Comment on this storyCommentAdd to your saved storiesSave JERUSALEM — Israeli forces have detained Palestinian civilians in Gaza during two months of war, according to family members and rights groups, who say they have been given no information about the whereabouts, conditions or charges against the missing. Many of those detained have been rounded up … Read more
Images from Gaza circulating on social media Thursday showed a mass detention by the Israeli military of men who were made to strip to their underwear, kneel on the street, wear blindfolds, and pack into the cargo bed of a military vehicle. The exact circumstances and dates of the detentions are unclear, but some of the detainees’ identities were … Read more
LIBREVILLE, Gabon — Mutinous troopers in Gabon proclaimed their republican guard chief because the nation’s chief Wednesday after putting the just-reelected President Ali Bongo Ondimba below home arrest, alleging betrayal and large embezzlement throughout his long-time rule over the oil-rich Central African nation. The coup leaders mentioned in an announcement on Gabon’s state TV that … Read more