Israeli PM vows to annex West Bank settlements if re-elected
JERUSALEM, Apr 07 (AP): Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu pledged on Saturday to annex Jewish settlements in the occupied West Bank if re-elected, a dramatic policy shift apparently aimed at rallying his nationalist base in the final stretch of the tight race.Netanyahu has promoted Jewish settlement expansion in his four...
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Doctor dies in Tripoli clashes
TRIPOLI, Apr 07 (Agencies): A doctor was killed and another was injured in clashes in Libyan capital between the UN-backed government and the eastern-based military forces, which is trying to take over the city."As a result of violent clashes in southern Tripoli, a doctor treating victims in Wadi al-Rabee area...
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India bans Kashmir highway for two days a week
SRINAGAR, Apr 07 (AP): Authorities in India's portion of disputed Kashmir on Sunday began enforcing a government ban on the movement of civilian vehicles for two days a week on a key highway to keep it open exclusively for military and paramilitary convoys.Soldiers patrolled the highway and erected barricades by...
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Bombing leaves 13 civilians dead in Syria
BEIRUT, Apr 07 (AFP): Bombardment killed 13 civilians in northwest Syria on Sunday, the large majority in regime fire on areas of the jihadist-held Idlib region, a war monitor said.The violence was the latest to threaten a seven-month-old truce intended to stave off a regime offensive on the region held...
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