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Libya: Rival group seizes UN-backed government offices

Libya's UN-backed government has suffered a new setback after forces loyal to a political rival seized key offices in the capital and proclaimed the reinstatement of the former administration.

Russia sends missile system to Syria

Russia has confirmed it has sent an S-300 air defence system to its naval base in the Syrian port of Tartus.

Suicide bomber kills 22 at wedding party

ISIS has claimed responsibility for a deadly suicide bombing on Monday at a Kurdish wedding party in northeast Syria, the latest violent act to destabilize the embattled country.

File: Bozdag said that there could be new arrests, while some of those currently arrested might be freed [Umit Bektas/Reuters]File: Bozdag said that there could be new arrests, while some of those currently arrested might be freed [Umit Bektas/Reuters]
File: Bozdag said that there could be new arrests, while some of those currently arrested might be freed [Umit Bektas/Reuters]File: Bozdag said that there could be new arrests, while some of those currently arrested might be freed [Umit Bektas/Reuters]

Turkey: 32,000 jailed for links to group 'behind' coup

Turkish courts have placed 32,000 suspects under arrest on charges of links to a group run by US-based cleric Fethullah Gulen, who is blamed for the July 15 coup, the justice minister said.

Shimon Peres, former Israeli president, dies aged 93

Shimon Peres, who served twice as Israel's prime minister and once as president, has died at the age of 93. 

Nahed Hattar was facing trial for posting a cartoon on his Facebook account [Al Jazeera]
Nahed Hattar was facing trial for posting a cartoon on his Facebook account [Al Jazeera]

Jordanian writer shot dead ahead of trial over cartoon

A gunman has shot dead prominent Jordanian writer Nahed Hattar outside a court where he was facing charges for sharing a cartoon deemed offensive to Islam.

A blaze lighting up the night sky
A blaze lighting up the night sky

Warplanes set rebel-held Aleppo ablaze - Syria conflict

Rebel-held areas of the northern Syrian city of Aleppo saw the heaviest air strikes in months overnight, activists say, as a week-old truce collapsed.

The air strike came a day after an attack on an aid convoy in nearby Urum al-Kubra
The air strike came a day after an attack on an aid convoy in nearby Urum al-Kubra

Syria conflict: Air strike kills five medical workers

An air strike on a medical facility near the Syrian city of Aleppo has killed five employees of an international aid agency, the group says, including nurses.

Damaged aid trucks stand near the rebel-held town of Urum al-Kubra
Damaged aid trucks stand near the rebel-held town of Urum al-Kubra

Syria conflict: UN suspends all aid after convoy hit

The UN has suspended all aid convoys in Syria after its lorries were attacked by warplanes near Aleppo on Monday. 

Dhiab was held in Guantanamo for 12 years without charge [Reuters]
Dhiab was held in Guantanamo for 12 years without charge [Reuters]

Ex-Guantanamo prisoner slips into coma in Uruguay

A former Guantanamo Bay prisoner who was resettled in Uruguay has slipped into a coma after a lengthy hunger strike in support of his demand to be reunited with his family in Turkey.

US president says the 10-year, $38bn arms deal will help bolster Israel's security in "a dangerous neighbourhood".
US president says the 10-year, $38bn arms deal will help bolster Israel's security in "a dangerous neighbourhood".

US and Israel sign record $38bn military aid deal

The United States has signed a record $38bn deal to provide Israel with military assistance over a 10-year period - the largest such agreement ever by the US with any country.

A railway official blamed the accident on the passenger-train driver [Reuters]
A railway official blamed the accident on the passenger-train driver [Reuters]

Pakistan train crash: Deaths and injuries reported

A Karachi-bound express train has collided with a stationary freight train in Pakistan's central Punjab region, killing at least six people and injuring more than 150, according to Geo TV.

The average number of people who cross at Rafah each month has plummeted to fewer than 2,000
The average number of people who cross at Rafah each month has plummeted to fewer than 2,000

Palestinians paying thousands in bribes to leave Gaza

Egyptian officers are asking for bribes of up to $10,000 from Palestinians in Gaza desperate to leave the besieged coastal enclave, according to Gaza brokers who coordinate the bribe payments, former Palestinian border officials and travellers.  

More than 6,600 people have been killed in Yemen since March 2015

Scores killed in Yemen suicide bombing

A suicide car bomb attack on an army training camp in Yemen's second city of Aden killed at least 45 people, medical sources say.

2 ISIS child bombers stopped; 3 on the loose

A boy stands shaking in the street. Fear etched across his face. Two men flank him on either side as a third rips through the boy's Barcelona football shirt to reveal what appears to be an explosive belt. 

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