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The killing of another Palestinian journalist amid Israel's onslaught on Gaza has sent shockwaves among reporters in the besieged enclave. A Palestine TV correspondent was killed along with 11 members of his family in an Israeli strike on Thursday in southern Gaza, according to the Palestinian Authority-affiliated television network and Wafa news agency. Mohammad Abu Hattab was reporting live on-air late on Thursday outside Nasser Hospital in Gaza. He was killed 30 minutes later after he had returned to his home which was destroyed in an Israeli strike. His death prompted an emotional on-air r......

Thousands of Israelis returned to the streets of Tel Aviv late Thursday to protest against parliament's approval of a key component in the hard-right government's controversial judicial reform package. On Monday, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his coalition allies pushed through a bill in the chamber, which opponents say opens the way to more authoritarian government. The bill limits the "reasonableness" clause used by the Supreme Court to overturn government decisions which the judges deem unconstitutional. Waving Israeli flags and chanting "Democracy, Democracy!" protesters rallied on......

A group of Republican senators are accusing US President Joe Biden of engaging in "an antisemitic boycott of Israel" following moves to end US support for science and technology collaboration with Israeli institutions in the occupied territories, according to a report by Jewish Insider. The 14 Republican senators are getting ready to send a letter, seen by Jewish Insider, to Biden and Secretary of State Antony Blinken, warning that they will block confirmations if the Biden administration doesn't change its policy. "We... write to emphasize that any effort to deepen American policies that disc......

An earthquake, with a magnitude 6.3 at a depth of two km (1.2 miles), struck the Turkey-Syria border region on Monday, the European Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC) said. Two Reuters witnesses reported a strong quake and further damage to buildings in central Antakya which was hit by two massive earthquakes two weeks ago, causing tens of thousands of deaths and destroying buildings and infrastructure. Other witnesses said Turkish rescue teams were running around after the latest quake, checking people were unharmed. Muna Al Omar, a resident, said she was in a tent in a park in central......

Two teenagers suspected ofdesecrating dozens of Christian graves at a Jerusalem cemetery have been arrested, Israeli police said Friday. Toppled crosses and damaged graves were discovered earlier this week at the Protestant cemetery on Mount Zion, where Christians believe Jesus's Last Supper took place. The area is adjacent toJerusalem's Old City. Officers on Thursday evening "arrested two suspects, residents of central (Israel) aged 18 and 14", a police statement said. The pair were set to appear in court on Friday, the statement added. Security camera footage published online by local media ......

The World Bank has approved $90 million in additional financing for Iran, to help fight against the Covid-19 pandemic, a spokesperson said Friday. The Washington-based development lender's board of directors approved the aid on 21 December, a World Bank spokesperson said, which "will be utilised only for procuring additional lifesaving, essential medical equipment to strengthen Iran's pandemic response." "This funding will not go to the Iranian budget and all loan proceeds, as well as procurement and disbursements, are being managed by the World Health Organisation," the spokesperson said. The......