Trump says Afghan man shot two soldiers near White House
President Donald Trump said Wednesday that an Afghan man who fled the Taliban was the suspect in the shooting of...
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Tabatabai: Hezbollah military chief who led the group in Yemen, Syria
Beirut, Lebanon - Haytham Ali Tabatabai, Hezbollah's top military chief whom Israel killed on Sunday, had taken the role after...
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Number of journalists killed in Israel’s war on Gaza rises to 100
Dubai, UAE-- At least 100 journalists have been killed since Israel’s war on Gaza began on October 7, according to...
- According to the media office in Gaza, Muhammed Abu Hweidy was the latest to be killed in an Israeli air raid on his home in Gaza on Saturday
- The media office added that the number of journalists killed has risen to 100, men and women, since the start of the brutal war on the Gaza Strip
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US sees new isolation from Israel support
In one step back from the newfound isolation, the Un on Friday, after painstaking negotiations, let through a UN Security...
- A survey of six Arab publics last month showed that just seven percent believed the United States played a positive role in the war
- Polling showed the main beneficiaries in Arab opinion have been China, Russia and Iran, which has historic tensions with the Arab world
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Israeli strikes on Gaza kill 200 people in 24 hours
The high civilian toll in the latest Israeli strikes on the besieged territory comes in spite of growing calls for...
- Most of the fighting is now centred on Gaza City and the southern city of Khan Yunis
- Hamas authorities said the death toll from this war has now surged beyond 20,000
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Syrians cancel Christmas festivities in solidarity with Gaza
The Syriac Catholic Church was not alone, with the leaders of three of Syria's major churches -- the Greek Orthodox,...
- The northern Syrian city is usually home to a bustling festive market and a huge Christmas tree
- The UN has said the ongoing Israeli military campaign left no safe place anywhere in the strip
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US blames Iran for targeting tanker off India coast
It was the first time the Pentagon has accused Iran of directly targeting ships since the start of Israel's war...
- A Pentagon statement said Saturday's Indian Ocean attack took place around 10 am local time
- Ambrey, a maritime security firm, said the "chemical/products tanker was Israel-affiliated"
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Yemen warring parties agree to ceasefire: UN envoy
UN special envoy Hans Grundberg's announcement marks the latest step to end the nine-year war that has killed hundreds of...
- Grundberg said he "welcomes the parties' commitment to implement a nation-wide ceasefire
- Yemen has been gripped by conflict since Houthi rebels took control of the capital Sanaa in 2014
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Iran slams UN for its failure to stop Israel-Hamas war in Gaza
Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi slammed the "inefficacy" of international bodies to halt fighting between Israel and Palestinian group Hamas which...
- The UNSC resolution urged the creation of "conditions for a sustainable cessation of hostilities", without calling for an immediate end to the fighting,
- "The inability and inefficacy of international organizations has become clear to everyone in the world," the Iranian President said.
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Families of Gaza’s Christians tense due to war
Jerusalem - Khalil Sayegh lives in the United States and for days he anxiously awaited news of his family who...
- The Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem reported that on December 16 two Christian women were "murdered" by an Israeli army sniper.
- A Jerusalem-based nun,said she is only able to reach two other nuns sheltering at the Holy Family Church every three or four days.
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Israeli evacuation diktat leaves Gaza without safe zone, says UN body
Israel's latest evacuation order for civilians in the central Gaza Strip would force them to relocate to areas "where there...
- "The Israeli army just orders people to move into areas where there are ongoing air strikes. No place is safe, nowhere to go," said a UN official.
- "People in Gaza are people. They are not pieces on a checkerboard -- many have already been displaced several times," he added.
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Six Turkish soldiers dead in Iraq after PKK attack
Ankara, Turkey - Six Turkish soldiers were killed and one wounded when their base in northern Iraq was attacked by members...
- Friday's attack on Turkish troops by the Kurdistan Workers' Party occurred near Hakurk, the defense ministry said.
- In October, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan vowed to continue stepping up its strikes on targets in Iraq and Syria.
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Trump says Afghan man shot two soldiers near White House
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Iran says IAEA chief request to visit bombed sites suggests ‘malign intent’
Iran on Friday rejected a request by UN nuclear watchdog chief Rafael Grossi to visit facilities bombed by Israel and...
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Conflicts and related fatalities triple since 2000, fueling extreme poverty: WB
Washington, United States -- Conflicts and related fatalities have more than tripled since the early 2000s, fueling extreme poverty, the...
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US Supreme Court curbs power of individual judges to block Trump
In a 6-3 ruling stemming from Trump's bid to end birthright citizenship, the court said nationwide injunctions issued by district...
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Spain PM Sanchez says Gaza in ‘catastrophic situation of genocide’
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez on Thursday said Gaza was in a "catastrophic situation of genocide" and urged the European...
- The comments represent the strongest condemnation to date by the Socialist leader, an outspoken critic of the Israeli offensive in Gaza sparked by Hamas's 2023 attack on Israel
- Sanchez mentioned a recent human rights review by the bloc's diplomatic service which, he said, addressed "the catastrophic situation of genocide unfolding in Gaza".
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WHO delivers its first medical aid to Gaza since March 2
The shipment of supplies, plasma and blood will be distributed among hospitals in the Palestinian territory in the coming days,...
- Israel imposed a total blockade on the Gaza Strip on March 2. More than two months later, it began allowing some food in, but no other aid items until now.
- Last week the WHO said only 17 of Gaza's 36 hospitals were minimally to partially functional, with the rest unable to function at all.
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Iran strikes damage hard to assess under Israeli military censorship
Such regulations are nothing new in Israel, where any written or visual publication deemed potentially harmful to the loosely defined...
- But with the recent missile barrages from Iran that managed to breach Israel's vaunted air defenses and kill 28 people, the restrictions were further tightened.
- Most of the government's communication during the war focused on its military successes, with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday praising a "historic victory" over Iran.