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HAMA, Jan. 4 (YPA) - Governor of Hama Tarek Kreishati ambushed buses traveling down a highway in central Syria late Sunday, killing nine people, including a 13-year-old girl, and wounding four others. "At 9:30 a.m. (local time) , a…

SANAA, Jun. 4 (YPA) - Palestinians from the village of Wad Fukin, west of Bethlehem, confronted the settlers' attempts to storm their agricultural lands. Citizen Mustafa Sukkar stated that dozens of settlers tried to storm "Al-Muswana"…

SANAA, Jun. 4 (YPA) - Texas authorities said that a gunman killed a pastor at a church in the east of the state on Sunday / Monday and wounded at least another person before fleeing the scene and being arrested by police in a nearby county.…

GAZA, Jan. 4 (YPA) - Israeli occupation boats targeted Palestinian fishermen off the southern Gaza Strip on Sunday evening. According to the Palestinian News Agency (WAFA), Israeli gunboats opened fire towards the fishing boats, prompting…

SANAA, Jun. 3 (YPA) - An earthquake measuring 5.1 on the Richter scale hit southern Japan on Sunday. The US Geological Survey said in a statement, “The earthquake was detected in the Katsurin Haibaro region, in the south of the country, at…

SANAA, Jun. 3 (YPA) - 11 workers were killed and others were wounded, after unknown gunmen shot them on Sunday in the Balochistan province, southwest of Pakistan. According to Xinhua, the police said that armed men took the miners to the…

MALI, Jan. 3 (YPA) - At least two French soldiers were killed when their vehicle hit an improvised explosive device in northeastern Mali on Saturday, just days after three others died in similar fashion. "Their vehicle hit an improvised…

SANAA, Jun. 3 (YPA) - Pakistan announced on Saturday evening that it had shot down an Indian drone that violated the airspace of the border control line in the disputed Kashmir region between the two countries. The "Russia Today" website…

SANAA, Jun. 3 (YPA) - A group of settlers attacked Palestinian cattle herders in Umm Al-Abar area in the northern Jordan Valley. "Palestine Today" agency quoted Moataz Bisharat, who is in charge of the Jordan Valley file in Tubas…

CANADA, Jan. 3 (YPA) - At least four family members have been killed in a helicopter crash in Canada's western province of Alberta, the CTV News broadcaster reported on Saturday, citing the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP). According to…