JERUSALEM, (APP/AFP) – Israel has approved 560 new homes for the West Bank settlement of Maale Adumim, a spokesman for the settlement said Monday, in a move likely to raise tensions following a series of Palestinian attacks. The Maale Adumim mayor was on Sunday night officially informed of the decision by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu […]
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Israel approves 560 new homes in West Bank settlement: spokesman
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More than 200 dead in IS-claimed Baghdad blast: officials
BAGHDAD, July 4, (APP/AFP) – At least 213 people were killed in Sunday’s Baghdad suicide bombing claimed by the Islamic State group, officials said, making it one of the deadliest ever militant attacks in Iraq. The suicide car bombing, which ripped through a crowded shopping area and sparked infernos in nearby buildings, also wounded more […]
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Australia PM urged to quit after ‘Brexiting’ himself
SYDNEY, (APP/AFP) – Australia’s opposition Labor Party urged Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull to resign Monday, calling him the “David Cameron of the southern hemisphere” after he failed to secure an emphatic election victory. Millionaire former banker Turnbull took the country to the ballot boxes on Saturday, but his Liberal/National coalition has so far failed to […]
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Saudi intercepts ballistic missile from Yemen: coalition
RIYADH, (APP/AFP) – Saudi Arabia intercepted a ballistic missile that Yemeni rebels fired towards the kingdom’s southern city of Abha early Monday, the Riyadh-led coalition fighting the insurgents said. “It was intercepted with no injuries,” the coalition said in a statement, adding that the missile launcher was destroyed by Saudi air defences. It was at […]
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Over 4 million attend Khatm Al-Qur’an in Grand Mosque, Prophet’s Mosque
ISLAMABAD, Jul 4 (APP): Over two million worshipers attended the completion of recitation of the Holy Qur’an (Khatm Al-Qur’an) at the Grand Mosque in Makkah, the 29th night of Ramzan. They included visitors, Umrah pilgrims, citizens and expatriates. The worshipers thronged the Grand Mosque since the early hours of Sunday, Saudi Press agency reported The […]
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Trump predicts no FBI charges against Clinton in emails probe
NEW YORK, July 3 (APP): US presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump says that Hillary Clinton, his possible Democratic rival in the November national elections, will not be indicted by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) over her email case. Trump said in a tweet that the “system is totally rigged.” Approximately 30 minutes earlier, […]