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Oil cargo unloaded at sea amid Kurdistan-Iraq legal battle

Fri Aug 1, 2014 12:17:00

Part of a Kurdish oil cargo has been offloaded from a Greek-managed tanker into another tanker in the South China Sea, but mystery surrounds the identity of the buyer and where the two tankers are headed.

5 more Israeli soldiers killed in mortar attack

Fri Aug 1, 2014 11:28:43

The Israeli regime has suffered the loss of five soldiers after a mortar fired from Gaza hit their position in the Eshkol Regional Council near the border with the Gaza Strip.

Palestinian president seeks broad support for war crimes charges against Israel

Fri Aug 1, 2014 10:52:55

Nearly a month into Israel's fierce assault on Gaza, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas is facing mounting domestic pressure to seek war crimes charges against Israel at the International Criminal Court.

Ex-Blackwater guard says he didn't feel threatened before Iraq shooting

Fri Aug 1, 2014 09:38:02

A former Blackwater security guard has testified that he didn't feel that he and his colleagues were being threatened when they opened fire in downtown Baghdad, resulting in the shootings of dozens of Iraqis.

Al-Alam cameraman hurt in Israeli offensive in Gaza: Video

Fri Aug 1, 2014 08:43:50

An Al-Alam cameraman has been wounded during an Israeli strike in the besieged Gaza Strip.

Turks abroad begin voting in landmark presidential election

Fri Aug 1, 2014 08:20:49

Turks in Germany have streamed into Berlin’s Olympic stadium, seizing the chance to vote from abroad for the first time in an election Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan hopes will make him Turkey’s first directly elected president.

Israel, Hamas accept three-day ceasefire

Fri Aug 1, 2014 07:59:44

Israel and the Palestinian resistance movement Hamas have agreed to an unconditional 72-hour ceasefire so that the brutalized people in the Gaza Strip find a brief respite from relentless Israeli attacks.

Did Prince Bandar and Mossad chief deal on today’s Gaza war?

Thu Jul 31, 2014 23:06:07

It is tough work being the Saudi ambassador to the UK. First, you have to stir yourself into action to deny the undeniable: The Israeli attack on Gaza comes with Saudi backing.

‘Anonymous’ downs Mossad website over Israel’s Gaza terror campaign

Thu Jul 31, 2014 21:20:57

Hacker group Anonymous has reportedly taken down the website of the Israeli secret service Mossad in protest of Israel’s military incursion in Gaza.

Iran denies dealing on limiting uranium enrichment

Thu Jul 31, 2014 20:04:32

A senior Iranian nuclear negotiator has rejected allegations of Iran’s consent to scale down its uranium enrichment in Arak and Fordow nuclear facilities.

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