UK withdraws Tehran embassy staff as Trump weighs Iran strikes; JD Vance says “no chance” of long war
Reports suggest some of Trump’s advisers would prefer Israel to initiate any strike, calculating that American public opinion would be...
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US-Iran talks set for Geneva amid military buildup
The renewed diplomacy comes as Washington has deployed two aircraft carriers, additional jets and ships, and reinforced air defenses across...
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Harris bats for nuance on Gaza, Palestinians’ right to ‘freedom, self-determination’
Harris also pledged to "always stand up for Israel's right to defend itself." Some pro-Palestinian activists, who rallied on the...
- The US Democratic candidate vowed to "not cozy up to tyrants and dictators" who can flatter Trump as he "wants to be an autocrat himself."
- Harris won the biggest applause lines in her foreign policy section when she spoke of the suffering of Palestinians
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The Gaza mothers separated from their newborns by war
Jerusalem, Undefined - As their first birthday approaches, the triplets Gaza-native Hanane Bayouk gave birth to in Jerusalem before the war...
- Israeli travel restrictions and the ongoing conflict have left Palestinian mothers from Gaza struggling to access their children in Jerusalem
- The number of births at the hospital has fallen sharply as Israel has stopped issuing travel permits to mothers from Gaza and slashed the number given to mothers
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India’s Modi urges peace ahead of historic Ukraine visit
"It is India's strong belief that no problem can be resolved on a battlefield," Modi said in Poland, a staunch...
- Modi is expected to use his landmark visit to campaign for a "peaceful" solution
- Modi added his country supported "dialogue and diplomacy for restoration of peace and stability"
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Israel kills top Palestinian militant as Gaza truce talks stumble
The Israeli military killed a senior Palestinian militant in Lebanon on Wednesday, leading to accusations from the Fatah movement that...
- The strike killed Khalil Maqdah, described by Fatah as "one of the leaders"
- Israeli bombardment elsewhere in Gaza killed at least 24 people on Wednesday
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Iran probe finds Raisi helicopter crash caused by weather: media
Iran's army in May similarly said it had found no evidence of criminal activity in the crash that also killed...
- The helicopter carrying 63-year-old Raisi crashed on a fog-shrouded mountainside in northern Iran, killing the president and seven others, and triggering snap elections
- Fars news agency, quoting an informed security source with knowledge of the conclusions of the probe, said overloading was also behind crash
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Blinken presses Hamas to back Gaza truce but sees gaps with Israel
Doha, Qatar - Top US diplomat Antony Blinken appealed Tuesday to Hamas urgently to accept a ceasefire plan to ease suffering...
- The US secretary of state closed his ninth wartime trip to the region in which he warned that the US-backed truce proposal may be the "last chance" to broker an end the conflict
- The United States last week presented ideas to bridge gaps and, through Qatar and Egypt, has pressed heavily on Hamas to accept and return to talks this week in Cairo
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US says Iran responsible for Trump campaign hack
The statement from the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI), the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), and the...
- Trump's campaign said on August 10 that it had been hacked, blaming "foreign sources" for distributing internal communications and a dossier on running mate J.D. Vance
- Trump's campaign implied Iran was behind the move as news outlet Politico reported it had received emails with campaign material from a source who refused to identify themselves
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Blinken says Israel backs US proposal in ‘last’ chance for Gaza truce
Blinken, on his ninth visit to the Middle East since Hamas's October 7 attack triggered the war with Israel, said...
- Ahead of those talks, Hamas called on mediators to implement a framework outlined in late May by US President Joe Biden, rather than hold more negotiations
- The movement on Sunday said the bridging proposal "responds to Netanyahu's conditions" and leaves him "fully responsible for thwarting the efforts of the mediators."
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Blinken in Israel as under-pressure Netanyahu blames ‘obstinate’ Hamas
Making his ninth trip to the Middle East since the Gaza war began when Hamas attacked Israel in October, the...
- Ahead of Blinken's visit, the foreign ministers of Britain and France were on Friday also in Israel to stress the urgency of a Gaza deal
- Ahead of the truce talks in Doha last Thursday and Friday, Hamas called on mediators to implement the Biden framework rather than holding more negotiations
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Putin in Azerbaijan for state visit amid Ukraine offensive on Russian soil
Aliyev and Putin will sign joint documents and make statements to the press, said Russian agency Ria Novosti. On Monday,...
- His visit to the Caucasus country, a close partner of Moscow, comes against the backdrop of an unprecedented Ukrainian military offensive on Russian soil
- Putin is due to hold talks with his Azerbaijani counterpart Ilham Aliyev on bilateral relations and "international and regional problems," the Kremlin said
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US President Donald Trump left for a historic second state visit to Britain Tuesday -- but political controversies, wars and...
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Syria announces plan with Jordan, US to restore calm in Druze-majority Sweida
Syrian foreign minister Asaad al-Shaibani announced on Tuesday a plan backed by Jordan and the United States to restore calm...
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UN investigators: Israel committing genocide in Gaza to ‘destroy the Palestinians’
This is the first time a UN-mandated investigative body has concluded the country is committing genocide and it might prompt...
- After the report was published, UN rights chief Volker Turk said it was up to the courts to determine whether genocide was taking place, but warned: "We see the evidence mounting."
- The report came as Israel on Tuesday launched a ground assault on Gaza City, where the UN has declared a full-blown famine.
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Arab League, OIC joint session urges review of Israel ties after Qatar attack
Arab and Muslim leaders called for a review of ties with Israel after emergency talks in Doha on Monday following...
- A joint statement from the summit urged "all States to take all possible legal and effective measures to prevent Israel from continuing its actions against the Palestinian people."
- Qatar's fellow Gulf nations the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain, along with Egypt, Jordan and Morocco, were among those present that recognise Israel
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UN rights expert says complicity with Gaza ‘genocide’ ‘shame of our time’
Albanese added that "this genocide has something different, is openly incited, cynically denied and relentlessly supported, armed and weaponized, while...
- "Arms trade and diplomatic engagement with Israel continue unabated," she said.
- "Far too many states continue to look away, normalize the suffering and even profit from it," she added.