Who will staff Trump’s Govt? A look at top contenders, with Elon Musk among the likely picks
Tesla CEO Elon Musk could head a new "Department of Government Efficiency," promising $2 trillion in federal budget cuts and...
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Israel escalates strikes in Lebanon, Gaza as Netanyahu visits Northern Border, and Hezbollah claims missile attack
Israel intensifies airstrikes across Lebanon and Gaza, escalating cross-border violence as Netanyahu urges troops to push Hezbollah back and prevent...
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Private sector funding key to climate transition: World Bank
The World Bank raised its target for climate-related projects from 35% of its annual financing to 45%. Given that the...
- On Wednesday, Banga repeated a previous pledge to "fix the plumbing" of World Bank
- World Bank estimated that developing countries will need an average of $2.4trn each year
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Gaza zoo bears scars of war as animals die of starvation
Rafah, Palestinian Territories--Hunger is everywhere at Rafah zoo, in Gaza's far south, as internally displaced Palestinians seek shelter from the war...
- The WHO has warned of the risk of famine and disease as only a minimal amount of aid enters the Gaza Strip
- The zoo keeper said one lioness gave birth and the cubs died soon afterwards as there was no proper food for them
US imam shot outside New Jersey mosque dies
The Essex County prosecutor, Ted Stephens, confirmed Hassan Sharif was shot more than once, and that "it does not appear...
- Hassan Sharif was shot multiple times near a mosque in Newark, just west of New York, before being taken to hospital where he later died, New Jersey Attorney General said
- United States Transportation Security Administration (TSA) earlier confirmed that Sharif had worked as a security screener at Newark airport since 2016
Iran blames Israel, US for deadly blasts near grave of Guards general Soleimani
The two explosions -- labelled a "terrorist attack" by state media and regional authorities -- came amid high Middle East...
- Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei blamed "evil and criminal enemies" of the country for the attack and vowed a "harsh response"
- Iran ally Hamas denounced the "criminal attack" while the Saudi foreign ministry in Riyadh voiced "solidarity with Iran in this painful event"
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Situation in Red Sea is direct projection of developments in Gaza: Russian diplomat
"I think that hardly anyone of our counterparts will deny the fact that developments in the Red Sea are the...
- Russia has concerns regarding "the state of affairs in the Red Sea area, Nebenzya said adding trade routes passing through it are a critical artery for international commerce
- Twelve nations led by the United States on Wednesday jointly warned Yemen's Houthi rebels of unspecified consequences unless they immediately halt sea attacks
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Revealed: Epstein’s 150 high-profile connections
The unsealing of around 1,000 pages of documents stems from a defamation lawsuit between Ghislaine Maxwell and Virginia Giuffre, offering...
- Notably included in the unsealed documents, which include almost 1,000 pages of depositions and statements, were former US presidents Bill Clinton and Donald Trump
- The list of around 150 people include a host of Epstein associates previously identified as John or Jane Does in a lawsuit brought against Epstein's former mistress, Ghislaine Maxw
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US top diplomat to leave on new Middle East crisis trip
Antony Blinken will leave Washington on Thursday evening on a trip that will include Israel, marking his fourth trip to...
- An Israeli strike killed a top Hamas leader in Lebanon, raising fears of a wider war
- The Biden administration has backed Israel both with public and diplomatic support
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Turkey detains 56 high-priority suspects wanted by 18 countries
The detained people were wanted in the United States, Germany, India, and several former Soviet republics as well as other...
- Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya said the suspects were listed on Interpol's "red notice" on "diffusion message" systems
- Yerlikaya's office did not disclose names, noting only that the suspects were rounded up in coordinated security sweeps
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Algerian footballer handed suspended sentence over Gaza post
The comments at issue came in a video of a preacher, Mahmoud Al Hasanat, which Atal posted to his 3.2-million-follower...
- The defender, who plays for Ligue 1 side Nice in France has been handed an eight month suspension and a fine of $49,000
- The 27-year-old Algerian had shared a video on his Instagram account calling for a "black day for the Jews" after Israel attacked Gaza
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France condemns Israeli minister’s Gaza emigration remarks
Ben-Gvir on Monday called for promoting "a solution to encourage the emigration of Gaza's residents" and the re-establishment of Israeli...
- "France condemns the comments of Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich, and National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir,"Â the French foreign ministry said
- "The forced transfer of populations constitutes a grave violation of international law," the French foreign ministry warned
Who will staff Trump’s Govt? A look at top contenders, with Elon Musk among the likely picks
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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...
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...
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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...
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Lebanon resumes ‘voluntary’ repatriations of Syrians
Syrian state news agency SANA reported that an unspecified number of people had arrived from Lebanon as part of the...
- Around 330 people had registered to be part of the "voluntary return"
- Lebanon, which has been mired in a crushing economic crisis since late 2019, says it hosts around two million Syrians, the world's highest number of refugees per capita
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Fierce fighting rocks Gaza after US warning of anarchy, insurgency
The city on the Egyptian border had been sheltering 1.4 million Palestinians, according to the United Nations, but Israel's military...
- AFP correspondents in Gaza reported helicopter strikes and heavy artillery shelling in the east of Rafah, as well as battles in northern Gaza's Jabalia refugee camp
- Israel last week defied a chorus of warnings - including from top ally Washington - and sent tanks and troops into the east of Rafah to pursue fighters
Israel opens new border crossing into northern Gaza
Israel said its Kerem Shalom southern crossing with Gaza reopened on Wednesday, three days after being closed because of rocket...
- Israeli tanks entered Rafah in southern Gaza on Tuesday, seizing control of the Palestinian side of the crossing from Egypt
- The United Nations has said it has not been able to receive aid through Gaza's two main crossings in days