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Protests After Israel Restricts Jerusalem Old City Prayers

Israeli police barred men under 50 from entering Jerusalem's Old City for Friday Muslim prayers as tensions rose and...

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Israel Bars Men Under 50 From Jerusalem Old City Prayers

Israeli police said they were barring men under 50 from entering Jerusalem's Old City for Friday Muslim prayers as...

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Namibia Genocide Victims Battle For Compensation

On a thin strip of land at the bay of Luederitz in southern Namibia are dozens of gravestones bearing the names of each...

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Eritreans Pursue Two-Wheeled Dreams In Exile

After representing Eritrea in cycling tournaments across Africa, Daniel Teklay took a journey of a different sort last...

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Qatar Says UAE Source of Hacking That Sparked Gulf Row

Qatar on Thursday accused the United Arab Emirates of being behind the "hacking" of its national news agency that...

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Remove Jerusalem Metal Detectors, Erdogan Tells Israeli Counterpart

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Thursday urged his Israeli counterpart Reuven Rivlin to swiftly remove metal...

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Israel, Palestinians Brace For More Unrest At Holy Site

Israel's army boosted security Thursday and braced for possibile unrest on the eve of the main weekly Muslim prayers...

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Israel Boosts Security Over Tensions At Religious Site

Israel's army has been boosting its forces ahead of possible unrest over new security measures at a sensitive holy site...

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US Accuses Lebanon’s Hezbollah of Weapons Buildup

US Ambassador Nikki Haley on Wednesday accused Lebanon's Hezbollah of amassing weapons and said the world must turn its...

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Radiohead Defies Boycott Calls For Israel Concert

Radiohead defied calls to boycott Israel over its occupation of Palestinian territory and played for tens of thousands...

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Global Terror Attacks Down, Iran Again Top ‘state Sponsor’

The US State Department said Wednesday that global terror incidents and deaths fell last year, while it maintained its...

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Tunisia Bans Wonder Woman Film Over Israeli Star

A Tunisian court has banned the US film "Wonder Woman" which stars an Israeli actress, more than a month after it had...

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Israel Weighs Removal of Metal Detectors At Heart of Religious Row

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is debating whether to remove new metal detectors at the centre of a dispute with...

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Netanyahu Slams EU’s ‘crazy’ Israel Policy

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday denounced the EU's political demands on Israel as "absolutely crazy", in...

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Israel Plans New Syria Hospital, Ups Aid Missions

Israel plans a new field hospital along the demarcation line with Syria to treat patients from the war-hit country, the...

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Palestinian Civilians Urge ICC To Speed Up ‘war Crimes’ Probe

Palestinian lawyers and civil society groups Wednesday urged the International Criminal Court to speed up inquiries and...

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Israel Denounces EU Criticism As ‘anomaly’

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday denounced Brussels' repeated criticism of Israel as an "anomaly" and...

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Israeli ‘mental First-Aid’ Method Offered To Attack Victims Abroad

An Israeli who developed an unorthodox model for treating mental trauma and preventing post-traumatic stress disorder...

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Renovated Tsarist Hostel Re-Opens In Jerusalem

A Jerusalem hostel for Christian Orthodox pilgrims that became a symbol of imperial Russia's presence in the Holy Land...