Gaza aid site crush claims 20 lives
NEW YORK, July 16 (Reuters): At least 20 Palestinians were killed on Wednesday at an aid distribution site run by the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF), in what the US-backed group said was a crowd surge instigated by armed agitators.The GHF, which is supported by Israel, said 19 people were trampled...
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Israel bombs Syria army HQ
SWEIDA, July 16 (AFP/AP): Israel said it bombed Syrian army headquarters in Damascus on Wednesday after warning the Islamist-led government to leave the Druze minority alone in its Sweida heartland where a monitor says sectarian clashes have killed nearly 250 people.Syrian government forces entered the majority-Druze city of Sweida on...
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Tough polls awat Japan PM
TOKYO, July 16 (AFP): Japan's unpopular ruling coalition faces tough upper house elections this weekend, opinion polls suggested, potentially ending Shigeru Ishiba's premiership after less than a year.Ishiba, 68, has headed a minority government since October when he led the long-dominant Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) to its worst general election...
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Iran seizes foreign tanker over fuel smuggling
TEHRAN, July 16 (AFP): Iran has seized a foreign tanker in the Sea of Oman on charges of fuel smuggling, the judiciary said Wednesday.The vessel was intercepted "after legal documents related to its cargo were found to be incomplete," said Mojtaba Ghahremani, head of the judiciary in southern Hormozgan province,...
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