Biden-brokered truce deal halts Israel-Hezbollah war; Netanyahu plans to go full force against Gaza and Iran
Under US-brokered terms, Lebanon's army regains border control, curbing Hezbollah activity, while Israel vows to maintain security operations if threats...
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Hezbollah says Israel ‘cannot impose conditions’ for truce
U.S. envoy Amos Hochstein announced "additional progress" in Lebanon-Israel ceasefire talks, heading to Israel to finalize an agreement amidst escalating...
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UN chief terms Israeli rejection of two-state solution ‘unacceptable’
In a speech to the Security Council, UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres demanded that "Israel's occupation must end." Guterres warned...
- Guterres warned that it would exacerbate polarization and embolden extremists everywhere
- He called for the recognition of the "right of the Palestinian people" to build their own state
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Houthis order all US, British UN staff to leave Yemen within a month
The expulsion followed joint strikes by the United States and Britain against the Houthis aimed at ending the group's attacks...
- Last week, Washington redesignated the Houthis a "global terrorist group", having lifted it in 2021 to ease aid delivery to the impoverished country.
- The Houthis have fought a nearly decade-long civil war against government forces, who are backed by Saudi Arabia.
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Iranian President Raisi to discuss Gaza war during Turkey visit
Raisi will meet Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan in the capital Ankara, making a visit that was postponed twice --...
- Raisi will meet Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Ankara, making a visit that was postponed twice -- once in November and once earlier this month
- The visit comes amid growing fears about the regional repercussion of the war in Gaza, which Israel launched in reprisal for October 7 attacks
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NATO to buy ammunitions worth $1.2 billion amid Ukraine war
The latest deals -- signed with French firm Nexter and Germany's Junghans Microtec -- are estimated by officials to cover...
- The ammunition stocks of NATO have drained after sending large-scale shipments to Ukraine as it battles Russia
- "It is important that our allies refill their own stocks as we continue to support Ukraine," NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg said
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Gaza facing catastrophic situation, famine looming: WFP
A study conducted between November 24 and December 7 found that all 2.2 million people living in the Palestinian territory...
- Etefa said that around 70 percent of requests to deliver food to northern Gaza were rejected by the Israeli authorities.
- The last deliveries to the north were around January 11 and 13, carrying 200 tons of food for 15,000 people.
US, Britain launch new joint strikes on Yemen’s Houthis
American and British forces carried out a first wave of strikes against the rebel group earlier this month, and the...
- The latest US-UK strikes were against "eight Houthi targets in Yemen in response to the Houthis' continued attacks against international and commercial shipping in the Red Sea
- There were no concerns about civilian casualties at the sites that were hit, while Houthi losses are unknown at this time, the official told journalists
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Israel firing in Lebanon kills over 200 since start of Gaza war
Since the outbreak of war between Hamas and Israel on October 7, the Lebanese-Israeli border has witnessed a near-daily exchange...
- Monday saw air strikes and artillery shelling targeting Lebanese border villages
- More than 83,000 Lebanese have been forced to flee their homes since hostilities began
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Up to 15,000 dead in Sudan’s Darfur town, UN experts say
The conflict has claimed more than 13,000 lives, according to a conservative estimate by the ACLED analysis group, on which...
- Fighting has raged since last spring between army and rebel paramilitary RSF
- The experts said paramilitaries and their allies "violated international humanitarian law"
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Israel says 21 soldiers killed in deadliest day of ground war
"We worked to find the victims until the last hours," military spokesman Daniel Hagari said, indicating the difficulty in extracting...
- Most of the soldiers were killed when rocket-propelled grenade fire hit a tank and a building they were trying to blow up
- Israel's blistering offensive against Hamas in Gaza has killed 25,295 people,, according to the health ministry of the Hamas-run territory
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Gaza activists urge voters to write ‘ceasefire’ on US primary ballots
A separate campaign is urging supporters to write Biden's name on the ballot in exactly the same manner that "Vote...
- The group "Vote Ceasefire" says the effort allows Americans to give voice to their anger at the Democratic president over the mounting toll of civilian deaths in Gaza
- "Vote Ceasefire" organizers have not indicated what kind of turnout would constitute a success for the campaign and it is unclear how much affect it will have
Biden-brokered truce deal halts Israel-Hezbollah war; Netanyahu plans to go full force against Gaza and Iran
Under US-brokered terms, Lebanon's army regains border control, curbing Hezbollah activity, while Israel vows to maintain security operations if threats...
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Israel-Hezbollah tensions drive fears of widening Gaza war
Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah's group and Israeli forces have exchanged near-daily fire since Hamas's October 7 attack on southern Israel...
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Hizbollah threatens Israel after military says Lebanon offensive ready
Hassan Nasrallah - whose powerful Iran-backed group has exchanged near-daily fire with Israel since its ally Hamas's October 7 attack...
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Israel says Lebanon offensive plan ‘approved’ as tensions surge
Palestinian Territories - The Israeli army on Tuesday said plans for an offensive in Lebanon were "approved and validated" amid...
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Battles rage in Rafah as Biden blames Hamas for truce delay
On Monday, the UN Security Council adopted a US-drafted resolution supporting the plan, and on Thursday, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz...
- Israeli ground forces have operated in Rafah since early May, despite widespread alarm over the fate of Palestinian civilians there
- Hamas said its fighters were battling Israeli troops on the streets of the city near the besieged Gaza Strip's border with Egypt
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Fire at Iraqi oil refinery injures 13
"More than 10 people were injured, mainly men from the Arbil civil defense," said the Iraqi civil defense in a...
- The fire broke out in a major crude oil tank on Wednesday night
- The civil defense agency said the fire "started in one refinery before spreading to another"
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Gaza war rages as US wants to ‘close’ ceasefire agreement
Doha, Qatar - Top US diplomat Antony Blinken said Wednesday that a truce and hostage release deal to end the Gaza...
- Blinken, in Doha for the last stop of a tour to promote President Joe Biden's Gaza ceasefire roadmap, said the United States would work with regional partners to "close the deal."
- Hamas submitted late Tuesday its response to mediators Qatar and Egypt, and Blinken said some of the proposed amendments "are workable and some are not."