Voter apathy and concerns about violence mark Iraq’s first provincial elections in a decade
Baghdad (AP) — Iraqis began voting for the first time in a decade Saturday to select new provincial council members, who in turn will...
Sixty-one migrants drown in shipwreck off Libya – IOM
Cairo (Reuters) - Sixty-one migrants, including women and children, drowned following a shipwreck off Libya, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) in Libya said.
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Israel steps up Gaza bombardment after talks on hostages
Cairo/Gaza/Jerusalem (Reuters) - Israel stepped up its bombardment of Gaza overnight and into Sunday, killing at least 40 people, Palestinians said, after Israeli Prime...
Gazan hospital damaged in Israel raid, army says weapons seized
Cairo (Reuters) - Israeli soldiers raided a hospital in northern Gaza over several days this week, leaving a trail of rubble and upturned earth...
French foreign ministry says worker killed by Israeli attack in Rafah
(Reuters) - The French foreign ministry said one of its workers had died as a result of wounds sustained during an Israeli attack in...