UNRWA chief denounces Israeli police’s seizure of agency’s Jerusalem assets
The compound in Israeli-annexed east Jerusalem has been empty of UNRWA staff since January, when the law banning its operations...
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Trump says US freeze on asylum decisions will last ‘a long time’
US President Donald Trump said Sunday his administration intends to maintain a pause on asylum decisions for "a long time"...
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Turkey arrests 33 suspected of spying for Israel, planning abductions
Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya said, "We will never allow espionage activities to be conducted against the national unity and solidarity...
- Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya said the suspects were rounded up in raids across eight provinces in and around Istanbul
- Yerlikaya's office released video footage showing armed security service agents breaking down doors and handcuffing suspects in their homes
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Exiled Hamas deputy head killed in Israeli drone strike
A high-level security official told AFP that Saleh al-Aruri was killed along with his bodyguards in the strike by Israel....
- Hamas vowed Tuesday that the killing of the group's deputy in Lebanon will not "undermine the continued brave resistance" in Gaza.
- The strike will add to persistent fears that the nearly three-month-old Israeli-Hamas war could become a wider conflagration.
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Jordan takes steps to raise position in Global Food Security Index, says minister
AMMAN, JORDAN - Agriculture Minister Khaled Al-Hneifat said the ministry has been working hard over the past year to create...
- One of the points to achieve this goal are the creation of a national database for food security.
- The other is the issuance of a unique system for the Food Security Council, the minister said.
Race against time after deadly Japan quake
The 7.5-magnitude quake, which hit Ishikawa prefecture on the main island of Honshu, triggered tsunami waves more than a meter...
- USGS said the quake had a magnitude of 7.5. Japan's meteorological agency measured it at 7.6 and said it was one of more than 150 to shake Noto peninsula
- Almost 33,000 households were without power in the region, which saw temperatures touch freezing overnight, the local energy provider said
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More strikes on Gaza after Israel warns war will last through 2024
Nearly three months of conflict have claimed almost 22,000 lives in Gaza, according to the Hamas-run health ministry, and devastated...
- On Monday night into Tuesday morning, eyewitnesses reported missiles fired towards the city of Rafah in the south and shelling around the Jabalia refugee camp
- Israeli Defence Minister Yoav Gallant, meanwhile, said residents of some towns and villages near the Gaza border, "will soon be able to return home"
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Child among 8 killed in Syria clashes: monitor
The fighting pitted the army of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad against Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), a group led by Al-Qaeda's...
- War monitor said an elderly man, a woman and her young daughter were killed
- Syrian army retaliated by bombing residential areas of Darat Izza town in Aleppo
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Israel rejects Hamas’ new proposal for release of Gaza hostages: report
Washington, United States - Israel has rejected a new proposal from Hamas through Qatari and Egyptian mediators for a deal...
- Each phase, according to the proposal, would include a pause in fighting for more than a month in exchange for the release of hostages
- The implementation of the third phase of the deal, which provided for the release of prisoners of war, implied the end of the conflict
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US aircraft carrier to return to base from Mediterranean
According to the Navy, the carrier will redeploy to its home port "as scheduled to prepare for future deployments." The...
- US sent warships to "contribute to our regional deterrence and defense posture"
- The warships were dispatched to the region after Hamas' attack on Israel on October 7
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Israeli settlers ‘most violent’ in West Bank 2023, says watchdog
Jerusalem - Israeli settlers killed at least 10 Palestinians and torched dozens of homes in the occupied West Bank in...
- The human rights group said Israeli settlers were involved in multiple attacks on Palestinians in West Bank, which further spiked after October 7.
- It added that settlers killed 10 Palestinians while they set fire to dozens of homes and vehicles during 2023
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Iranian warship enters Red Sea, reports media
TEHRAN, IRAN - Iran's Alborz warship has entered the Red Sea through the strategic Bab al-Mandeb strait, Tasnim news agency reported...
- The news agency did not give specific reasons for its deployment, but noted that Iranian military vessels had operated in the area since 2009.
- According to the International Chamber of Shipping, 12 percent of global trade passes through the Red Sea
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UNRWA chief denounces Israeli police’s seizure of agency’s Jerusalem assets
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Trump says ‘didn’t make any progress’ with Putin on ending Ukraine war
US President Donald Trump said he made no progress with Vladimir Putin on ending the Ukraine war in a call...
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73 Palestinians killed in Gaza as Netanyahu vows to recover hostages amid escalated strikes
Netanyahu has come under strong pressure to get the hostages back after US President Donald Trump said Israel had agreed...
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Arab Parliament condemns Israeli West Bank annexation statements
Cairo, Egypt -- Mohammed bin Ahmed Al Yamahi, President of the Arab Parliament, has strongly condemned and rejected the dangerous...
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Israeli forces kill 69 Palestinians in Gaza, including those sheltering in a school
They included 38 people waiting for humanitarian aid at three separate locations in central and southern Gaza and a child...
- Another 15 people, "the majority of them children and women", were killed and several others wounded in an Israeli air strike on a school-turned-shelter in Gaza City.
- Israel has recently expanded its military operations in Gaza, creating dire humanitarian conditions and displaced nearly all of the territory's population of 2 million.
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Syria state media says talk of peace deal with Israel ‘premature’
Syrian state media reported Wednesday that statements on signing a peace deal with Israel were "premature", days after Israel said...
- "Statements concerning signing a peace agreement with the Israeli occupation at this time are considered premature," state TV reported an unidentified official source as saying
- "It is not possible to talk of the possibility of negotiations over a new agreement unless the occupation fully adheres the 1974 disengagement agreement," it added.
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Iran ends cooperation with UN nuclear watchdog after Israel, US strikes
It came after last month's 12-day conflict between Iran and Israel, which saw unprecedented Israeli and US strikes on Iran's...
- It came after last month's 12-day conflict between Iran and Israel, which saw unprecedented Israeli and US strikes on Iran's nuclear facilities
- On June 25, a day after a ceasefire took hold, Iranian lawmakers voted overwhelmingly to suspend cooperation with the Vienna-based IAEA