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Image caption Israa Ghrayeb was a well-known make-up artist in the West Bank When a young woman was admitted to Al Hussein hospital with a fractured spine and bruises on her body and face, doctors […]

Image copyright EPA Image caption Saudi-led coalition air strikes regularly target Houthis in Yemen The Houthis say they did it; the United States insists that it was Iran; the Iranians deny any involvement. A predictable […]

Image copyright EPA Image caption Saudi-led coalition air strikes regularly target Houthis in Yemen The Houthis say they did it; the United States insists that it was Iran; the Iranians deny any involvement. A predictable […]

Image copyright EPA Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi said in his Independence Day speech on Thursday that his government’s decision to strip autonomy from the part of Kashmir it controls would bring substantial development to […]

Image copyright Abid Bhat Image caption Kashmiris say they are living in an “open-air prison” Indian-administered Kashmir has been under an unprecedented lockdown since Monday, when India revoked a special constitutional status dating back nearly […]

Image caption The Indian army and Asrar’s family have conflicting versions of what caused his fatal injury There have been conflicting accounts of the number of deaths in Indian-administered Kashmir, and how they were caused, […]

Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Boats carrying passengers on the Congo river are often poorly maintained, crowded and overloaded At least 34 people are feared drowned after a boat sank on the River Congo. […]

Image copyright Reuters Image caption Brett Kavanaugh had been seen as a safe choice for Supreme Court nominee On paper, US President Donald Trump’s nominee to the Supreme Court, Brett Kavanaugh, has an impeccable legal […]

Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh was confirmed a year ago US President Donald Trump has angrily defended Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh, who is facing fresh allegations of sexual […]

Image copyright Google Image caption Boone’s Camp Event Hall in Booneville, Mississippi A US interracial couple was turned away by a wedding venue because the owner said their union went against her Christian beliefs, video […]