Israel continues to prevent international journalists from entering the Gaza Strip independently to report on conditions there, despite the ongoing ceasefire.
On Tuesday, the Supreme Court in Jerusalem held another…
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Three IRGC soldiers killed in terrorist attack in southern Iran
Three members of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) Ground Forces were killed on Wednesday in an attack by “terrorist and hostile groups” near the border region of Lar, close to Zahedan in southeastern Iran.
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Israeli Druze leader seeks US security guarantees for Syrian minority
By Olivia Le Poidevin and Suleiman Al-Khalidi
GENEVA, Dec 10 (Reuters) – Israeli Druze leader Sheikh Mowafaq Tarif urged the United States to guarantee the security of the Druze community in Syria to prevent a recurrence of intense violence…
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At least 22 killed in collapse of two buildings in Moroccan city of Fez
By Ahmed Elimam and Ahmed El Jechtimi
RABAT, Dec 10 (Reuters) – At least 22 people were killed and 16 others injured overnight when two adjacent buildings collapsed in Fez, one of Morocco’s oldest cities, the prosecutor said on Wednesday.One…
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Doulas play essential roles in reproductive health care – and more states are beginning to recognize it
A growing share of Americans, especially in rural areas, are losing access to reproductive health care. At the same time, American women are dying during or after pregnancy at higher rates than in any other high-income country.
As a result,…
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Exposure to neighborhood violence leads some Denver teens to use tobacco and alcohol earlier, new study shows
High levels of neighborhood violence increase the risk of Latino and African American teens in Denver starting to use alcohol and tobacco, according to our recent study.
In the U.S., approximately 2 in 10 adolescents between the ages of 12…
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UNICEF urges action for 5mln displaced children in Sudan
UNICEF estimates that 10 million people have been displaced in Sudan — half of them children, marking the highest level of child displacement in the world, Xinhua news agency reported.
The agency said children trapped in besieged and…
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19 dead, 16 injured after 2 buildings collapse in Morocco
Morocco’s state news agency reported that the two residential buildings housed eight families. Sixteen people were injured in the collapse and sent for treatment at a nearby hospital.
Authorities said the neighbourhood had been evacuated, and…
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Iraq removes Hezbollah and Houthis from terror asset-freeze list after ‘administrative error’ – Middle East Monitor
Iraq has confirmed the removal of Lebanon’s Hezbollah and Yemen’s Ansar Allah (the Houthis) from its list of entities whose assets were frozen, after determining that their earlier inclusion had been the result of…
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How al-Assad’s Syria broke its own people in Sednaya prison
Sednaya, the Assad regime’s flagship prison, became Syria’s slaughterhouse, where thousands were tortured and killed
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