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Militias 'tortured Falluja detainees'

Video footage showing Iraqi man from Saqlawiya receiving treatment after allegedly being tortured during detention by Shia militiamen (6 May 2016)

Iraq's government is urged to investigate allegations that civilians detained during the battle for Falluja have been tortured by Shia militiamen.

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Jordanian officers killed in attack

Five people, three of them Jordanian intelligence officers, are killed in an attack at a Palestinian refugee camp near the capital, Amman.

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A team of experts begins restoring the ancient tomb in Jerusalem where Christians believe Jesus was buried, in the first such works for 200 years.

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