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Thousands of Israelis on Sunday started the annual nationalist “flag march” through Jerusalem, chanting “Death to Arabs”, and insulting the prophet Mohammed. At least 24 Palestinians were injured by Israeli occupying forces and settlers using rubber bu…

The city of Raqqa in northern Syria recently recorded hundreds of meningitis cases, local media reported last week. At least 386 infections were recorded by May 24, with local authorities warning residents that the disease was spreading significantly. …

Egypt’s minister of immigration invited Egyptians on Saturday to pray for her and her family after her son was charged with a double murder committed in the United States. “My family and I are under severe distress following my son being charged with m…

Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky visited the country’s war-ridden east for the first time since the Russian invasion, on a trip to Kharkiv region, from where Moscow has retreated in recent weeks. Zelensky’s office posted a video on Telegram of hi…

The UN envoy for Sudan denounced on Sunday the killing of two Sudanese protestors taking part in peaceful protests on Saturday against the October 2021 military coup. “I am appalled by the violent death of two young protesters in Khartoum yesterday,” V…

Turkey’s president has told journalists he still intends to block Finland and Sweden’s accession to NATO. Recep Tayyip Erdogan said meetings this week with Finnish and Swedish delegations had not been “at the expected level,” noting there had been no s…

The Greek government announced on Saturday that some 40,000 migrants had been blocked from entering the country along the northern border with Turkey since the beginning of the year. Greece is often a key stopping point for people fleeing Africa and th…

The United States expressed concern on Saturday over China’s “efforts to restrict and manipulate” the UN human rights chief’s visit to the Xinjiang region, Secretary of State Antony Blinken said. “The United States remains concerned about the UN High C…

A season that will live in the memory for Liverpool fans ended on a night that will be remembered for all the wrong reasons as Jurgen Klopp’s men were beaten 1-0 by Real Madrid near Paris. The result rubbed salt into the wounds of thousands of supporte…

The Cannes Film Festival on Saturday awarded its best actress award to Iranian Zar Amir Ebrahimi, who lives in exile in France, for her role in Holy Spider. In the film, she plays a journalist trying to solve the serial murders of prostitutes in the ho…