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Israel closes main Gaza goods crossing in response to arson attacks
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Five years after Morsi, Egyptian economy strengthens amid oppression
Five years after the deposal of Mohamed Morsi, Egypt’s first democratically elected president, the country’s long-ailing economy appears to be on the path to recovery. But at what cost?
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Transgender TV anchor challenges Pakistani culture from a news desk
Abandoned by her family and stigmatized by society, trans journalist Marvia Malik breaks barriers and challenges discrimination as Pakistan’s first transgender news anchor.
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'I feel free like a bird': Saudi women celebrate as driving ban lifted
Celebrations in major cities as clock passes midnight in carefully stage-managed event
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Sara Netanyahu, wife of Israeli PM, charged with fraud
In February, police recommended Benjamin Netanyahu be indicted on charges of corruption and bribery.
Iran to boost uranium enrichment if nuclear deal fails
Iran says it has begun work on increasing its uranium enrichment capacity, in case its 2015 nuclear agreement with world powers collapses.
Iran to unleash refugee wave, Netanyahu warns Germany
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned Germany's Angela Merkel Monday that Iranian meddling in the Middle East could touch off massive new refugee flows to Europe, as they clashed about the future of the nuclear deal with Tehran.
At least 16 dead in Afghanistan blast as officials try to dispose of explosives
Elsewhere in Afghanistan, Taliban attacks that began Monday in Ghazni province have continued
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.
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.
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.
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.
