GAZA: Israeli forces killed two Palestinians including a child at a protest along the Israel-Gaza border on Friday and wounded at least 126 others, Palestinian officials said.
Thousands of Palestinians had gathered for a protest near Israel’s border fence with the Gaza Strip.
Gaza’s Health Ministry said a 12-year-old boy and a 24-year-old man were shot dead by Israeli forces. At least 126 others were wounded by bullets, it said.
Israel’s military blamed that some Palestinians were “throwing explosive devices and…
UNITED NATIONS: The UN's human rights chief said Tuesday he was "truly shocked" by the Israeli army's killing of a wheelchair-bound Palestinian protester in Gaza, and demanded an "independent and impartial investigation".
Ibrahim Abu Thurayeh, a 29-year-old who lost both his legs in an Israeli attack a decade ago, was among five Palestinians shot dead on Friday during protests against US President Donald Trump's decision to recognise Jerusalem as the capital of Israel.
In a statement, UN High Commissioner for Human…
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CHICAGO: A bandana-wearing attacker "ambushed" and shot a police officer who was sitting in his car in the Missouri city of St Louis on Tuesday, officials said.
KABUL: Two people were killed when violence broke out at an anti-Charlie Hebdo protest in the Afghan capital on Saturday, according to witnesses, but Kabul's police chief said there were no deaths and only two injuries.
ANKARA: A Turkish court sentenced a police officer to eight years in prison on Wednesday for killing a protester during a wave of anti-government demonstrations in Turkey last year, the first policeman to be sentenced in connection with the unrest.