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Obama admits US tortured suspects after 9/11

Sat Aug 2, 2014 08:30:49

US President Barack Obama has made a rare acknowledgment about the official use of the so-called 'enhanced interrogation tactics' or torture by American authorities in the wake of the suspicious September 11, 2001 terrorist incidents near Washington and New York.

EU medics release shocking report over Gaza massacre

Fri Aug 1, 2014 22:02:44

A group of European doctors who have been working at medical centers in Gaza have unveiled documentations proving that civilians account for 80-90 percent of the victims of the Israeli onslaught on Gaza, Al-Alam reported.

UN official falls apart on air, talking about Gaza: Video

Fri Aug 1, 2014 21:27:20

A senior UN aid official for Gaza breaks down live on air during an interview about the situation in the enclave.

Turkey, Egypt groups help dispatch militants to Syria: daily

Fri Aug 1, 2014 20:52:34

A group of Egyptian militants who had been fighting against the Syrian government have admitted that the Turkish government is working together with Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood and certain Lebanese groups in recruiting, training and dispatching of militant groups to Syria, an Egyptian daily reported.

Gaza civilian death toll rises at alarming rate of 1500

Fri Aug 1, 2014 20:12:46

The number of Palestinians killed during Israel's weeks-long offensive in Gaza hit more than 1,500 on Friday after at least 50 Palestinians were killed in the south of the enclave as the fighting resumed, with Israel violating unilaterally the 72-hour ceasefire, health officials said.

Iraq violence kills over 1,600 in July: government figures

Fri Aug 1, 2014 19:03:47

More than 1,600 people were killed in acts of violence in Iraq last month, most of them civilians, according to government figures released Friday that excluded foreign backed militants.

Israeli forces’ casualties now stands at 61: military

Fri Aug 1, 2014 18:20:20

The number of Israeli military fatalities stands at 61 following the death of five Israeli soldiers in a retaliatory mortar fire by Palestinian resistance fighters near Eshkol Regional Council in Gaza border on Thursday, Israeli military statement.

Gaza says Rafah Friday shelling death toll rises to 70

Fri Aug 1, 2014 17:29:57

The Israeli regime has re-violated its new 3-day ceasefire, renewing its shelling in which at least 70 Palestinians killed on eastern outskirts of Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on Friday.

Israeli army says Gaza truce over after soldier captured

Fri Aug 1, 2014 16:41:12

Israeli forces in the southern Gaza Strip are searching for a missing soldier they fear may have been captured by Hamas fighters at the start of a new alleged ceasefire Friday, the military said.

In picture: Winners of National Geographic contest 2014

Fri Aug 1, 2014 12:42:05

See the winners of the 2014 National Geographic Traveler Photo contest from a dramatic storm cloud in the US to the ‘end of the world’ in Ecuador. The photos were chosen from more than 18,000 entries from photographers around the world.

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