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Qatar confirms arrest of 2 natives in UAE as spies

Thu Jul 10, 2014 18:07:36

Qatari authorities have confirmed the arrest of two of their citizens in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) who have been referred to as “spies” by the UAE’s state media outlets, fueling further tensions between the two Persian Gulf neighbors.

Israel using globally-banned arms in Gaza strikes

Thu Jul 10, 2014 17:13:40

The Israeli regime has resorted to the use of internationally-banned weapons in the besieged Gaza Strip, Palestinian doctors and rights activists said.

IAEA discounts significance of ISIL-seized N-material

Thu Jul 10, 2014 16:20:34

The United Nations nuclear body has assessed that the nuclear material reported seized by ISIL terrorist at Mosul University in Iraq is not of a high enough grade to pose any major security threat.

Egypt reopens Gaza border crossing to take in wounded

Thu Jul 10, 2014 15:12:50

Egypt has reopened the Rafah border crossing, Gaza's only non-Israeli outlet to the outside world, so it can take in Palestinians wounded in the ongoing offensive against the enclave, the state-run site al-Ahram online reports.

Hamas fires hundreds of rockets at Israeli areas

Thu Jul 10, 2014 13:55:46

The Palestinian resistance movement of Hamas in the besieged Gaza Strip has fired nearly 250 rockets targeting Israeli towns and cities in retaliation for Tel Aviv’s deadly attacks on the enclave.

ISIL smashes Iraq tombstones with sledgehammers: Video

Thu Jul 10, 2014 11:21:45

The so-called Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) militants in Iraq have been filmed ruthlessly smashing centuries-old graves to pieces in the city of Mosul.

Palestinian rockets hit near Israel nuclear reactor

Thu Jul 10, 2014 08:56:32

The Israeli regime’s military has confirmed that two Palestinian rockets have struck the city of Dimona where Israel has a nuclear reactor.

FBI, NSA snoop on Muslim-American activists

Thu Jul 10, 2014 08:54:20

The FBI and National Security Agency have monitored the emails of prominent Muslim-American activists, academics and a political candidate, according to a report.

Jordanians protest Israeli crimes against Gaza civilians

Thu Jul 10, 2014 08:22:18

Hundreds of demonstrators have held a rally in front of the Israeli embassy in the Jordanian capital Amman to condemn the ongoing deadly airstrikes on the besieged Gaza Strip.

British twin girls, 16, feared to have gone to Syria

Wed Jul 9, 2014 22:44:10

Two 16-year-old twin girls from a Somalian family in Britain have disappeared from their family home and are feared to have travelled to Syria, counter-terror police say.

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