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News in Brief - Wed, Oct, 28, 2015 - 21:30 GMT

Wednesday, 28 October 2015 10:45 PM [ Last Update: Wednesday, 28 October 2015 10:45 PM ]

Soldiers from different African countries take part in the AMANI AFRICA II, the first military exercise of the African Union

1. African Union investigators have discovered mass graves and evidence of horrific crimes in South Sudan.

2. Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has once again criticized Western governments- including France for supporting terrorist groups fighting to topple his government.

3. Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif will attend the upcoming multilateral talks on the Syrian crisis in Vienna.

4. Russia says its warplanes have hit nearly 120 terrorist targets in Syria since Tuesday.

5. Saudi Arabia has launched fresh airstrikes on Yemen, targeting residential buildings in Sa’ada province.

6. Amnesty International says the Saudi airstrike on a hospital run by the international medical charity, Doctors without Borders in Yemen may amount to a war crime.

7. Tensions are running high in the occupied Palestinian territories as Israeli forces continue their bloody crackdown against the Palestinians.

8. Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has called for an international protection regime for the Palestinians in the wake of deadly Israeli crackdown in the occupied West Bank and the Gaza Strip.

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