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Nizar Banat, an outspoken of the Palestinian Authority, speaks to journalists at the family house, in the West Bank city of Hebron, May 4, 2021. Banat who had intended to run in parliamentary elections before they were cancelled earlier this year died during his arrest by Palestinian Authority forces early Thursday, June 24, 2021, officials said. (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser)
Critic of Palestinian Authority dies after violent arrest

By Joseph Krauss Jun. 24, 2021 02:37 AM EDT

FILE - In this Tuesday, Feb. 18, 2020 file photo, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, center right, walks with Ethiopia's Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, center-left, at the Prime Minister's office in Addis Ababa. President Donald Trump has largely neglected Africa, with one glaring exception: the tussle between two of the continent's most powerful countries, Ethiopia and Egypt, over a massive dam project on a tributary of the Nile. (Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/Pool via AP, File)
Nation by nation, the world watches Election Day in the US

By The Associated Press Nov. 03, 2020 10:20 AM EST

A Palestinian groom is thrown in the air during a wedding party in Azmut near the West Bank city of Nablus, Thursday, Sept. 24, 2020. In a region where marriage is the cornerstone of society, couples are plowing ahead with weddings, despite the deadly risks. From the Palestinian territories to the United Arab Emirates, officials attribute a spike in coronavirus cases to traditional, large-scale weddings that flout public health restrictions. (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed)
For Arab newlyweds, the party goes on until police bust in

By Isabel Debre And Mohammed Daraghmeh Sep. 25, 2020 02:05 AM EDT

A Palestinian security unit mans a checkpoint at an entrance of in the West Bank city of Ramallah, Thursday, July 2, 2020. The Palestinian Authority has announced a five-day total lockdown in the West Bank starting Friday, in response to a major increase in coronavirus cases and deaths in recent days. (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser)
Wedding season brings new virus outbreak in West Bank

By Mohammed Daraghmeh Jul. 08, 2020 02:27 AM EDT