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Gaza health officials have found evidence of torture and executions on some of the bodies found in the mass graves in two hospitals.
The US has said it wanted answers from Israel regarding mass graves discovered at two hospitals in Gaza which were destroyed by Israeli forces.
Several bodies of migrants who tried crossing the Mediterranean have been found off the coast of Djerba island in Tunisia this week, authorities say.
PKK
A pro-Kurdish party in Turkey has been warned that it could face closure if it does not distance itself from Kurdish militants deemed terrorists by Ankara.
The US has warned of a looming offensive in Al-Fashir, North Darfur, which until this month had largely been spared from Sudan's year-long war.
Islamic State flag
Iraq executed 11 people convicted of belonging to the Islamic State group, amid condemnation from Amnesty over what it called a "lack of transparency".
Due to a series of Israeli airstrikes which have killed some of its top commanders, Iran has cut down its forces in Syria.
Demonstrators arrested on Tuesday in Egypt during a solidarity rally for women in Gaza and Sudan were released on Wednesday.
The Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in occupied East Jerusalem
Hundreds of Israeli extremists entered the holy site, under the protection of Israeli police, official Palestinian media reported.
Israel's Amichai Chikli said if he were an American, he would ‘vote for Trump and Republicans’ after US congress approved $4 billion in military aid to Israel.