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Hamas armed wing says it executed one of its own members 08 Feb 2016 - 12:00 am

File photo of Hamas militants grabbing Palestinians suspected of collaborating with Israel before executing them in Gaza City August 22, 2014. Reuters Gaza...

Sea turtles with tumors fill Florida hospital 08 Feb 2016 - 12:00 am

Veterinarians prepare to operate on a critically endangered Kemp's Ridley sea turtle at the Turtle Hospital in Marathon, Florida, in the Florida Keys....

Ukraine authorities announce find of arms linked to 2014 protest crackdown 08 Feb 2016 - 12:00 am

Officers of the Security Service of Ukraine stand behind a table of machine gun fragments, reportedly used by riot police against Maidan Square...

Egypt flooded Gaza tunnels at Israel's request: minister 08 Feb 2016 - 12:00 am

Jerusalem: An Israel minister said Egypt flooded tunnels on its border with the besieged Gaza Strip at the Jewish state's request, before a...

UN Security Council strongly condemns North Korea rocket launch 08 Feb 2016 - 12:00 am

A North Korean long-range rocket is launched into the air at the Sohae rocket launch site in this photo released by Kyodo Feb...

Aid reaches besieged Damascus suburb: Red Cross 08 Feb 2016 - 12:00 am

Syrian Arab Red Crescent volunteers prepare the food parcels to be distributed in Mouadamiya. Ibrahim Malla/IFRC BEIRUT: The Red Cross said on Sunday...

UN against amnesty for jailed Sri Lanka rebels: chief minister 08 Feb 2016 - 12:00 am

Speaking on a trip to the island nation, UN rights chief Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein said jailed Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE)...

UN rights chief meets families of Sri Lanka’s war victims 08 Feb 2016 - 12:00 am

United Nations (U.N.) High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein speaks to the media before he leaves his hotel to meet...

Carnival roars ahead in Brazil despite Zika health scare 08 Feb 2016 - 12:00 am

Unidos da Tijuca samba school drum queen Juliana Alves participates in the annual carnival parade in Rio de Janeiro's Sambadrome February 17, 2015....

Rubio springs back from Republican debate glitch 08 Feb 2016 - 12:00 am

Londonderry, United States: Marco Rubio, the young Republican senator fast building momentum in the race for the White House, came back swinging Sunday...

King of Bahrain arrives in Russia 08 Feb 2016 - 12:00 am

Sochi, Russia: Bahrain's King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa arrived in the Russian city of Sochi, on an official visit to Russia. Bahrain...

Jordan PM meets Kuwait Army Chief of Staff 08 Feb 2016 - 12:00 am

Amman: Jordanian Prime Minister and Defense Minister Abdullah Ensour met here Sunday with the Kuwaiti Army Chief of Staff Lieutenant General Mohammad Khaled...

Nobel medicine prize board member resigns over surgeon investigation 08 Feb 2016 - 12:00 am

Stockholm: Swedish genetics professor Urban Lendahl has resigned from the body which awards the Nobel medicine prize over an investigation into controversial surgeon...

Egyptian police shoot four suspected militants in raid near Cairo 08 Feb 2016 - 12:00 am

File photo CAIRO: Egyptian police shot dead four suspected Islamist militants inside a house a few miles from central Cairo, the interior ministry...

Sudanese man stabs Israeli soldier, shot dead: police 07 Feb 2016 - 06:53 pm

An Israeli soldier takes aim during clashes with Palestinian youths in the village of Qabatiya, near the West Bank town of Jenin AFP,...

Seven arrested in Spain over suspected jihad links 07 Feb 2016 - 06:53 pm

Madrid: Spanish police said they arrested seven people on Sunday with suspected links to Al-Qaeda and the Islamic State groups and uncovered an...

Erekat holds Israel responsible for the life of Palestinian journalist Mohammed al-Qiq 07 Feb 2016 - 06:45 pm

Ramallah: Secretary-General of the Executive Committee of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) Dr. Saeb Erekat, held the Israeli occupation authorities full responsibility for...