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Israel prepares to bury last Gaza hostage
AFP, Published on 28/01/2026
» MEITAR, Israel - Grieving relatives of Ran Gvili gathered on Wednesday as Israel prepared to bury the last hostage returned from Gaza, marking the end of a painful national saga triggered by Hamas’s 2023 attack.
'Never seen such barbarity': the grim task of Israel's forensics teams
AFP, Published on 17/10/2023
» TEL AVIV - The stench of death is overwhelming in Israel's National Center of Forensic Medicine, where experts have been trying to identify the remains of hundreds of people slain in the Hamas attacks.
Qataris vote in subdued first legislative election
AFP, Published on 02/10/2021
» DOHA - Qataris were voting in the emirate's first legislative election Saturday, a symbolic nod to democracy that analysts say will not lead to power shifting away from the ruling family.
Dockside dealings: smuggling, bribery and tax evasion at Beirut port
AFP, Published on 16/09/2020
» BEIRUT - The huge explosion at Beirut's port last month laid bare a dockside institution riddled with graft which critics say is a microcosm of a corrupt Lebanese state.
Thousands of Muslim pilgrims ignore virus risk to gather in Indonesia
Reuters, Published on 18/03/2020
» JAKARTA/KUALA LUMPUR: Thousands of Muslim pilgrims from across Asia gathered in Indonesia on Wednesday, despite fears that their meeting could fuel the spread of a coronavirus, just two weeks after a similar event in Malaysia caused more than 500 infections.
US begins military pullout from two Afghan bases
AFP, Published on 11/03/2020
» KABUL - American forces have started pulling out of two bases in Afghanistan, a US official said Tuesday, the day peace talks between Kabul and the Taliban were due to start despite widespread violence and a political crisis.
IS names Baghdadi successor, threatens US: statement
AFP, Published on 01/11/2019
» BEIRUT - The Islamic State jihadist group confirmed the death of its leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi in a statement Thursday and named his replacement as Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Quraishi.
With Baghdadi gone, who is heir to the 'caliph'?
AFP, Published on 28/10/2019
» BEIRUT - The US declaration of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi's death opens the question of his succession at the helm of the Islamic State jihadist organisation and analysts say the list looks short.
US-Taliban deal 'close', insurgents claim
AFP, Published on 29/08/2019
» KABUL - The US and the Taliban are "close" to a deal that would see the Pentagon slash troop numbers in Afghanistan, the insurgents said Wednesday, although the US military insisted that the country must not become a sanctuary for extremists.
UN prepares ground for Yemen peace talks as battles flare
AFP, Published on 20/11/2018
» SANAA - UN envoy Martin Griffiths was preparing Tuesday to head to war-torn Yemen to lay the groundwork for peace talks in Sweden, after fresh fighting shook the flashpoint city of Hodeida.