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BAGHDAD -- Hundreds of demonstrators, participating in mourning for the Hashd Shaabi members killed by U.S. attack in Iraq, stormed the U.S. embassy in Baghdad's Green Zone on Tuesday, a security official said.

Many of the protesters, wearing Hashd Shaabi's military uniforms, rallied outside the embassy chanting slogans condemning airstrikes by the U.S. forces against Hashd Shaabi bases in Iraq. (Iraq-Protest-US)

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CAIRO -- The Arab League (AL) affirmed on Tuesday its commitment to the unity and sovereignty of Libya, rejecting any foreign intervention in the war-torn North African country.

In a statement following an emergency meeting to discuss the Libyan situation, the AL Council at the level of permanent delegates emphasized the support of the Libyan political process through the full implementation of the Skhirat Agreement of 2015. (Arab League-Libya-Conflict)

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RAMALLAH -- A Palestinian group said on Tuesday that Israeli gunfire killed 149 Palestinians in 2019, mostly in the Gaza Strip.

The number of Palestinians slain by Israeli gunfire or shelling in 2019 is 149, of whom 112 are from the Gaza Strip and 37 from the West Bank, said Mohammed Sbeihat, secretary general of the National Gathering of Palestinian Martyrs' Families. (Palestine-Israel-Death Toll)

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TUNIS -- China signed on Tuesday an agreement with Tunisia to donate materials and equipment to the Tunisian establishments operating for the benefit of the country's children.

The agreement was signed at an official ceremony in Tunisia's capital Tunis by Tunisian Minister of Women, Family, Children and the Elderly Affairs Naziha Laabidi and Chinese Ambassador to Tunisia Wang Wenbin, in the presence of Lila Peters, representative of the UNICEF in Tunisia. (Tunisia-China-Child Welfare) Enditem

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