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UN urges calm after Israeli police storm the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound following Friday prayers.
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Israeli PM defies call by US President Joe Biden for ‘a significant de-escalation in Gaza today on the path to a truce’.
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Four Palestinian protesters killed in West Bank during demonstrations against Israel’s bombardment of Gaza.
Health authorities say Gaza death toll includes 61 children as Israel’s bombardment enters its second week.
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Protests in occupied West Bank and around world as number of people killed by Israeli bombardment on Gaza reaches 145.
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The UN says 10,000 Palestinians have been forced out of their homes in the Gaza Strip, as the death toll reaches 137.
Death toll in Gaza rises to 113, health authorities say, as Israel boosts troops and tanks near the besieged enclave.
![Waiving intellectual property protections could help millions of people in poorer nations get inoculated, by allowing more manufacturers to produce jabs [Amit Dave/Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/sfd.jpg?resize=270%2C180)
In a potentially pivotal move, the US has backed a global waiver on patent protections for coronavirus vaccines.
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Millions vote in final phase of marathon polls in West Bengal despite record spike in COVID infections and deaths.
![Regeni, a 28-year-old doctoral student researching trade unions in Egypt, disappeared in Cairo on January 25, 2016 [File: Alessandro Bianchi/Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/image-42.jpg?resize=270%2C180)
Judge in Rome to decide whether four Egyptian agents accused of murdering the Italian student should stand trial.