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Gazans return to scenes of devastation in Khan Younis

This embedded content is not available in your region. The devastated landscape of their city feels unreal to the thousands of Palestinians who have been returning to Khan Younis in Gaza. Through the rubble of the streets, they have been filing back on bicycles, donkey carts and by foot, looking for their homes or what […]

Palestinians return to Khan Younis after Israel withdraws troops

Streams of Palestinians have filed into Khan Younis to salvage what they can from the vast destruction left in the wake of Israel’s attack on the southern Gaza city. Many came back to the Gaza Strip’s second-largest city a day after the Israeli military announced it was withdrawing troops from the area to find their […]

Israel withdraws from Khan Younis as Gaza war hits 6-month mark

The Israeli army says it has withdrawn its forces from the city of Khan Younis, the biggest in the southern Gaza Strip, as its war against Palestinian Islamist group Hamas hits the six-month mark. “The IDF’s 98th commando division has concluded its mission in Khan Yunis. The division left the Gaza Strip in order to […]

Pakistan’s court suspends ex-PM Khan conviction on graft charges

A court in Pakistan on Monday suspended the conviction of former prime minister Imran Khan and his wife on one of the several graft charges, his spokesman said, but the pair was unlikely to walk free due to other charges. The Islamabad High Court said Khan’s trial in the lower tribunal that led to a […]

Israeli military steps up strikes on Hamas in Gaza’s Khan Younis

JERUSALEM (Reuters) – The Israeli military said on Sunday it intensified operations in the southern Gaza city of Khan Younis, destroying dozens of Hamas targets in a blitz of air and artillery strikes. The air force and artillery hit about 50 targets within six minutes, it said, in a bid to “intensify operational achievements in […]

Khan supporters protest as lawmakers take oath in Pakistan parliament

Newly elected members have been sworn in at Pakistan’s National Assembly as allies of jailed former premier Imran Khan protested against what they claim was a rigged election. Lawmakers from Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party repeatedly chanted “vote-thief!” as Shehbaz Sharif, who is expected to form the government, entered the lower house of parliament with […]

Ex-Pakistan PM Imran Khan and wife plead not guilty in corruption case

Pakistan’s imprisoned former prime minister Imran Khan and his wife have pleaded not guilty in a corruption case alleging they accepted the gift of land from a property tycoon in exchange for large sums of laundered money. The case is the second to indict Khan and his wife Bushra Bibi over acts of corruption allegedly […]