US and Iran set for new nuclear talks in Istanbul to revive stalled diplomacy
Iran’s President Masoud Pezeshkian has announced that he has instructed diplomats to pursue negotiations with the United States, signalling a...
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Turkey to offer mediation in US-Iran showdown during Iran foreign minister’s Friday visit
Friday's visit by Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi comes after US President Donald Trump threatened a military strike on Iran...
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Lebanon’s Hizbollah targets Israel base, wounding 14 soldiers
Hours after the strike on Arab al-Aramshe, an Arab-majority village in northern Israel near the border, Israeli forces hit targets...
- Israel and Hizbollah, an Iran-backed Hamas ally, have been exchanging near-daily cross-border fire since the Palestinian group attacked southern Israel on October 7
- But Hizbollah strikes in the past few days have included a growing use of explosive drones and wounded people in Israel, which has struck deeper into Lebanon in recent weeks
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Italy PM Meloni visits Tunisia for migration talks
Meloni's latest visit to Tunisia came as part of her so-called Mattei Plan, a program aiming to posit Italy as...
- Meloni met with Saied, who vowed in a national security meeting the day before that Tunisia "will be neither a center nor a crossing point" for sub-Saharan migrants
- "Cooperation on migration remains a central aspect of the relationship between Italy and Tunisia," Italian officials said
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UN Security Council to vote this Thursday on full Palestinian membership
Against the backdrop of the grinding conflict in Gaza, a city largely devastated by more than six months of war...
- The Palestinians formally revived this April an application first made to the world body in 2011
- Statehood requires a defined territory, a permanent population, a government and the ability to enter into international relations
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US, EU to impose fresh sanctions on Iran following recent missile attack on Israel
The United States announced Tuesday that it was preparing new sanctions on Iran's missile and drone program after last weekend’s...
- Washington would impose new sanctions targeting Iran, including its missile and drone program
- EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell said Brussels is working on expanding sanctions against Iran's supplies of weaponry
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Putin talks to Raisi, expresses hope for restraint in Middle East
Moscow, Russia - Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Iranian counterpart, Ebrahim Raisi, discussed the latest escalation in the Middle...
- According to the Kremlin, the Iranian leader said that Iran’s action was limited as he assured Putin that Tehran was not "seeking to escalate tensions further"
- Iran's President Raisi warned that "the slightest action against Iran's interests will definitely be met with a severe, extensive and painful response."
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Jordan says won’t become ‘theatre of war’ between Israel and Iran
If the Gaza war raging since October 7 has created tough challenges for Jordan, it now faces the additional threat...
- Jordan was among a group of nations that helped Israel shoot down missiles, rockets and attack drones launched by Iran
- Jordan stressed its aim was to safeguard its own sovereignty rather than defend Israel
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‘Bad for business’: Gulf states scramble to avert wider war
Gulf states are grappling with the widening Middle East conflict as hostilities between Iran and Israel threaten their security and...
- Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates have both faced previous attacks on oil facilities
- The conflict is increasingly creating a new regional balance of power
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Iran closed nuclear facilities in wake of Israel attack: IAEA chief
Tehran, Iran Iran temporarily closed its nuclear facilities over "security considerations" in the wake of its massive missile and drone...
- International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) chief Rafael Grossi: "All (Iranian) nuclear facilities that we are inspecting every day would remain closed
- Israel has carried out operations against nuclear sites in the region before
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Palestinian officials say Israeli settlers kill two in West Bank
The West Bank, which Israel has occupied since 1967, has seen a surge in violence since early last year, particularly...
- The Palestinian health ministry named the victims of the attack near Nablus as Abdulrahman Maher Bani Fadel, 30, and Mohammed Ashraf Bani Jame, 21
- The mayor of Aqraba, Salah Bani Jaber, told AFP "dozens of settlers attacked" the nearby hamlet of Khirbet al-Tawil late on Monday
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GCC nations express deep concern over Iran-Israel skirmishes
In light of the military escalation and developments in the Middle East region, the Ministerial Council of the Gulf Cooperation...
- In light of the military escalation and developments in the Middle East region, the Ministerial Council of the Gulf Cooperation Council held its 44th extraordinary meeting
- The council expressed its deep concern over the recent, dangerous developments of military escalation in the Middle East region and their negative impact
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Arab bloc says no peace without a Palestinian state and end to ‘hostile’ Israel actions
The League said that "the failure to reach a just solution to the Palestinian cause and the hostile practices of...
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Gaza film at Venice targeted by hate campaign, director says
Venice, Italy - At its premiere, a powerful new Gaza film at the Venice Film Festival sparked 23 minutes of...
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Lebanon says army will begin implementing Hezbollah disarmament plan, amid opposition from the group
Responding to questions from journalists, Morcos said "the Lebanese army will begin implementing the plan, but in accordance with the...
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After his call with Zelensky, European leaders, Trump says will speak with Putin soon
US President Donald Trump said Thursday he would speak soon with Russia's Vladimir Putin, after his call earlier in the...
- "I will be, yeah," Trump told a reporter asking if he would speak with the Russian leader in the near future, on the sidelines of a dinner with prominent US tech executives
- Trump's call with European leaders came after a summit in Paris aimed at firming up plans for security guarantees for Ukraine if or when there is a ceasefire
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Amid Israeli strikes, Lebanon debates disarming Hezbollah under ceasefire deal, risking political turmoil and mass protests.
The Lebanese government is set to discuss on Friday an army plan to disarm Hezbollah, which the Iran-backed group opposes,...
- In August, under heavy US and Israeli pressure, Lebanon's government ordered the army to draw up a plan for disarming Hezbollah by the end of the year
- Hezbollah reiterated its opposition to the move on Wednesday, with its parliamentary bloc calling on Lebanese authorities to "reverse their... unpatriotic decision."
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Israel military says controls 40 percent of Gaza City, the largest urban centre in the Palestinian territory
In a televised briefing, Israeli military spokesman Brigadier General Effie Defrin said that "we hold 40 percent of the territory...
- Israel has intensified in recent days its bombardments of the area of Gaza City, in the territory's north, ahead of the planned offensive
- Gaza's civil defence agency said Israeli strikes on Thursday killed more than 30 people in the city, out of at least 64 Palestinians killed across the Gaza Strip