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Palestinian Authority arrest raid sparks deadly West Bank clashes
Palestinian Authority arrest raid sparks deadly West Bank clashes

A rare operation by the Palestinian Authority security forces to arrest a Hamas member sparked clashes in the West Bank city of Nablus on Tuesday, killing one. While Abbas's forces maintain security ties with Israel, which has occupied the West Bank since 1967, PA raids targeting Hamas members are not common.

Missing Madeleine's parents lose case against Portuguese inspector
Missing Madeleine's parents lose case against Portuguese inspector

The parents of Madeleine McCann, a three-year-old British girl who disappeared while on a family holiday in 2007, have lost their privacy case at Europe's top rights court against a Portuguese police inspector. In 2008, those claims were reiterated in a book by the Portuguese police inspector who initially led the case, Goncalo Amaral, prompting the parents to sue for libel.

Movies back in Indian Kashmir, decades after cinema closures
Movies back in Indian Kashmir, decades after cinema closures

Silver screens lit up in Indian-administered Kashmir for the first time in a generation at the opening of a new cinema on Tuesday, decades after an armed rebellion shuttered local movie halls. "We are bringing back a lost era," he said at a ceremony and screening marking the movie house's opening in the city of Srinagar.