OpenAI faces backlash over Pentagon AI deal
OpenAI is facing online backlash after signing a deal with the United States Department of Defense to deploy its AI...
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India to US: 8 nations issue Middle East travel advisories amid Iran tensions
Several governments have urged their citizens to leave Iran immediately, while others are pulling non-essential embassy personnel from sensitive locations,...
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EU’s top diplomat urges de-escalation at Lebanon-Israel border
As war has raged in the Gaza Strip following Hamas's October 7 attack on Israel, Lebanon's Hezbollah has traded near-daily...
- "We need to de-escalate military tensions," Borrell told
- "We have to continue pushing for a comprehensive peace in the region," he said
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UN chief says six colleagues killed in Israel strike on Gaza school
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said late Wednesday that Israeli air strikes on a school-turned-shelter in Gaza killed six staffers...
- UNRWA called it the highest death toll among its staff in a single incident
- Rescuers said the strike killed 18 people, including UN staffers
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Israel strike on Lebanon kills Hezbollah commander
Mohammad Qassem al-Shaer, "a field commander" in the group's elite Radwan Force, "was targeted in an Israeli strike on a...
- Hezbollah earlier announced Shaer had been killed by Israeli fire, but did not refer to him as a commander
- The Israeli military said its air force had "eliminated the terrorist Mohammad Qassem al-Shaer" in the Bekaa Valley
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Oil tanker ablaze off Yemen threatens environmental disaster
An abandoned tanker carrying more than one million barrels of crude oil could contaminate vast areas of the Red Sea...
- Threatening an oil spill four times the size of the 1989 Exxon Valdez disaster off Alaska
- An attempt by private companies to tow away the burning ship was abandoned because it was "not safe"
Gaza agency says Israeli strike kills 40 in humanitarian zone
Gaza civil defence official Mohammed Al-Mughair told AFP early Tuesday that "40 martyrs and 60 injured were recovered and transferred"...
- The strike hit Al-Mawasi - in Gaza's main southern city of Khan Yunis - which was designated a safe zone by the Israeli military early in the war
- Israel's military has occasionally carried out operations in and around the area, including a strike in July that it said killed Hamas military chief Mohammed Deif
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Israeli army orders new evacuation in northwest Gaza
The vast majority of Gaza's 2.4 million people have been displaced at least once during more than 11 months of...
- Israel has issued numerous evacuation orders during its war against Gaza rulers Hamas
- The evacuation orders have covered most of Gaza's territory, according to the UN
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Jordanians to vote amid woes over economy and Gaza war
Jordanians will head to the polls on Tuesday to vote for a new parliament amid widespread frustrations over a lagging...
- A Jordanian killed three Israeli guards at the border crossing between Jordan and the occupied West Bank
- Public debt is approaching $50 billion and unemployment reached 21 percent in Q1
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Israel’s Gantz says military focus needs to shift to Lebanon
"We have enough forces to deal with Gaza and we should concentrate on what is going on in the north,"...
- Israel and Iran-backed Hizbollah have been trading near-daily cross-border fire, with the Lebanese militant group saying it is acting in support of its Palestinian ally Hamas
- Gantz said Israel had made a mistake in evacuating much of the north of the country as hostilities with Hizbollah flared following the October 7 Hamas attack
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Hamas urges US pressure on Israel over Gaza truce
Palestinian Territories - Hamas called on the United States Thursday to "exert real pressure" on Israel to reach a Gaza...
- The two sides have traded blame over stalling talks for a ceasefire and hostage exchange as Netanyahu faces pressure to seal a deal following the deaths of six Gaza captives
- Hamas's Qatar-based lead negotiator Khalil al-Hayya called on the US to "exert real pressure on Netanyahu and his government" and "abandon their blind bias" towards Israel
Israeli airstrike kills five Palestinians in West Bank
Palestinian medics said an air strike targeting a car in the occupied West Bank killed five people on Thursday, while...
- Israel launched a large-scale offensive across the northern West Bank on August 28, killing 38 Palestinians
- A large number of Israeli troops stormed the Al-Faraa refugee camp in Tubas governorate, where explosions were heard.
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Trump speaks with Xi, sees progress on TikTok, says will visit China early next year
US President Donald Trump hailed Friday what he called progress with Chinese President Xi Jinping including on selling blockbuster app...
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UN Security Council votes to reimpose Iran nuclear sanctions
Britain, France and Germany are signatories to a 2015 deal known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) intended...
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Israel army says will use ‘unprecedented force’ in Gaza City
Israel has pummeled Gaza City with air strikes and tank fire in its bid to seize it, nearly two years...
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Gaza, Palestinian future to dominate UN gathering to be attended by 140 world leaders
Kicking off Monday, Saudi Arabia and France will co-chair meetings on the future of the Israeli and Palestinian two-state solution, which...
- Kicking off Monday, Saudi Arabia and France will co-chair meetings on the future of the Israeli and Palestinian two-state solution, which aims to see both sides existing alongside
- One world leader who will miss the gathering is Mahmud Abbas, the Palestinian president who Washington denied US visas to attend, along with his officials
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Qatar meets ICC head as it mulls legal action against Israel
Doha, Qatar -- Qatar has met with the president of the International Criminal Court as it seeks legal action against...
- Last week's deadly Israeli strike targeted Qatar-based leaders of Hamas and sent shock waves through the Gulf states that have long depended on the US for their security.
- Qatar, as an observer state at the ICC, cannot itself refer cases to the court.
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Trump heads for landmark state visit with ‘friend’ King Charles
US President Donald Trump left for a historic second state visit to Britain Tuesday -- but political controversies, wars and...
- Britain is rolling out its royal family in a bid to woo the mercurial Trump, with security tight as protesters gear up to make their voices heard against the 79-year-old
- Trump, whose mother was Scottish and who has long been fascinated by the British monarchy, was full of praise for his "friend" King Charles III as he left Washington