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USA: Terror attack in Buffalo supermarket, 10 killed on livestream

Buffalo (US), May 15 (AP) A white 18-year-old wearing military gear and livestreaming with a helmet camera opened fire with a rifle at a supermarket in Buffalo, killing 10 people and wounding three others Saturday in what authorities described as "racially-motivated violent extremism".

EU 'appalled' by Israel's aggression at Shireen Abu Akleh's funeral

14 May 2022; MEMO: The European Union (EU) condemned on Friday the "disproportionate use of force" by Israeli occupation forces during the funeral procession of slain Al-Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh, Anadolu Agency reported.

"The European Union is appalled by the scenes unfolding" at the funeral procession of Abu Akleh in the occupied East Jerusalem, EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell announced in a statement.

Irish Foreign Minister 'shocked' by images from Palestinian journalist's funeral procession

13 May 2022; MEMO: A top Irish Cabinet Minister, on Friday, declared himself "shocked" Friday by images of violence emerging from the funeral procession of slain Palestinian journalist, Shireen Abu Akleh.

Video clips from her funeral procession showed Israeli riot police clashing with mourners and firing tear gas as people carried her coffin outside a Jerusalem hospital.

Palestine: Site of journalist Shireen Abu Akleh's murder becomes a memorial

14 May 2022; MEMO: The site of journalist Shireen Abu Akleh's murder at the entrance to Jenin refugee camp has turned into a memorial for Palestinians.

Since the early hours of Thursday morning, Palestinians have flocked from various places to visit the site where Abu Akleh was shot to lay flowers and pray for her.

Pictures of Abu Akleh were hung on the trees surrounding the area, along with Palestinian flags and a traditional keffiyeh.

Israel police attack mourners at journalist Abu Akleh's funeral procession in East Jerusalem

13 May 2022; MEMO: Israeli police, on Friday, assaulted Palestinian mourners in the funeral procession of slain Al Jazeera journalist, Shireen Abu Akleh in occupied East Jerusalem, Anadolu News Agency reports.

Eyewitnesses told Anadolu Agency that the Israeli police attacked the funeral procession as it started from the French Hospital in the Sheikh Jarrah neighbourhood.

Germany: Berlin court upholds ban on Palestinian 'Nakba Day' commemoration

13 May 2022; MEMO: A Berlin court, on Friday, upheld a ban on all Palestinian "Nakba Day" demonstrations which were scheduled to take place in the German capital this weekend, the Berlin-based Tagesspiegel newspaper reported.

The administrative court outlawed five Palestinian demonstrations because what it said was a risk of inflammatory or anti-Semitic calls and violence, Anadolu News Agency reports.

Palestine President blames Israel for Al-Jazeera reporter's killing

12 May 2022; MEMO: Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas, said on Thursday that Israeli authorities were "fully responsible" for the killing of a veteran Al-Jazeera reporter during provocations in the occupied West Bank and called for an international investigation, Reuters reports.

Shireen Abu Akleh suffered a gunshot wound to the head in Jenin on Wednesday. Al-Jazeera and Qatar, where the news network is based, accused Israeli troops of the killing.

Palestine: Shireen Abu Akleh's killing is a 'possible war crime': UN Rapporteur

12 May 2022; MEMO: The killing of prominent Palestinian journalist and Al Jazeera correspondent, Shireen Abu Akleh, is a "potential war crime", UN Special Rapporteur on Palestine, Francesca Albanese, said in an interview with a Turkish news agency yesterday.

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