OCCUPIED JERUSALEM (AFP) — Israel suspended an offensive against fighters in the Gaza Strip, including targeted killings, as clashes between Hamas gunmen and Palestinian police trying to enforce an arms ban killed at least three in Gaza City. Medical sources said three Palestinians, including a police major, had been killed …

KHARTOUM (AFP) — The African Union Mission in Sudan has accused government forces and Arab militias of launching joint attacks on villages and refugee camps in Darfur, in which at least 44 civilians were killed. These include an attack Wednesday on the Aro Sharow refugee camp in which the UN …

DAMASCUS (AFP) — Iran’s parliament speaker on Sunday warned Israel against any attempt to attack its nuclear facilities, and promised to “teach it a lesson” if it did. “If Israel does something stupid and attacks our nuclear facilities like it did in Iraq, we promise to teach it a lesson …