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Violence in Jerusalem between Israeli security forces and Palestinian demonstrators a year ago escalated into an 11-day Gaza war.... Paramedics said five people riding in buses received treatment for minor injuries in the attacks.... Police released a video showing a crowd of youths pelting a passing bus with stones just outside the Old City....

OPINIONNigel Farage Campaigns For Reform In Exeter( Image: Getty) The political stakes are high as they’ve ever been as we countdown to May 1 when millions of people will vote in various elections that could reshape British politics.... And, finally, voters in Runcorn and Helsby will go to the polls in a by-election after the previous Labour MP quit following a suspended prison sentence for punching a constituent.... Less than six months into the job and she has inherited a battered and split

ISTANBUL: What will it take to halt the Turkish lira’s slide?... — BloombergWith most foreign investors long-departed, it’s the billions of dollars of hard currency savings held by Turkish households and local companies that will drive lira volatility in 2022.... As central banks in the West, including the U.S. Federal Reserve, roll up their sleeves for the inflation fight ahead, bets on tighter monetary policy in the world’s developed economies are mounting....

India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated a temple on Monday that embodies the triumph of his muscular Hindu nationalist politics, galvanising loyalists in an unofficial start to his re-election campaign this year. Modi, in flowing golden-coloured traditional dress, unveiled the black stone idol to the deity Ram in the heart of the 50-metre temple, built on grounds where a mosque stood for centuries before it was torn down in 1992 by Hindu zealots incited by members of his party. That dem

Turkey-backed Syrian rebel fighters ride on a military truck at the border town of Tel Abyad, Syria, on Monday.... It was unclear where they willgo. The Kurds have turned to the Syrian government and Russia for military assistance, further complicating the battlefield.... Turkish-backed Syrian opposition fighters celebrate in Akcakale, in Sanliurfa province advance, after entering over the border from Tal Abyad, Syria, Sunday, Oct....

Read ourprivacy notice Thanks for signing up to theBreaking News email{{# verifyErrors}}{{ message}}{{/ verifyErrors}}{{^ verifyErrors}} Something went wrong.... Thursday was his third public visit to the contested site since joining Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's hard-right government.... The site, known to Jews as the Temple Mount, is the holiest site in Judaism....

Sullivan reiterated American concerns about recent Chinese military actions around Taiwan and other coercive activities, and said that any disputes or conflicts must be resolved peacefully. The U.S. official also said Mr.... The core of those concerns pertains to the U.S. intelligence assessment that since the winter, China has been considering sending weapons to President Vladimir V. Putin for his war.... The White House official said China had so far refrained from sending any substantial we

Mourners chant anti-Israel slogans while they take the last look at the body of Fares Abu Samra, 14, during his funeral in the West Bank city of Qalqilya on Thursday.... The Palestinian Health Ministry said Thursday that Abu Samra was killed by Israeli fire in Qalqilya.... It said the incident was being reviewed. Residents of Qalqilya accused the Israeli military of opening fire toward civilians after storming into the town to arrest a Palestinian....

On his first official visit abroad, the new senator from Illinois, Barack Obama, was taken to a facility in Ukraine where the U.S. helped scientists working with dangerous biological materials.... “ Manufacturing events and creating false narratives of genocide to justify greater use of military force is a tactic that Russia has used before." The allegations have shocked those who are most familiar with the Pentagon’s post-Cold War initiative, called the Cooperative Threat Reduction program....