Israel closes people crossing with Gaza after border violence

Israel closes people crossing with Gaza after border violence

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Israel closed Sunday its only crossing for people with the Gaza Strip except for humanitarian cases after weekend border clashes, the latest tightening of its blockade on the Palestinian enclave despite truce efforts. The move could prevent Gazans from travelling via the crossing for this week's Muslim holiday of Eid…

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More than two million Muslims begin hajj pilgrimage
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More than two million Muslims from around the globe started the hajj pilgrimage on Sunday in Saudi Arabia, one of the world's largest annual gatherings…
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German FA boss admits Ozil needed more support over ‘racist attacks’
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The under-fire president of the German Football Association (DFB), admitted on Sunday that he should have given Mesut Ozil more support when the midfielder was…
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Fresh quake rocks Indonesia’s Lombok island
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A strong earthquake rocked the Indonesian island of Lombok Sunday, triggering landslides, damaging buildings and sending people fleeing just two weeks after a tremor killed…
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Tributes pour in for former UN chief and Nobel laureate Kofi Annan
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From his native Africa to the United States, tributes continued to pour in from around the world Sunday after UN chief, Nobel peace laureate, and…

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Israel closes people crossing with Gaza after border violence

Israel closed its only crossing for people with the Gaza Strip on Sunday except for humanitarian cases after border clashes,…
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More than two million Muslims begin hajj pilgrimage

More than two million Muslims from around the globe on Sunday started the hajj pilgrimage at Islam's holiest sites in…
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Iran announces new fighter jet

Iran will unveil this week a new jet fighter and upgrade its missile defences to meet threats from Israel and…
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Brazil sends troops after clashes at Venezuela border

Brazil will send troops to its border with Venezuela on Monday after residents of the Brazilian border town of Pacaraima…
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More bodies found in flooded Kerala as toll hits 357

Rescuers waded into submerged villages in southern India on Sunday in a desperate search for survivors cut off for days…
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Fresh quake rocks Indonesia’s Lombok island

A strong 6.3-magnitude earthquake rocked the Indonesian island of Lombok Sunday, sending people fleeing into the streets just two weeks…
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S. Korean families gather on eve of rare reunion

Dozens of elderly and frail South Koreans gathered excitedly Sunday on the eve of their first meeting for nearly seven…
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Strong 6.3 earthquake rocks Indonesia’s Lombok island

A strong 6.3-magnitude earthquake rocked the Indonesian island of Lombok Sunday, sending people fleeing into the streets just two weeks…
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India flood death toll jumps to 357

The death toll from the worst flooding to hit India's Kerala state in a century has jumped to 357, authorities…
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Magnitude 6.3 earthquake rocks Indonesia’s Lombok island: USGS

A strong 6.3-magnitude earthquake rocked the Indonesian island of Lombok Sunday, sending people fleeing into the streets just two weeks…
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Australia ramps up aid to farmers as drought bites

Financial aid for drought-stricken Australian farmers will be increased to Aus$1.8 billion (US$1.3 billion) as they endure the driest conditions…
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Bitter pills: Erdogan’s possible remedies for Turkey crisis

The crash in the Turkish lira sparked by US sanctions has left President Recep Tayyip Erdogan facing the biggest economic…
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Ghana backpedalling out of banking crisis

Ghana is backpedalling out of a banking crisis as the government takes on debt to save a troubled sector and…
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Embattled Tsipras seeks to steady ship after fire tragedy

The summer was meant to have been a chance for Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras to bask in the success of…
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Has the eurozone learned from its Greek odyssey?

Greece will formally turn the page on its debt saga this week, but the eurozone remains vulnerable to further crises,…
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Migrants unseen in Israeli photographer’s exhibition

Photographer Ron Amir spent years visiting African migrants in the Israeli desert to understand the new world they had created.…
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Sightings, satellites help track mysterious ocean giant

The sight of a basking shark's brooding silhouette gliding through the waters off western France is more than just a…
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‘Everything is business’: Rohingya crisis presents economic opportunity

Captain Min Min, a Buddhist from Myanmar, looks on as a stream of Muslim Rohingya labourers zig-zag up narrow gangplanks…
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Forty years ago: three popes in three months

The death 40 years ago of Pope John Paul I, who reigned for just 33 days in 1978, paved the…
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Tributes pour in for former UN chief and Nobel laureate Kofi Annan

From his native Africa to the United States, tributes poured in from top leaders around the world Sunday after UN…
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Ghana backpedalling out of banking crisis

Ghana is backpedalling out of a banking crisis as the government takes on debt to save a troubled sector and…
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Venezuela on edge as Maduro unveils raft of economic reforms

Uncertainty reigned in Venezuela on Saturday after President Nicolas Maduro unveiled a major economic reform plan aimed at halting the…
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Rush to visit Franco’s tomb before his remains are moved

"Since they are going to remove Franco, I wanted to see it. It's morbid curiosity," says Antonio Nevado, one of…
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Fifty years ago, Soviet tanks crush the Prague Spring

In August 1968 Soviet tanks rolled into communist Czechoslovakia to crush a burgeoning democratic reform movement known as the Prague…
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S. Africa land reform debate hots up as showdown looms

"We live like sardines while white farmers live on hectares of land. Bring back our land!" declared Nthabiseng Tshivhenga, a…
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Greece emerges from bailouts relieved, but not euphoric

The youngest Greeks may not be able to remember what life was like beforehand: the third and last of the…
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Ghana backpedalling out of banking crisis

Ghana is backpedalling out of a banking crisis as the government takes on debt to save a troubled sector and…
Published on 19.08.2018 par AFP AFP
S. Africa land reform debate hots up as showdown looms

"We live like sardines while white farmers live on hectares of land. Bring back our land!" declared Nthabiseng Tshivhenga, a…
Published on 19.08.2018 par AFP AFP
Ghana backpedalling out of banking crisis

Ghana is backpedalling out of a banking crisis as the government takes on debt to save a troubled sector and…
Published on 19.08.2018 par AFP AFP
Rush to visit Franco’s tomb before his remains are moved

"Since they are going to remove Franco, I wanted to see it. It's morbid curiosity," says Antonio Nevado, one of…
Published on 19.08.2018 par AFP AFP