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Top 5 - Thu, Oct, 08, 2015 - 16:00 GMT

Thursday, 08 October 2015 9:23 PM [ Last Update: Thursday, 08 October 2015 9:23 PM ]

A member of Israeli security forces carries flags of the Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas that were seized during clashes with Palestinian protesters in Beit El, near the West Bank city of Ramallah, on October 8, 2015. There have been at least eight stabbing attacks since the beginning of the month, when a Palestinian killed two Israelis in Jerusalem

1. One Palestinian is killed, over 70 Palestinians are injured, at least 21 of them by live bullets, as Israeli troops attack angry Palestinian protesters in the occupied West Bank.

2. Yemeni officials say the death toll from a Saudi airstrike on a wedding ceremony rises to 51. Saudi warplanes hit the ceremony in the western province of Dhamar.

3. Russia says the US led attacks on ISIL have not been efficient either in Syria or in Iraq.

4. China expresses serious concerns about a report that the US is planning to sail warships near one of its newly-built artificial islands in the South China Sea.

5. FIFA provisionally suspends its president, secretary general, and vice president for 90 days over corruption allegations. A former vice president is also suspended for six years.

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