Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin, has described as an “honour” the construction of the new West Bank settlement which began on Tuesday for the first time in 25 years.

A major plane crash was today avoided when a China Eastern Airlines flight from Paris hit turbulence on Sunday over southwest China when two planes collided mid-air, leaving about 30 persons injured. The incident happened when Flight MU744 from Charles de Gaulle Airport was descending to land at Kunming Changshui International Airport in Yunnan Province, Xinhua news agency reported.

Reports revealed that the Saudi Arabian Government may not be happy with Nigeria over alleged widespread sale of free dates donated to Nigerian Pilgrims by the Kingdom. It was gathered that the Saudi authorities had distributed 200 tons of dates to Nigerian Muslims who are currently observing the Ramadan Fasting.

The threat of direct Russian-American confrontation in Syria escalated on Monday after Moscow said it will treat any plane from the US-led coalition flying west of the Euphrates river as a potential target.

In an attempt to shed light on the devastating human toll of this type of conflict The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has released a special report: 'I saw my city die: voices from the front lines of urban conflict in Iraq, Syria and Yemen'.

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Hundreds of people have fallen ill and a child has died of suspected food poisoning at a camp for displaced people near the Iraqi city of Mosul.