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Israel approves Egyptian-proposed Gaza truce but Hamas suspicious
July 15, 2014
Israel approves Egyptian-proposed Gaza truce but Hamas suspicious
Israel approved an Egyptian-proposed deal that would halt the week-old Gaza shelling war on Tuesday but the Palestinian territory's dominant…
Israeli troops kill Palestinian stone-thrower in West Bank
July 14, 2014
Israeli troops kill Palestinian stone-thrower in West Bank
Israeli troops shot dead a Palestinian man during clashes with stone-throwers in the occupied West Bank on Monday, both sides…
Moscow ‘considering targeted strikes’ on Ukraine
July 14, 2014
Moscow ‘considering targeted strikes’ on Ukraine
Moscow is considering targeted strikes against Ukraine after a shell reportedly crossed the border and killed a Russian civilian, the…
Kerry to press for ‘critical choices’ in second meeting with Iran’s Zarif
July 14, 2014
Kerry to press for ‘critical choices’ in second meeting with Iran’s Zarif
US Secretary of State John Kerry will press his Iranian counterpart Javad Zarif to make "critical choices" in a second…
Russia threatens Ukraine after shell crosses border
July 13, 2014
Russia threatens Ukraine after shell crosses border
Russia threatened Ukraine on Sunday with "irreversible consequences" after a man was killed by a shell fired across the border…
Iraq government talks delayed again as fighting rages
July 13, 2014
Iraq government talks delayed again as fighting rages
Iraq's parliament failed on Sunday to break a damaging political deadlock which is holding up the formation of new government…
Thirty Ukrainian troops possibly killed in rebel missile attack: government adviser
July 11, 2014
Thirty Ukrainian troops possibly killed in rebel missile attack: government adviser
A rebel attack with Grad missiles on a Ukrainian post on the border with Russia on Friday may have killed…
Gaza bloodshed spirals as US offers to broker truce
July 11, 2014
Gaza bloodshed spirals as US offers to broker truce
Israeli warplanes kept up their bombing of Gaza on Friday as Hamas rockets set sirens wailing, raising fears the conflict…
Seized nuclear material in Iraq ‘low grade’: IAEA
July 10, 2014
Seized nuclear material in Iraq ‘low grade’: IAEA
The UN atomic agency said on Thursday it believed nuclear material Iraq said had been seized by insurgents was "low…
Three Ukrainian soldiers killed in further clashes in the east
July 10, 2014
Three Ukrainian soldiers killed in further clashes in the east
Three Ukrainian soldiers have been killed and 27 wounded in clashes with pro-Russian separatist rebels in the east of the…