Millions join ‘No Kings’ protests across US
More than 3,000 rallies were held across all 50 states, with participation estimates ranging from several million to as many...
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G7 ministers consider oil reserves as markets face volatility
In a statement following a virtual meeting with International Energy Agency (IEA) Executive Director Fatih Birol, the ministers said they...
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Israel PM dismisses Hamas demand for ceasefire, sets sights on Rafah
In Beirut, a senior Hamas official responded, saying Netanyahu's "insistence on continuing the aggression totally confirms that the goal... is...
- Netanyahu has ordered troops to prepare to move on the city of Rafah in Gaza's far south, where more than one million Palestinians have sought refuge
- An official from mediator Egypt told AFP that "a new round of negotiations" would start on Thursday in Cairo aimed at achieving "calm in the Gaza Strip".
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Iranian President Raisi accuses US of disrupting Middle East security
"The presence of US forces in our region has no justification," Raisi said in a Tehran ceremony ahead of the...
- Raisi said the US presence "in Iraq, Syria, Afghanistan and the region is in no way creating security. It disrupts the security in the region"
- Raisi's remarks to foreign diplomats came while US Secretary of State Antony Blinken was on a regional tour for talks on the Gaza ceasefire deal
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Israeli strikes kill 10 including six civilians in Syrian city of Homs
"Ten people, including six civilians and two Hizbollah fighters, were killed in Israeli strikes on a building in the Hamra...
- Three students and a woman were among the dead, two of whom have yet to be identified, an official said
- Two Hizbollah fighters were also among the dead, a source to the Iran-backed Lebanese group confirmed to AFP
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Blinken in Israel voices hope for Gaza truce deal to free hostages
"There's a lot of work to be done, but we are very much focused on doing that work and hopefully...
- UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned that if Israel presses into Gaza's far-southern Rafah, it "would exponentially increase what is already a humanitarian nightmare".
- AFPTV footage showed frantic scenes of Palestinians running for their lives, many screaming, as gunfire rang out from advancing Israeli forces in a Gaza City neighborhood.
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New round of Gaza negotiations to start in Cairo: Egypt source
Cairo, Egypt -- Egypt and Qatar are sponsoring a new round of negotiations to start Thursday in Cairo aimed at achieving...
- A Hamas source with knowledge of the matter confirmed the Palestinian group had agreed to the talks, with the goal of "a ceasefire, an end to the war and a prisoner exchange deal".
- The Egyptian official said Cairo was urging "both parties to show the necessary flexibility" to achieve a truce in Hamas-run Gaza.
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Gaza solidarity boycott hits global food chains
As customers in the Middle East shun international restaurants, local businesses report they have benefited from the boycott.
- Starbucks sales grew at their slowest pace in a year, and profits fell short of Wall Street estimates as a spending slowdown took its toll.
- McDonald's shares declined for the second day after the company failed to achieve targeted sales for the first time since 2020 due to the war in the Middle East.
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US lawmakers reject US$17.6 billion Israel aid bill
Republicans in the House of Representatives scheduled the vote after the Democratic-led Senate released a bipartisan bill Sunday pairing billions of dollars for...
- The standalone Israel bill would have provided $17.6bn in military aid for the country
- 167 Democrats voted no after Biden had threatened to wield his veto
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Canada announces sanctions against Hamas leaders
The move comes two weeks after Britain and the United States unveiled new coordinated asset freezes and travel bans on...
- The 11 individuals targeted by the Canadian measures include Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar and its military chief Mohammed Deif
- All the sanctioned individuals were said in a statement to be "integral to the planning, funding and execution of the October 7 attacks
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Israel says studying Hamas response to truce deal
Last week, a Hamas source said the truce deal calls for a six-week pause to fighting as Hamas frees hostages...
- US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, on his fifth tour of the region since the war broke out, arrived in Israel to discuss an "essential" agreement
- Hamas confirmed it delivered its response to proposals hammered out a week ago in Paris between Qatar and other mediators
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Israeli air strikes on Syria’s Homs kill five people
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said that five people have been killed including three civilians, and seven others were...
- The monitor said the identities of the two non-civilian casualties were unknown
- Israeli strikes last Monday near Damascus killed eight people, including pro-Iran fighters
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The Elders group of global leaders terms Gaza situation ‘unfolding genocide’
The London-based group also called for the "recognition of the State of Palestine", but added "this will not halt the...
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Iran security chief meets officials in Iraq before Lebanon visit
Ali Larijani, the head of Iran's top security body, met with senior officials in Iraq on Monday, ahead of a...
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Accumulating bitcoin a risky digital rush by companies?
London, United Kingdom - US President Donald Trump's media group and Tesla, the electric carmaker owned by tech billionaire Elon...
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UN, media groups condemn Israel’s deadly strike on Al Jazeera team in Gaza
Dozens of Gazans stood amid bombed-out buildings in the courtyard of Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City to pay their respects...
- Hospital director Mohammed Abu Salmiya said a sixth journalist, freelance reporter Mohammed Al-Khaldi, was killed in the strike that targeted the Al Jazeera team.
- Mourners including men wearing blue journalists' flak jackets carried their bodies, wrapped in white shrouds with their faces exposed, through narrow alleys to their graves.
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Norway sovereign fund drops investments in 11 Israeli companies
Oslo, Norway -- Norway's sovereign wealth fund, the world's largest, said Monday that it was selling its investments in 11...
- Nicolai Tangen, chief of Norges Bank Investment Management (NBIM), which manages the fund, said the decision was taken "in response to extraordinary circumstances".
- Norway's wealth fund is the biggest in the world with a value of around $1.9 trillion, with investments spanning the globe.
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Netanyahu announces plan to allow foreign reporters into Gaza
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced on Sunday a plan to allow more foreign journalists to report inside Gaza with...
- Israel has blocked most foreign correspondents from independently accessing the territory since it launched its campaign there
- "We have decided and have ordered, directed the military to bring in foreign journalists, more foreign journalists, a lot," Netanyahu said