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Egypt forces kill 22 militants in Sinai
Egyptian soldiers kill 22 militants during separate operations in the restive Sinai Peninsula.

Egyptian soldiers kill 22 militants during separate operations in the restive Sinai Peninsula.

An Iranian commander rejects reports that the country’s missile systems have been deployed in Iraq’s Anbar province.

The Syrian army, backed by Lebanon’s resistance movement Hezbollah, liberate two valleys in Qalamoun.

A professor says US police brutality is compounded by the dominant gun culture and societal violence in the country.

Three suspected al-Qaeda militants are reportedly killed in a US drone strike in southern Yemen.

Afghan security forces kill over 46 Taliban militants in the past 24 hours.

Israeli military forces kill a young Palestinian man in the occupied West Bank.

UNICEF says more than three million children in France live in poverty.

UN peacekeepers in Haiti have sexually abused 225 women and girls, a report reveals.

America's top general sought to reassure Israel on Tuesday of "unshakable" US military support.

Iran, China and Indonesia have reached a final agreement on building a refinery on the East Java island to process 150,000 barrels per day of heavy crude oil, an Iranian official said on Wednesday.

The speaker of the Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC) is released from an Israeli jail.

The UN releases data showing around 878,000 people have fled Ukraine, with 1.3 million internally displaced.

Iran rejects Bahrain’s claim that it has busted a terrorist cell with links to some groups in Iran.

US President Barack Obama has lashed out at his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin over the Ukraine crisis.

One American is killed and another one injured when a rocket hits their car at Bagram Air Field in Afghanistan.

Saudi fighter jets conduct a new round of airstrikes against various regions across Yemen.

Iran has prepared three ports in the Caspian Sea and added six ships to its fleet for cargo trade with Russia as the two countries are forging stepped-up commercial relationship to counter Western sanctions on both countries.