Buried for 14 hours after Israeli strike, Lebanese toddler makes recovery
The strike flattened an apartment complex and killed 15 people, many of them relatives
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Trump victory reflects Arab-American support, Netanyahu discusses Iran with him amid lingering regional conflict
In a unique campaign twist, Trump captured Muslim voters by pledging diplomacy, promising to end prolonged conflicts and promote stability,...
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Israel says more troops to ‘enter Rafah’ as operations intensify
Israeli forces took control earlier in May of the Gaza side of the Rafah crossing with Egypt, in a push...
- The operation "will continue as additional forces will enter" the Rafah area, Gallant said
- Israel's top ally the United States has warned that it had not seen any credible Israeli plan to protect civilians in Rafah
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Hamas chief says group to decide on post-war Gaza rule with Palestinian factions
Ismail Haniyeh on Wednesday said the movement will be involved in deciding post-war rule in Gaza along with other Palestinian...
- Haniyeh also said the fate of truce talks was uncertain because of Israel's "insistence on occupying the Rafah crossing and on its expansion of the aggression."
- His comments came after Netanyahu said any discussion on who rules Gaza after the war was just "empty talk" as long as Hamas remains in the territory
Israel PM says no ‘humanitarian catastrophe’ in Rafah as almost 500,000 evacuated
The United Nations said Tuesday that nearly 450,000 people had been displaced from Rafah since Israel first began issuing evacuation...
- The international community, including Israel's top ally Washington, had urged Israel to refrain from launching a ground offensive in Rafah
- But Netanyahu insisted that "the humanitarian catastrophe that was spoken about did not materialise, nor will it"
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As international gas demand grows, Qatar eyes more long-term deals
Energy Minister Saad al-Kaabi, who is also chief executive of QatarEnergy, said the state-owned giant had secured sales of 25...
- "It's just agreeing on terms and conditions and pricing... but I think there's a huge demand out there, whether it's from Asia or Europe," Kaabi told the Qatar Economic Forum.
- "I think even Europe is realizing now they have to do something different to secure long term," he added.
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Hezbollah commander among two killed in Israeli strike: source
Lebanese state media said an Israeli strike on a car in the country's south killed two people Tuesday, with a...
- Hezbollah said that one of its fighters, a field commander, Hussein Makki, was "martyred on the road to Jerusalem'
- At least 413 people have been killed in Lebanon in seven months of cross-border violence,
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Palestinians mark ‘Nakba’ anniversary as thousands flee Gaza’s Rafah
Tens of thousands of civilians fled the southern Gaza city of Rafah ahead of a threatened Israeli ground offensive, as...
- Nearly 450,000 Palestinians have been displaced from Rafah since May 6
- Right-wing activists stopped and ransacked at least seven Gaza-bound aid trucks coming from Jordan
Quarter of Gazans displaced again as fighting rages north to south
Fighting has flared in north Gaza four months after the army said Hamas's command structure there had been dismantled, and...
- Clashes have rocked the densely crowded far southern city of Rafah but also flared again in northern and central Gaza months after troops and tanks first entered those areas
- US State Department spokesman Vedant Patel on Tuesday said that while Washington backed military pressure on Hamas, it was not the only way to "fully defeat" the group
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US says Boeing can be prosecuted for 737 MAX crashes
San Francisco, United States - The US Justice Department on Tuesday said Boeing can be prosecuted for two subsequent 737 Max...
- Boeing breached obligations under an agreement that had shielded it against legal proceedings for the accidents, department officials said in a letter to a federal court in Texas
- Such a breach would mean Boeing can be prosecuted for any violation of federal law related to the crashes, according to US justice officials
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Summer 2023 was the hottest in 2,000 years: study
Paris, France -- Last year's northern hemisphere summer was the hottest in 2,000 years, according to a new study published on...
- Study co-author Max Torbenson told reporters that 25 of the last 28 years exceeded the summer highs of AD246 -- the hottest year before modern temperature records began.
- A separate study warns that higher temperatures and ageing populations would see tens of millions of older people being exposed to dangerous heat extremes by 2050.
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Israel’s Rafah attack set Hamas talks ‘backward’: mediator Qatar
"There is no clarity how to stop the war from the Israeli side. I don't think that they are considering...
- Israeli politicians were indicating "by their statements that they will remain there, they will continue the war. And there is no clarity on what Gaza will look like after this".
- A senior US official told AFP negotiations were "at a simmer, they are at a low boil", but that conversations with the parties were continuing.
Buried for 14 hours after Israeli strike, Lebanese toddler makes recovery
The strike flattened an apartment complex and killed 15 people, many of them relatives
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Death of Hassan Nasrallah in Beirut an inflection point in the Middle East conflict
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Biden ready to ‘adjust’ US forces in Mideast amid tensions: White House
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Israeli air strikes hit densely populated Hezbollah bastion in Beirut
The strikes were by far the largest in scale. Iran embassy in Lebanon warns that the strikes 'change the rules...
- Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah was unharmed in the strikes, after Israeli television networks reported he was the target.
- Israel's aerial bombardment of Hezbollah strongholds around Lebanon has killed around 700 people this week alone.
Saudi Arabia announces coalition to push for Palestinian state
Prince Faisal bin Farhan said the "International Alliance to Implement the Two-State Solution" included Arab and Islamic countries, as well...
- Saudi Arabia paused US-brokered talks on recognizing Israel after the Hamas attack on Israel and the genocidal Israeli assault on Gaza.
- The hard-right Israeli government of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu remains implacably opposed to Palestinian statehood.
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Israel defies ceasefire calls and vows to keep battling Hezbollah
"There will be no ceasefire in the north. We will continue to fight against the Hezbollah terrorist organization with all...
- Israeli bombing of Iran-backed Hezbollah strongholds around Lebanon has killed hundreds of people this week, while the militant group has retaliated with rocket barrages
- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office said he had "not even responded" to the truce proposal, and that he had ordered the military to continue fighting