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German parliament speaker visits Gaza

  AFP : The speaker of Germany’s lower house of parliament briefly visited the Israeli-controlled part of the Gaza Strip on Thursday, the body told AFP. Julia Kloeckner spent “about an hour in the...

Deaths in Iran’s protests top 7,000

  AP : Activists say the death toll from Iran’s nationwide crackdown on protests last month has reached at least 7,002, with many more feared dead. The gradual increase in reported fatalities adds to...

Over 21 dead in ferry sinking in Sudan

  Al Jazeera : Over 21 people have drowned, while others remain missing, after a passenger ferry sank on the Nile in northern Sudan’s River Nile State, civil defence officials have said, in the...

Syria takes control of al-Tanf base

  Reuters : Syria’s Defence Ministry said on Thursday that Syrian army units had taken control of the al-Tanf military base vacated by US troops, following coordination between Syrian and US authorities. Reuters, quoting...