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Father of Palestinian toddler killed in arson attack dies of wounds

The father of a Palestinian toddler killed in an arson attack on his home a week ago died on Saturday of wounds sustained in the fire. Suspected Jewish attackers torched the home of Saad Dawabsheh in the West Bank village of Duma on July 31, killing his 18-month-old child and seriously injuring his wife and a second son, an act that Israel’s prime minister described as terrorism. A spokeswoman for

Father of Palestinian toddler killed in arson attack dies of wounds

The father of a Palestinian toddler killed in an arson attack on his home a week ago died on Saturday of wounds sustained in the fire. Suspected Jewish attackers torched the home of Saad Dawabsheh in the West Bank village of Duma on July 31, killing his 18-month-old child and seriously injuring his wife and a second son, an act that Israel’s prime minister described as terrorism. A spokeswoman for

Father of Palestinian toddler killed in arson attack dies of wounds

The father of a Palestinian toddler killed in an arson attack on his home a week ago died on Saturday of wounds sustained in the fire. Suspected Jewish attackers torched the home of Saad Dawabsheh in the West Bank village of Duma on July 31, killing his 18-month-old child and seriously injuring his wife and a second son, an act that Israel’s prime minister described as terrorism. A spokeswoman for

Father of Palestinian toddler killed in arson attack dies of wounds

The father of a Palestinian toddler killed in an arson attack on his home a week ago died on Saturday of wounds sustained in the fire. Suspected Jewish attackers torched the home of Saad Dawabsheh in the West Bank village of Duma on July 31, killing his 18-month-old child and seriously injuring his wife and a second son, an act that Israel’s prime minister described as terrorism. A spokeswoman for

Greece says cannot handle migrants; UNHCR calls crisis 'shameful'

By Lefteris Papadimas and Stephanie Nebehay ATHENS/GENEVA (Reuters) – Greece’s infrastructure cannot handle the thousands of people landing on its shores from places like war-torn Syria and Afghanistan and needs European Union help, Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras said on Friday. The United Nations refugee agency called on Greece to take control of the “total chaos” on Mediterranean islands, where thousands of migrants have landed. About 124,000 have arrived this year

U.N. council urges inquiry to identify those behind Syria gas attacks

By Louis Charbonneau UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – The U.N. Security Council on Friday unanimously passed a resolution asking U.N. chief Ban Ki-moon and the head of the global anti-chemical weapons watchdog to prepare a plan to set up an inquiry to identify those behind chemical weapons attacks in Syria’s civil war. Attributing responsibility for poison gas attacks in Syria’s four-year conflict could pave the way for action by the 15-member

Angry Chinese families seek answers about missing Malaysian plane

By Trinna Leong and Michael Martina KUALA LUMPUR/BEIJING (Reuters) – Angry relatives of Chinese passengers aboard a Malaysia Airlines plane missing for more than a year clashed with police in Beijing on Friday as French officials extended the search for debris on remote Indian Ocean island beaches. Investigators on the French-governed island of Reunion have collected a piece of wing that Malaysia has said came from Flight MH370, the first

Islamic State abducts dozens of Christians from Syrian town: monitor

By Suleiman Al-Khalidi BEIRUT (Reuters) – Islamic State militants have captured dozens of Christian families after seizing a strategically located town in the central Syrian province of Homs, a monitor said on Friday. The UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said at least 230 people were kidnapped or detained, including dozens of Christians, some of whom were taken from a church in Qaryatain, the town captured overnight after heavy fighting