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Israeli PM's office says decision to release funds frozen since January was "humanitarian" and "in overall consideration of Israel's interests at this time".

A suicide bomber and roadside explosives targeted police and military, wounding dozens, in the latest in a string of attacks on the Sinai peninsula.

Man dies in hospital and two others arrested by Israeli forces after their boat comes under fire off coast of Gaza.

With the Houthis controlling much of the north, Yemen's president, Abedrabbo Mansour Hadi, met with a UN envoy in the southern city of Aden.

The Islamic State group have released a video showing militants in Mosul smashing Assyrian and Parthian statues with sledgehammers, claiming they are idolatrous.

Fire hits the Torch tower in Dubai Marina, with no reported fatalities.

US military plans to train 15,000 Syrian fighters over a three-year period to battle the Islamic State group in Syria.

UN envoy Staffan de Mistura’s comments on Assad's role in future of Syria draw angry denouncements. Nearly 200 people, including 29 children, are estimated killed in the ongoing government bombardments of Douma.

Thirteen are wounded as hundreds of opposition activists mark anniversary of country’s uprising with protests and demonstrations.

One dead, three wounded and two suspects at large in Denmark shooting. Lars Vilks, the Swedish artist behind 2007 Muhammad cartoons, was a participant.