 GMT) Monday morning as trading began, carrying hand grenades and firing automatic rifles. All four attackers had been killed by police and security forces responding to the attack, said Faisal […]

29 June 2020

International News

92 Chad soldiers killed in ‘deadliest’ Boko Haram attack

At least 92 soldiers from Chad have been killed in the deadliest-ever attack by the Boko Haram armed group on the country's military forces, President Idriss Deby said on Tuesday. "We lost 92 of our soldiers, non-commissioned officers and officers," the president said of the attack overnight on Sunday in Boma. "It’s the first time we have lost so many men," he added, after visiting the site of the incident […]

25 March 2020

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