BEIRUT -- Israeli airstrikes and shelling on several towns in southern Lebanon killed at least eight people and wounded several others on Thursday, while Hezbollah announced retaliatory attacks against Israeli military positions.
An Israeli airstrike on the town of Doueir killed five people and wounded two others after warplanes struck the al-Barakeh neighborhood, according to the Lebanese National News Agency. (Lebanon-Hezbollah-Deaths)
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TEHRAN -- Iran's Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei has issued a directive stressing that the country's stockpile of enriched uranium must not be transferred abroad, Reuters cited two senior Iranian sources as saying on Thursday.
It added that one of the sources, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said, "The supreme leader's directive, and the consensus within the establishment, is that the stockpile of enriched uranium should not leave the country." (Iran-US-Uranium)
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JERUSALEM -- Israel said on Thursday it had deported all activists from a Gaza-bound aid flotilla after a video showing activists kneeling with their hands bound sparked international outrage.
The aid vessels, carrying 428 people, were intercepted by the Israeli navy in international waters on Monday morning. (Israel-Flotilla-Activists)
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RABAT -- At least 4 people were killed and 6 others injured after a residential building collapsed early Thursday in Morocco's central city of Fez, official news agency MAP reported.
The accident happened in Ain Nokbi neighborhood, a densely populated area in the southern suburb of the city, the agency said. (Morocco-Building collapse) Enditem
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