ISTANBUL -- At least 17 people were injured as an earthquake with a magnitude of 5.0 jolted the Sea of Marmara in northwestern Türkiye on Thursday, local authorities said.
The Turkish Disaster and Emergency Management Authority reported that the quake occurred at 2:55 p.m. local time (1155 GMT) and was centered off the coast of Marmaraereglisi in Tekirdag province. (Türkiye-Earthquake-Injuries)
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JERUSALEM -- The Israeli Navy has completed taking over the Gaza-bound Global Sumud Flotilla, the Israeli Foreign Ministry said Thursday in a statement.
All the aid vessels have been stopped in the Mediterranean Sea, except for one that "remains at a distance" from Gaza, it said, adding that none of the vessels has succeeded in entering an active combat zone or breaching Israel's "lawful" naval blockade. (Israel-Flotilla-Interception)
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JERUSALEM -- Israeli forces shot and killed a Palestinian man on Thursday during an "attempted car-ramming and shooting" at a military checkpoint in the West Bank, the army said.
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said two Palestinians drove up to the Bell checkpoint near Ramallah and Beitunia and tried to run over soldiers stationed there. One of them, armed with a gun, attempted to open fire, the IDF said. Troops returned fire, killing him, while the second suspect was arrested at the scene. No Israeli soldiers were injured. (Israel-West Bank-Attack)
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TEHRAN -- Iran's Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei on Thursday condemned the Group of Seven (G7) for backing the reinstatement of UN sanctions on Tehran.
On Wednesday, a communique issued by the G7 foreign ministers expressed support for the activation of the "snapback" mechanism by France, Britain, and Germany, collectively known as the E3, to reimpose UN sanctions on Iran. The G7 accused the Iranian government of having continuously failed to meet its obligations under a 2015 nuclear deal with world powers, formally known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA). (Iran-G7-Condemnation) Enditem
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