Trump threatens Hormuz tolls as Iran keeps strait closed ahead of Switzerland talks
The developments came ahead of technical talks between U.S. and Iranian officials expected in Switzerland as both sides seek to...
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US, Iran technical negotiations face delay after Vance postpones Switzerland visit
"The logistics of these negotiations have never been simple or predictable. As of now the Vice President is not departing...
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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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Israel defense minister says “60 percent” of Hamas dead or wounded
Israel has launched major new offensives in Gaza City, even as it also embarks on contacts with international mediators on...
- Gallant reaffirmed that Israel was "determined" to meet its war goals of eradicating Hamas
- "We have eliminated or wounded 60 percent of the Hamas terrorists", he said
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What we know about the rocky ‘roadmap’ to an elusive Gaza ceasefire
Jerusalem, Undefined - Qatari and Egyptian mediators are cajoling Israel and Hamas towards negotiations on a plan to end their war,...
- US President Joe Biden first outlined in late May what he called an Israeli initiative for a truce and hostage release deal
- Since the October 7 Hamas attacks, much of Gaza has been reduced to rubble and its 2.4 million people are surviving on sporadic aid deliveries
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Heavy battles in Gaza City on eve of new truce talks
Hamas has accused Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of deliberately stepping up battles in Gaza City and far-southern Rafah to...
- Troops, tanks and aircraft were fighting in Gaza on the eve of new truce talks
- Israeli forces on Monday intensified fighting and bombardment across the city
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Erdogan says may invite Syria’s Assad to Turkey ‘at any moment’
Erdogan's comments come after tensions have mounted over the past week after a mob went on the rampage, vandalising businesses...
- Turkey originally aimed to topple Assad's regime when the Syrian conflict erupted with the violent suppression of peaceful protesters in 2011
- But more recently, Ankara has shifted focus to preventing what Erdogan in 2019 dubbed a "terror corridor" from opening up in northern Syria
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‘Enough’: Israeli protesters demand Gaza truce
Large protests, also demanding elections, have taken place across Israel's commercial hub every Saturday night, with smaller ones throughout the...
- The demonstrators want Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to reach a truce and hostage-release deal or else step down
- The nationwide "disruption day" began at 6:29 am to correspond to the start of Hamas's October 7 attack on southern Israel that started the war
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Health ministry in Hamas-run Gaza says 16 killed in strike on school
The UN agency for Palestinian refugees, UNRWA, said two of its workers were killed in a strike at Al-Bureij in...
- The ministry, which condemned the strike as an "odious massacre", said another 50 injured were taken to hospital from Al-Jawni school at Nuseirat in central Gaza
- Israel has carried out a military offensive that has killed at least 38,098 people in Gaza, also mostly civilians, according to data from the Gaza health ministry
Trump threatens Hormuz tolls as Iran keeps strait closed ahead of Switzerland talks
The developments came ahead of technical talks between U.S. and Iranian officials expected in Switzerland as both sides seek to...
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US sanctions on key Indian project in Iran take effect
US sanctions went into effect Monday on a major Indian port project in Iran, as President Donald Trump again showed...
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Netanyahu apologizes to Qatar, promises no new strike, US says
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, calling Qatar's prime minister from the White House on Monday, apologized for strikes against Hamas...
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Trump ‘very confident’ of Gaza deal as he hosts Netanyahu
He repeated "very confident" when asked if all parties were on board with the 21-point plan to end the nearly two-year...
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US unveils 21-point peace proposal: Israel to withdraw from Gaza, Hamas to disarm
While the plan offers several concessions to Palestinians, it also carries provisions favorable to Israel — including Hamas’ demilitarisation and...
- The proposal marks a significant shift in Washington’s approach as earlier this year, President Donald Trump had floated the idea of relocating Gaza’s population permanently
- The new framework, however, calls for Gazans to remain in the Strip and outlines a conditional pathway toward eventual statehood
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‘We’ll be ruined’: Iranians feel strain as sanctions snap back
Tehran, Iran -- As United Nations sanctions returned in full force on Sunday, Iranians felt the strain deepen, with prices...
- Tehran's foreign ministry urged other countries to refrain from enforcing the sanctions, vowing to "defend its national rights and interests".
- The impact on prices was visible as the rial plummeted to a new low in an already squeezed economy, leaving many struggling to make ends meet.
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Netanyahu to meet Trump as Israel faces isolation over Gaza war
The meeting comes days after Trump unveiled a 21-point plan aimed at ending the war in the Palestinian territory during...
- On Sunday, Trump hinted at "something special" to come in Middle East talks, adding in a post on his Truth Social platform:Â "WE WILL GET IT DONE!!!"
- "He has no other choice but to accept" Trump's plan for a ceasefire, said Eytan Gilboa, an expert on US-Israel relations at Israel's Bar-Ilan University.