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Latest in Tag: kill

Egyptians arrested in Syria
Syrian authorities arrest eight Egyptians for illegally entering Syria

In the memory of Al-Durra
Twelve year old Palestinian remembered, eleven years after his killing by Israeli security forces

Families of Maspero victims seek justice
Maspero Youth Union considers lawsuit against state-owned newspaper
Controversy over capital punishment
The Egyptian Organisation for Human Rights (EOHR) has called for a reconsideration of what crimes are subject to the death penalty, following the sentencing of 14 militants involved in attacks on security forces in north Sinai last year. The EOHR condemned the attackers and supported their facing trial, but it also called for a review …

Two million flee India floods as aid effort struggles
GUWAHATI, India (AFP) — Fresh rains hampered a military air operation to help flood victims in northeastern India, where more than two million people have been forced from their homes, officials said Wednesday. Disaster management chiefs overseeing the aid effort in Assam state also said the number of people killed in flood-related incidents had reached …
Court sentences student murderers to 15 years
Victim’s father performs a sit-in in protest at the court’s ruling

Damascus school bombed by opposition fighters
Syrian government confirms attack but insists school was not used by security forces or militia

Suicide car bomb in Iraq kills four school children
Car bomb explodes next to school, kills four and injures six

Syrian air force bombs Aleppo as UN Security Council convenes
Civilian death-toll continues to rise in Syria while refugee crisis intensifies

Human Rights Watch urges Somali government to protect journalists
Somalia one of most dangerous countries worldwide for journalists

Jihadist group claims responsibility for Israel attack
Carried out in response to anti-Muslim video made in the United States

Philippines to make landmark peace with Muslim rebels
Ceasefire and autonomy promised by government could end nearly 40 year old conflict that left hundreds of thousands dead or displaced.

Militants kill Israeli soldier
Crossed the Egyptian borders, killed an Israeli soldier and injured another

Twenty one killed in two days of anti-US protest in Pakistan
Pakistani protesters clash with police, 21 killed on government-sanctioned “Love for the Prophet Mohamed Day”

Mali Islamist won’t hold talks until Shari’a is implemented
Mali MUJAO accepts talks with government on condition Islamic Shari’a be implemented first

Sabra and Shatila, 30 years on
Evidence continues to highlight responsibility and failed intervention

Two Palestinians killed in Israeli airstrike
Israel claims those killed terrorists, Hamas claims border patrol

South African Lonmin miners end their strike
Police disperse Amplats miners’ protest

Islamist militants kill Nigerian district attorney general
Boko Haram’s latest killing follows unconfirmed reports of their spokesperson’s death

Attack in east Turkey: seven dead
Kidnappings and attacks on civilians: PKK hardliners gaining upper hand

Confidential list of Syrian war crime suspects handed to UN
Over 20,000 deaths later, independent UN investigators conclude war crimes have been committed

South African mines reopen but unrest continues
Global platinum price rises in response to strikes that have seen 45 miners killed

Rising speculations about Al-Qaeda’s affiliation to the attack on Benghazi consulate
AQAP suggests in a statement the attack was in revenge for Al-Libi’s death, while the US is allegedly sending surveillance drones over Libya

Militants kill three soldiers in Yemen
Fail to assassinate targeted minister

Afghan women ‘killed in NATO air strike’
Eight women killed, eight others wounded during the air strike

Building collapses in Shobra, kills eight
Eight dead, eleven injured during the four-floor building collapse

Hundreds killed in two massive fires in Pakistan
Workers trapped as fire raged through two factories. Faulty generators and lack of safety measures blamed

Syria army, rebels clash near Aleppo airport
“The humanitarian problem sparked by the conflict is our biggest crisis”, says the UNHCR spokesman

Tunisians protest torture after man dies in police station
Ennahda party criticised for failing to fulfill torture abolition promises

Yemeni defence minister survives assassination attempt
Attempt on defence minister’s life day after Al Qaeda’s deputy regional head killed