Middle East

A total of 39 Palestinian detainees are due to be released from Israeli jails on Friday in exchange for a group of hostages held by Hamas. The deal - mediated by Qatar - includes a four-day pause in the fighting.
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Hundreds of people including some patients left Gaza City's main hospital on Saturday. Some medical staff said they had been told to leave but Israel disputes this. Many were seen walking along rubble-strewn streets as gunfire rang out.
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Staff at Gaza City’s al-Shifa Hospital have buried dozens of dead patients in a mass grave, hospital officials say, as thousands of Palestinians remain trapped in the facility surrounded by Israeli forces.
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A Russia-backed UN Security Council resolution calling for a ceasefire has fallen flat on its back as Israel presses on with its deadly bombardment of Gaza.
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The United Kingdom (UK) and United Arab Emirates (UAE) have reportedly suspended one of the UAE’s biggest gold refineries, the Emirates Gold DMCC, which featured in the "Gold Mafia" exposè released recently by Al Jazeera Investigations.
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Kamlesh Pattni and Ewan Macmillan, who run two major rival gold-smuggling gangs out of Zimbabwe, both made clear to Al Jazeera reporters that they – and others in their field – had one preferred destination for the gold their couriers carry…
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“We do merchanting, that’s it.”  This is how Mohamed Khan, one of South Africa’s biggest money launderers, described his approach to hiding vast amounts of illicit cash from authorities. That code word for laundering sits well with…
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has announced that a controversial plan to overhaul the country’s judiciary will be delayed after months of protest and opposition from within his own government.
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