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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European leaders vow ‘unflinching’ response to Trump’s plans to annex Greenland
The US president, who will address the annual gathering of global elites on Wednesday, has put the transatlantic alliance to...
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Illegal Israeli settlers block Palestinian farmers from farming lands
Tubas, Palestine - Colonial Israeli settlers backed by the Israeli military prevented Palestinian farmers from plowing their lands today in...
- Eyewitnesses and local activist Ayman Ghrayeb revealed that a group of settlers hindered several farmers from cultivating their fields in the vicinity of the village.
- He added that the soldiers accompanying the settlers confiscated personal identification cards from the farmers and detained them for several hours.
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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
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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New clashes rock Syria’s Druze heartland as tribal fighters reinforce Bedouin
Armed tribes supported by Syria's Islamist-led government clashed with Druze fighters in the community's Sweida heartland on Friday, a day...
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Hamas armed wing says Israel blocking ceasefire and hostage release talks
The armed wing of the Palestinian militant group Hamas on Friday accused Israel of blocking a deal in talks for...
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Iraq says drones that struck military radar are foreign-made, doesn’t identify perpetrators
Sabah al-Numan, the military spokesman for the prime minister, said that Iraq identified "the origin of the drones used in...
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Europeans tell Iran will reimpose sanctions if no progress on nuclear deal: France
Top European diplomats told their Iranian counterpart on Thursday they were determined to reactivate UN sanctions if Tehran does not...
- The diplomats, from Britain, France, Germany and the European Union, told Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi of "their determination to use the 'snapback' mechanism
- They are applying pressure to convince Iran of "the urgency of returning to the diplomatic path without delay, in order to reach a robust, verifiable, and durable agreement."
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Erdogan accuses Israel of using Druze as pretext to expand into SyriaÂ
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Thursday accused Israel of using the Druze minority in Syria as a pretext for...
- "I want to state this once again, clearly and directly: Israel is a lawless, unruly, unprincipled, spoiled, pampered, and greedy terrorist state," Erdogan said
- "At this stage, the biggest problem in our region is Israel's aggression... If the monster is not stopped immediately, it will not hesitate to throw first our region," he added
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Baghdad and Arbil agree to resume Kurdish oil exports: government
Baghdad, Iraq -- The Iraqi government announced Thursday an agreement to resume crude exports from the autonomous Kurdistan region after...
- Lucrative oil exports have been a major point of tension between Baghdad and Arbil, with a key pipeline through Turkey shut since 2023 over legal disputes and technical issues.
- Oil exports were previously independently sold by the Kurdistan region, without the approval or oversight of the central administration in Baghdad, through the port of Ceyhan.