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Israeli police use water cannons to suppress protesters

After Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu dismissed his defense  minister, Yoav Gallant, thousands of demonstrators took to the streets across Israel. Gallant opposes a government plan to overhaul the justice system, which would give…

Lebanon Partial Clock change causes Confusion

A disagreement between political and religious authorities in Lebanon has resulted in people waking up to two different time zones. Caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati had announced that daylight saving would commence at the…

29 Migrants Died off the Coast of Tunisia.

Officials have reported that at least 29 sub-Saharan migrants have died in two boat sinkings off the coast of Tunisia. The migrants were attempting to reach Italy via the Mediterranean. This is part of a recent series of…