Saudi-Pakistan mutual defence pact will not include Turkey: sources
The Pakistan-Saudi pact was signed just months after Pakistan and India fought an intense four-day conflict in May that killed...
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US deploys aircraft carrier as Iran warns against attack, says ready to hit back
AÂ US naval strike group led by an aircraft carrier has deployed to Middle Eastern waters, the United States said Monday,...
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Gaza war rages into fourth month as Blinken tours Middle East
Jordan's king urged Blinken to push for a ceasefire in Gaza and an end to the humanitarian crisis brought by...
- Outside Jordan's capital, ahead of Blinken's visit to a World Food Programme aid warehouse, senior UN official Sheri Ritsema-Anderson described Gaza situation as "epic catastrophe"
- Israeli airstrikes overnight and early Sunday killed at least 64 people, including two journalists, in the devastated territory, the health ministry said.
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Six Palestinians killed in Israeli raid in West Bank
The official Palestinian news agency Wafa reported early Sunday that a major deployment of Israeli forces was under way in...
- A PA official said that Israeli bombardment on a group of citizens killed six people in Jenin
- At least 327 Palestinians have been killed in the West Bank since the conflict broke out
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Palestinians rebury bodies exhumed from Gaza cemetery
The footage from the cemetery in Al-Tuffah neighbourhood in Gaza City showed bodies wrapped in bags and laid out on...
- Hamas on Saturday accused the Israeli military of "destroying 1,100 graves"
- Israeli brutal bombardment in Gaza has killed at least 22,722 people
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US military shoots down another drone over Red Sea
The Houthis say they are targeting Israel and Israeli-linked vessels to push for a stop to the offensive in Gaza....
- Maersk said Friday that it would divert all vessels around Africa instead of using the Red Sea
- The rebels have launched more than 100 drone and missile strikes in Red Sea
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Hamas command structure ‘dismantled’ in north Gaza: Israel
The army spokesman told reporters that its forces dismantled "the Hamas military framework in the northern Gaza Strip" and that...
- Israeli PM said his government had directed the army to "eliminate Hamas"
- He said the war should not stop until Israel has achieved "all of the goals"
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EU’s Borrell meets Hezbollah official in bid to avoid wider war
Josep Borrell held talks with the head of Hezbollah's parliamentary bloc, Mohammad Raad, Lebanese media reported. An EU source confirmed...
- Borrell said it is important to avoid Lebanon being dragged into a regional conflict
- Cross-border fire has killed 181 people in Lebanon, including 135 Hezbollah fighters
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UAE orders trial of 84 on terrorism charges, says media
Dubai, UAE - The Emirates is to put 84 people on trial for terror-related offenses, state media said on Saturday. The...
- The Gulf state's attorney general ordered the trial of "mostly members of the terrorist organization of (the) Muslim Brotherhood", official news agency WAM said.
- In 2013, the UAE tried 94 activists, lawyers, students, teachers and other government critics, accusing them of membership of the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood.
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Dragon Oil, Turkmennebit ink MoU
Aim is to expand Dragon Oil’s investments in Turkmenistan.
- Dragon Oil has been engaged in oil and gas cooperation with Turkmenistan on the basis of a production sharing agreement since 2000.
- The company’s primary focus is on the extraction of hydrocarbon resources in the Caspian Sea, in the Cheleken Contract Area.
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EU urges peace at Israel-Lebanon border amid escalation fears
The European Union foreign policy chief warned against a regional conflict that would involve Lebanon, as border clashes intensified nearly...
- Lebanon's Iran-backed Hezbollah and Israel have exchanged near-daily cross-border fire since Hamas's unprecedented October 7 attack
- But a strike that killed Hamas's deputy leader in Hezbollah's south Beirut stronghold on Tuesday intensified fears of a wider conflagration
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Hamas urges US diplomat to end Israeli aggression in Gaza
ISTANBUL, TURKEY - Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh has called on US Secretary of State Antony Blinken to use his current...
- US support for Israel's military campaign "has caused unprecedented massacres and war crimes against our people in Gaza", Hamas chief Haniyeh said.
- Haniyeh also urged regional leaders due to meet Blinken to tell him that stability in the Middle East was "closely linked to our Palestinian cause".
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US President Trump ‘caught off guard’ by Israeli strikes in Syria
US President Donald Trump was "caught off guard" by Israeli strikes in Syria last week, White House spokeswoman Karoline Leavitt...
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Iran says will not halt nuclear enrichment ahead of European talks
Iran is scheduled to meet Britain, France and Germany in Istanbul on Friday, to discuss its nuclear programme, with Tehran...
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Russia publishes rare footage of largest drone factory
Moscow, Russia -- Russia has showcased what it calls the biggest drone factory in the world, broadcasting rare footage from...
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UNRWA says some Gaza staff starving as malnutrition soars
UNRWA said that shortages in the Palestinian territory had caused food prices to increase by 40 times, while the aid...
- "The suffering in Gaza is manmade and must be stopped," it wrote. "Lift the siege and let aid in safely and at scale."
- The civil defense agency on Sunday reported at least three infant deaths from "severe hunger and malnutrition" in the past week.
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Malnutrition reaches new heights in Gaza, children most affected, require urgent treatment
As malnutrition surges in war-torn Gaza, tens of thousands of children and women require urgent treatment, according to the UN,...
- Gaza's civil defence agency told AFP it has noted a rising number of infant deaths caused by "severe hunger and malnutrition", reporting at least three such deaths in the past week
- "These heartbreaking cases were not caused by direct bombing but by starvation, the lack of baby formula and the absence of basic healthcare," spokesman Mahmud Bassal said
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Iran says replaced air defence systems damaged during 12-day war with Israel
Iran's air defence network includes systems like the domestically built Bavar-373 and Khordad-15, designed to counter missiles and aircraft, in...
- Israel launched an unprecedented surprise bombing campaign against Iran in mid-June, prompting Tehran to respond with drone and missile attacks
- Israel's strikes dealt a significant blow to the Islamic republic's air defences, which were repeatedly activated in the capital Tehran and across the country throughout the war