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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Trump launches Gaza ‘Board of Peace’ with $10 billion pledge, outlines vague ambitions
Speaking in Washington before representatives from nearly 50 countries, Trump said nine member states had committed more than $7 billion...
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Israel strikes key Yemen port after Tel Aviv attack
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned "anyone who harms us will pay a very heavy price", after Friday's drone attack in...
- The strikes on the vital port, which triggered a raging fire and plumes of black smoke, are the first claimed by Israel in the Arabian peninsula's poorest country
- Gallant said the Hodeida strikes were also a warning to other Iran-backed armed groups around the Middle East that have claimed attacks on Israel during the Gaza war
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Defiant Biden vows to ‘win’ despite growing revolt
Around 25 House Democrats and three senators have now called on Biden to drop out since a disastrous debate performance...
- Biden vowed to return to the campaign trail next week, and took aim at Donald Trump's "dark" speech accepting his nomination at the Republican National Convention on Thursday
- Amid party defections, media speculation is mounting that Biden is using his weekend in Delaware to consult family members and mull over the path ahead
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Yemen Houthis claim responsibility for drone attack on Tel Aviv
A statement from the rebels, who have carried out dozens of attacks against Red Sea shipping in what they say...
- Israeli emergency services say the explosion left one person dead and up to 10 lightly injured
- The US intercepted a ballistic missile and three drones launched by the Houthis at Israel on Friday night
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Hezbollah vows to hit new Israeli targets if civilians killed
Since October, the cross-border violence has killed 511 people in Lebanon.
- Hezbollah warned Israel of the consequences of any invasion of Lebanon
- The Israeli military said that "operational plans for an offensive in Lebanon were approved and validated"
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Israel bombs Gaza after US criticizes high civilian toll
The health ministry said a strike on a fuel station in Al-Mawasi in southern Gaza killed 17 people, and the...
- US Secretary of State Antony Blinken earlier conveyed Washington's "serious concern" to two senior Israeli officials regarding deadly Israeli strikes in Gaza, his spokesman said
- Hamas political leader Ismail Haniyeh said Sunday the group was pulling out of indirect talks for a deal in protest at Israeli "massacres."
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Hamas and Palestinian rivals Fatah to meet in Beijing: officials
Several reconciliation bids have failed, but calls have grown since the Hamas October 7 attacks on Israel set off the...
- The Hamas delegation is to be headed by its Qatar-based political chief Ismail Haniyeh, while the Fatah representation will be led by deputy head Mahmud Alul, Fatah sources said
- The two groups have been bitter rivals since Hamas fighters ejected Fatah from the Gaza Strip after deadly clashes that followed Hamas's resounding victory in a 2006 election
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Hamas says pulling out of Gaza truce talks, as Israel keeps up strikes
A Hamas official said Sunday that the Palestinian group was withdrawing from Gaza truce talks, as Israeli bombardments hit a...
- On Sunday, Israeli forces struck a UN-run school in the central Nuseirat refugee camp
- Four previous strikes on schools turned shelters since July 6 killed a total of at least 49 people
Biden tells Americans to ‘cool it down’ after Trump assassination bid
As the country reeled from images of a bloodied Trump waving his fist after the gunman opened fire at a...
- Biden also mentioned the January 6, 2021, Capitol attack by pro-Trump supporters as proof that the situation is getting out of hand
- Just before Biden's speech, Trump landed in Milwaukee for the Republican National Convention, during which he will formally be anointed the party's nominee
Donald Trump wounded at rally shooting, Biden leads condemnation
US President Joe Biden led the condemnation after his election rival Donald Trump was wounded in an apparent assassination attempt...
- Political leaders on both sides of the aisle slammed the attack minutes after the Republican candidate was rushed off stage by the Secret Service with blood running down his face
- "The idea that there's political violence, or violence in America like this, is just unheard of. It's just not appropriate. Everybody, everybody must condemn it," Biden said
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Battles rock Gaza City after mass evacuation order
US President Joe Biden said that US diplomats were making "progress" with international mediators towards a ceasefire and stressed that...
- A major focus of recent battles and mass displacement has been the biggest urban area, Gaza City
- Israel's military said it was also fighting in the Rafah area
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Jerusalem, Undefined -- Top US diplomat Marco Rubio begins a visit to Israel on Sunday, after expressing the Trump administration's...
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Arab, Muslim leaders to meet in Qatar to denounce Israeli attack
Qatar said Saturday it will host a summit of Arab and Muslim leaders to denounce Israel's attack on Hamas officials...
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Palestinian factions handed over weapons from Lebanon's largest refugee camp on Saturday, a Palestinian official said, as part of a...
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Suspect in Charlie Kirk killing caught, widow vows to carry on fight
The widow of prominent right-wing activist Charlie Kirk pledged Friday to carry on her husband's work, after US authorities announced...
- Investigators had appeared to be making slow progress in the hunt for whoever gunned down Donald Trump's close ally, until they released security camera images of a young man
- The 31-year-old Kirk was hit by a single bullet while addressing a large crowd at Utah Valley University in the town of Orem on Wednesday
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Russia says Ukraine peace talks with Kyiv on pause as NATO bolsters defences
Russia said Friday that peace talks with Kyiv were on "pause" as President Volodymyr Zelensky warned that his Russian counterpart...
- Despite Trump forcing the warring sides to hold direct talks and hosting Putin in Alaska, there has been no significant progress towards ending the war
- Russia's army has gained territory and Putin has vowed to carry on fighting if his peace demands -- including Ukraine ceding yet more land -- are not met
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Fifty reported dead in Gaza as Israel steps up attacks to capture main city
Israel has said it intends to capture the territory's largest urban centre, which it describes as one of the last...
- Israel has said it intends to capture the territory's largest urban centre, which it describes as one of the last strongholds of the Palestinian militant group Hamas
- The United Nations and members of the international community have warned against the assault for fear it will worsen the already dire humanitarian situation in Gaza City