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At least 16 dead in Afghanistan blast as officials try to dispose of explosives
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Palestinians bury dead after bloodiest Gaza day since 2014
Monday marked the deadliest day in Gaza since a 2014 war there, and was part of a high-stakes campaign by Gaza's Hamas rulers to break a decade-long border blockade.
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Gaza violence: Israel defends actions as 55 Palestinians killed
In the deadliest day of violence in Gaza since the 2014 war, Palestinian officials say Israeli troops have killed 55 people and wounded 2,700.
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US Embassy opening ceremony in Jerusalem as Palestinians killed in protests
US and Israeli officials are at the highly-guarded Jerusalem compound during an opening ceremony for the new US Embassy, following Donald Trump’s decision to move the diplomatic mission from Tel Aviv last December.
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Jerusalem embassy: Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner arrive for Monday opening
US President Donald Trump's daughter Ivanka and her husband, Jared Kushner, have arrived in Israel ahead of the opening of the new US embassy in Jerusalem on Monday.
Israel retaliates after Iran forces 'shell Golan Heights'
Israel fired dozens of rockets into Syria early on Thursday, hitting a radar installation and an ammunitions dump, Syrian state media reported after Israel's military said Iranian forces in Syria had shelled one of its outposts near the border.
Iranian MPs set fire to US flag after Donald Trump scrapped the Iran nuclear deal
IRAN says Donald Trump “can’t do a damn thing” after he dumped the nuclear deal as MPs burnt the US flag, shouting, “death to America!”
Trump says US to withdraw from Iran nuclear deal
US President Donald Trump is expected to announce a decision on whether to remain in the six-nation nuclear deal with Iran. Follow FRANCE 24's televised coverage here on our video player or on our live blog below.
Pakistan interior minister shot, wounded in assassination bid
Pakistan's Interior Minister Ahsan Iqbal was wounded in an apparent assassination attempt on Sunday, officials said, an incident likely to heighten political tensions ahead of general elections expected in late July.
US releases Saudi Guantanamo Bay prisoner al-Darbi
A Saudi man held at the US military prison at Guantanamo Bay who pleaded guilty to war crimes has been transferred back to Saudi Arabia.
Israel says Iran hid nuclear arms programme
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has revealed what he says are "secret nuclear files" proving Iran once covertly pursued nuclear weapons.
105 to 0: Why Syria's air defenses failed to intercept a single incoming missile
The Syrian Centre for Scientific Research on the northeastern edge of Damascus was still smoldering on Saturday after it was hit by airstrikes overnight. USA TODAY
Syria air strikes: Russia denies tampering with suspected chemical attack site
Russia has denied interfering with evidence at the site of the suspected Syrian chemical attack, which led to Western air strikes on Saturday.
Syria 'chemical attack': France's President Macron 'has proof'
France's President Emmanuel Macron says he has "proof" that the Syrian government attacked the town of Douma with chemical weapons last weekend.
Syria attack: nerve agent experts race to smuggle bodies out of Douma
Corpses could provide vital clues for US technicians trying to establish which chemicals were used in the deadly bombing
Russia’s military options to counter US strike in Syria
With the US and Russia engaged in a public row over the consequences of a possible American attack against Syria, the capabilities that Moscow has to respond to it are a major question.
Saudi Arabia intercepts ballistic missile over Riyadh
SAUDI Arabia’s military has intercepted at least one ballistic missile over its capital and shot down two more elsewhere.
Any US missiles fired at Syria will be shot down, launch sites targeted – Russian envoy to Lebanon
The Russian military reserves the right to shoot down missiles and destroy launch sites in the event of US aggression against Syria, Moscow's envoy to Lebanon Alexander Zasypkin has warned.
2 Israeli warplanes carried out strikes on Syrian airbase – Russian MoD
Two Israeli F-15 fighters targeted Syria’s T-4 airbase in Homs province, the Russian Defense Ministry said on Monday. The jets fired eight guided missiles, but five of them were shot down before they hit the airfield.
Syria war: Trump condemns Syria for 'chemical attack' on Douma
US President Donald Trump has lashed out at Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and his allies Russia and Iran over a suspected chemical attack, saying there will be a "big price to pay".
