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Israel navy intercepts activist boat trying to break Gaza blockade
Jul 29, 2018 (AFP)
"The activity ended without exceptional events," a military statement said. "At this time the ship is being transferred to the port of Ashdod" along the coast o...
Philippine leader says peace law granting Muslim self-rule signed
Jul 26, 2018 (AFP)
The measure has for years been a crucial missing element to a languishing peace pact with the country's largest Islamic rebel group which, along with other guer...
In Colombia, human rights activists live in constant fear
Jul 25, 2018 (AFP)
He was a 64-year-old farmer and rights activist and left behind four children. At around the same time, the body of Iber Angulo, an activist for black rights in...
No military cooperation with Russia in Syria for now: Mattis
Jul 24, 2018 (AFP)
After US President Donald Trump met with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Helsinki, Moscow last week put forward plans to Washington to cooperate on the safe...
Fighting may last months in last IS holdout in Syria: French general
Jul 24, 2018 (AFP)
Brigadier General Frederic Parisot, who heads civil-military operations for the US-led coalition fighting IS in Syria and Iraq, told Pentagon reporters the jiha...
Israel says shoots down Syrian warplane
Jul 24, 2018 (AFP)
Israel signalled that the plane's infiltration may have been the result of internal fighting in Syria's civil war, but stressed it would enforce the ceasefire l...
Israeli air strike targets Syria military position: state media
Jul 22, 2018 (AFP)
"One of our military positions in Masyaf was the target of an Israeli air aggression," Syria's official news agency SANA said quoting a military source. It was ...
Israel to reopen Gaza goods crossing if calm holds
Jul 22, 2018 (AFP)
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned separately, however, that the military was prepared for far more intense strikes in the Gaza Strip if it deems ...
Ex-Israeli commandos innovate for 'weekend warriors'
Jul 22, 2018 (AFP)
It was crucial to rescuing people stranded on the other side, but the harpoon-like devices the army used at the time didn't make the grade. Years later, after o...
Gaza truce largely holds after Israeli strikes over soldier death
Jul 21, 2018 (AFP)
The soldier's death was the first linked to Gaza violence since a 2014 war and raised fears that Israel's response could spiral into full-out war. But the decis...
US general 'satisfied' with UAE response to Yemen torture report
Jul 19, 2018 (AFP)
Amnesty International last week published a report calling for investigations into a network of unofficial prisons across southern Yemen where it said "egregiou...
Air strikes kill 15 civilians in south Syria rebel holdout: monitor
Jul 18, 2018 (AFP)
The deadly strikes late Tuesday hit Nawa, the last town under rebel control in the southern province of Daraa, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said. Upd...
Air strikes kill 15 civilians in southern Syria: monitor
Jul 17, 2018 (AFP)
The regime has been pounding the southwestern province of Quneitra since Sunday in a bid to retake it from rebels, after winning back most of the neighbouring g...
Colombia president-elect Duque picks peace pact critic as defense chief
Jul 17, 2018 (AFP)
The 70-year-old entrepreneur Guillermo Botero, a lawyer by profession, has no experience in security matters. "We're going to have a new defense minister, a def...
Former FARC leader accuses government of 'betrayal', declines Senate seat
Jul 16, 2018 (AFP)
The former FARC chief negotiator said the 2016 peace deal is being "disfigured" and that he won't be starting work as a senator on Friday. In a public letter di...
Strikes blamed on Israel killed 9 pro-regime fighters in Syria
Jul 16, 2018 (AFP)
Syrian state media had accused Israel of bombing a military position in Aleppo province late Sunday, in what would be a rare Israeli strike so far north in the ...
Israel hits Hamas posts in response to arson kites
Jul 16, 2018 (AFP)
The strikes signalled a tougher Israeli response to the hundreds of balloons and kites carrying firebombs that have been launched from the blockaded Gaza Strip ...
Hamas says truce reached after Israel's biggest strikes since 2014 war
Jul 14, 2018 (AFP)
The exchange of fire followed months of tension that has raised the prospect of a fourth war in the blockaded Gaza Strip since 2008. Three Israelis were wounded...
'We apologize': former Colombia FARC rebels seek forgiveness at tribunal
Jul 14, 2018 (AFP)
"We apologize to all of them, we will do the impossible so they can know the truth of what happened, we will assume our responsibilities," said Rodrigo "Timoche...
Many civilians among 54 dead in anti-IS strike in Syria: monitor
Jul 13, 2018 (AFP)
The US-led coalition fighting the jihadists said it or its allies may have carried out air raids in the area, and it was investigating the alleged civilian deat...
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