Sayad Khodai, a senior figure in the elite Quds force, was reportedly shot dead in his car by two gunmen.
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Colonel in Iran Revolutionary Guard assassinated
Sayad Khodai, a senior figure in the elite Quds force, was reportedly shot dead in his car by two gunmen.
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Colonel in Iran Revolutionary Guard assassinated
Sayad Khodai, a senior figure in the elite Quds force, was reportedly shot dead in his car by two gunmen.
Shot Palestinian's family claim Israel police abuse
Relatives say police used unjustifiable force on them inside the hospital treating the wounded man.
Israeli coalition government in crisis as MP quits
An Arab member resigns in anger, leaving the government as a fragile minority for the first time.
Amnesty calls for £350m World Cup workers fund
Human rights groups urge Fifa to compensate migrants who they say have suffered abuse in Qatar.
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Non-binary in Iraq: ‘People get killed’
For Iraq's non-binary community, life is difficult and dangerous.
MPs urge UK to help activist jailed in Egypt
British citizen Alaa Abdel Fattah's prison conditions are "inhumane", the foreign secretary is told.
US military finds no wrongdoing in Syria strike
Dozens of people, including women and children, were killed in the 2019 strike on an IS position.
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Colonel in Iran Revolutionary Guard assassinated
Sayad Khodai, a senior figure in the elite Quds force, was reportedly shot dead in his car by two gunmen.
Shot Palestinian's family claim Israel police abuse
Relatives say police used unjustifiable force on them inside the hospital treating the wounded man.
Israeli coalition government in crisis as MP quits
An Arab member resigns in anger, leaving the government as a fragile minority for the first time.
Amnesty calls for £350m World Cup workers fund
Human rights groups urge Fifa to compensate migrants who they say have suffered abuse in Qatar.
Video 2 minutes 29 seconds
Non-binary in Iraq: ‘People get killed’
For Iraq's non-binary community, life is difficult and dangerous.
MPs urge UK to help activist jailed in Egypt
British citizen Alaa Abdel Fattah's prison conditions are "inhumane", the foreign secretary is told.
US military finds no wrongdoing in Syria strike
Dozens of people, including women and children, were killed in the 2019 strike on an IS position.
Shot Palestinian's family claim Israel police abuse
Relatives say police used unjustifiable force on them inside the hospital treating the wounded man.
Israeli coalition government in crisis as MP quits
An Arab member resigns in anger, leaving the government as a fragile minority for the first time.
Amnesty calls for £350m World Cup workers fund
Human rights groups urge Fifa to compensate migrants who they say have suffered abuse in Qatar.
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At least four migrants drown, 10 missing off Tunisia
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At least four migrants have drowned and another 10 are missing after their boat sank off the coast of Tunisia.
The Tunisian coastguard said they were attempting to cross the Mediterranean to Italy.
The coastguard managed to rescue 44 people from the overcrowded boat which sank off Louza in Sfax governorate.
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Egypt's wheat stockpiles will last four months - PM
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Copyright: Getty ImagesImage caption: Famers must sell all their wheat to the government because of shortfalls caused by the Ukraine war Egypt has four months' worth of wheat in strategic reserve, prime minister Mostafa Madbouly has announced.
Ukraine and Russia have traditionally met 80% of the world's largest wheat importer's needs, but not since Russia invaded its neighbour last February.
Ukraine has offered to transport part of four contracted shipments to Poland by train, which Egypt says would increase shipping costs dramatically.
Egypt is buying 500,000 tonnes from India, which has now banned exports except for paid-up contracts.
Mr Madbouly's government has made it compulsory for Egyptian farmers to sell their wheat to it.
On Wednesday, the UN Secretary General warned that the war in Ukraine is increasing the risk of a global food shortage unless Russia releases grain stored in Ukrainian ports for export.
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Tunisian MPs handed prison sentence over assault
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A military court in Tunisia has issued prison sentences to four MPs on charges of assaulting policemen last year.
Those sentenced include Saif Eddine Maklouf, who heads the Karama Party in the dissolved parliament.
A prominent critic of President Kais Saied, he has been sentenced to five months in jail - three other members of the party received similar sentences.
Clashes in Libya as rival PM tries to take power
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Copyright: ReutersImage caption: Fathi Bashagha was named prime minister by an eastern Libya-based parliament There's been a brief outbreak of factional fighting in the Libyan capital, Tripoli.
Members of an eastern faction arrived overnight in an attempt to claim power.
They then left the city after several hours of clashes.
The armed escort had accompanied Fathi Bashagha, who was named as prime minister by a parliament based in eastern Libya.
He has been trying to take over from Abdulhamid al-Dbeibah, who was appointed prime minister after UN-brokered negotiations last year.
Mr Bashagha says his western rival forfeited his claim to office when he failed to hold elections as scheduled.
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