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Security forces fired rubber bullets and tear gas during clashes with anti-government protesters and with men who tried to attack the protest camp in Beirut on Saturday night, The Associated Press reported.

The violence was some of the worst in the capital since demonstrations began two months ago. The clashes continued into the night as riot police lobbed tear gas and used water cannons to disperse protesters who pelted them with stones, according to the report.

North Korea said on Saturday it had successfully conducted another test at a satellite launch site, saying its latest tests are aimed at “restraining and overpowering the nuclear threat of the US”, Reuters reported, citing state news agency KCNA.

The test was conducted on Friday at the Sohae satellite launch site, KCNA said, citing a spokesman for North Korea’s Academy of Defense Science, without specifying what sort of testing occurred.

The Trump administration intends to announce the drawdown of about 4,000 troops from Afghanistan as early next week, three current and former US officials told NBC News on Saturday.

The withdrawal will leave between 8,000 and 9,000 US troops in Afghanistan, the officials said.

Trump recently described the same conversation about Israel four times. Each time, the name of his Jewish acquaintance changed.

One person was shot and wounded during an incident inside Cumberland Mall in Cobb County, Georgia, on Saturday afternoon.

Police said a verbal altercation at the mall's food court escalated into gunfire. The shooting suspect escaped.

Senior Hamas official promises to force 'new rules' if Israel does not cease border control between terror-controlled enclave and Israel.

The Jersey City mayor tweets that he believes that the attackers intended to kill the 50 children in the yeshivah above the store.

Likud's MK Sa'ar promises to accommodate PM's schedule, urges debate 'like they do in the US' ahead of party primaries.

A hate crime reportedly took place last night at Nessah Synagogue in Beverly Hills. Windows were broken and prayer books and prayer shawls were destroyed.

The police are investigating.

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Kobi Sella expresses his disappointment after attending the Israeli IAC conference in Florida. Opinion.

Israeli research ship sailing with Cyprus geologist in Cyprus' waters is forced to leave the area. 'Turkey wants to show it's in charge.'

Senior IDF official meets with senior US military, Dep. of Defense, officials.

'If the New Right wouldn't have left before the 1st elections, we would have been in a successful right-wing government for almost a yr."

Yisrael Beytenu chair says Israel's third elections will bring a decision - as did the UK's.

DM Bennett says party will run alone, promises to be 'national party' for 'the entire nation.'

New report says Israeli Mossad helped foil several terror attacks in Denmark.

Former White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders weighs in on House Democrats' impeachment push.

Anti-Semitic attacks in France are believed to be incited by French language websites hosted by an American company.

Airbnb removes over 60 accounts belonging to identified neo-Nazis. 'No place' for those sympathetic to violent extremism, company says.

Min. Yoav Galant praises PM Netanyahu, says indictment irrelevant until trial ends.

Gazan demonstrators hurl firebombs at IDF vehicles during violent Friday protests. No one was injured.

Israel's Foreign Ministry responds to decision to remove Belgian carnival from list of UNESCO events.

An El Al Boeing 787 Dreamliner sustains serious damage to its wing when being towed to a parking space.

Police arrest two after shots fired at home, vehicle, of municipality worker in Arab village.

Thousands protest law granting Indian citizenship to Bangladeshi immigrants.

A man was shot and critically injured Saturday in the central district in the area of Kfar Qasim.

He was taken to hospital and died of his injuries.

Police arrived at the scene and are investigating the incident.

Algerian police arrested 400 people for protesting the country's presidential election in northwest Algeria, the Algerian League for the Defense of Human Rights said.

Dozens of haredim protested "Shabbat buses" on Bnei Brak's Jabotinsky and Abuhatzeira streets.

Police arrested ten of the demonstrators, who had blocked the street.

Bnei Brak is a haredi city near Tel Aviv.

A man of approximately 50 was killed in a house fire which broke out in a private home in the central city of Ramle.

Firefighters arriving at the scene evacuated the victim, but Magen David Adom teams were forced to declare his death.

The Palestinian Authority has arrested dozens of Hamas supporters in Judea and Samaria this week.

Unknown assailants fired shots at the home of Safuat Abu Riya, mayor of the northern Arab town of Sakhnin.

No one was injured.

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Turkey on Friday added exiled Palestinian Arab politician Mohammed Dahlan, a longtime rival of Palestinian Authority (PA) chairman Mahmoud Abbas, to its “red list” of most-wanted terrorism suspects.

The Interior Ministry offered a reward of up to 10 million lira ($1.75 million) for information leading to Dahlan’s capture, Reuters reported.

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How Avigdor Liberman and Yair Lapid succeeded in dragging Israel into a third election campaign in one year.

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Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah on Friday dismissed reports claiming that a senior Iranian Revolutionary Guards official had threatened that Iran would respond from Lebanon and “flatten Tel Aviv” if Israel “makes a mistake” against Iran.

"If someone harms Iran, it will defend itself. Iran would not let its allies respond," Nasrallah said in a speech, according to Yediot Aharonot.

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The United Nations on Friday extended the work of UNRWA, the “Palestinian refugee” agency, for another three years despite fierce opposition from the United States and Israel, AFP reports.

The current mandate was due to run out in June 2020 but 169 countries approved a renewal up to 2023 at the UN General Assembly. The US and Israel voted against and nine countries abstained, according to the report.

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British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Friday he hopes his party's "extraordinary" election win will bring "closure" to the Brexit debate and "let the healing begin".

Speaking in Downing Street and quoted by the BBC, Johnson said he would seek to repay the trust placed in him by Labour supporters who had voted Conservative for the first time.

He said he would not ignore those who opposed Brexit as he builds with Europe a partnership "of sovereign equals".

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UNESCO, the UN’s culture committee, on Friday withdrew an annual carnival in the Belgian city of Aalst from its heritage list over persistent charges of anti-Semitism, AFP reports.

In an unprecedented move, UNESCO's Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of Intangible Cultural Heritage said it was withdrawing the carnival "over recurring repetition of racist and anti-Semitic representations" at the event.

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The Balfour Declaration is still valid: Israel is the only owner of the land of Israel.

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Democrats on the House Judiciary Committee on Friday approved two articles of impeachment that charge President Donald Trump with high crimes and misdemeanors.

The articles, which charge Trump with abuse of power and obstruction of Congress, were passed out of the committee along strict party lines, with 23 Democrats voting to send the measures to the full House, which is expected to approve them next week, noted The Hill.

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