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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Iran vows fast trials over protests after Trump threatened “very strong action”
Iran on Wednesday vowed fast-track trials for people arrested over a massive wave of protests, after US President Donald Trump...
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Gaza death toll tops 21,507 as Israel continues bombing
The health ministry in Hamas-run Gaza said at least 21,507 people have been killed in the Palestinian territory since war...
- A total of 1,095 have been wounded while taking refuge at UN sites, UNRWA said on social media platform X.
- The UN agency for Palestinian refugees, UNRWA, said 308 people seeking shelter in their facilities have been killed during the war
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Google agrees to settle $5bn data privacy breach lawsuit
Google has agreed to settle a consumer privacy lawsuit seeking at least $5 billion in damages over allegations it tracked...
- The lawsuit, filed in a California court, claimed Google's practices had infringed on users' privacy by "intentionally" deceiving them
- Lawyers for the plaintiffs were seeking at least $5,000 for each user it said had been tracked as they visited Google Analytics in private browsing mode
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UN agency says Israel targeted Palestinian aid convoy
Gaza City, Palestinian Territories - The United Nations agency for Palestinian refugees said on Friday an aid convoy came under fire...
- The UN official said "Israeli soldiers fired at an aid convoy as it returned from northern Gaza along a route designated by the Israeli army".
- The Israeli military responded to requests for comment saying that it was looking into reports about the incident.
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Iran executes 4 on charges of spying for Israel, says judiciary
Iran hanged four people convicted of spying for arch foe Israel, the judiciary said, less than two weeks executing a...
- The group "committed extensive actions against the country's security under the guidance of the Mossad", Israel's spy agency, Mizan said.
- On December 16, a man also convicted of working for Mossad was executed in the southeastern province of Sistan-Baluchistan.
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Israel to negotiate release of Gaza hostages: Netanyahu
Tel Aviv, Israel - Israel is negotiating the release of hostages held by the radical Palestinian movement Hamas in the...
- Netanyahu confirmed to hostages' families that Israel is working to get all the hostages back, adding that Qatar and Egypt have made two separate proposals
- His meeting with the families came ahead of a meeting of the war cabinet to discuss proposals by Qatar and Egypt to mediate in the Israel-Hamas conflict
Hamas delegation to discuss Egypt’s Gaza ceasefire plan
Sources close to Hamas say Cairo's three-stage plan provides for renewable ceasefires, a staggered release of hostages held by Hamas...
- The ceasefire plan was put last week to officials of Hamas and Islamic Jihad, which is also battling IDF in the territory, when the chiefs of both movements visited Cairo
- Diaa Rashwan, who heads Egypt's State Information Services, confirmed that Cairo had put forward "a framework intended to bring together the views of all parties concerned
NYC protesters for Gaza ceasefire hold mock funeral
Holding banners demanding an immediate ceasefire, the activists gathered in Manhattan's Bryant Park while some briefly stood in the middle...
- The mock funeral procession headed to New York's iconic Times Square where the protest continued with giant electronic advertisements as a backdrop
- Israel's relentless aerial bombardment and ground invasion have killed at least 21,320 people, mostly women and children, according to Hamas-run Gaza's health ministry
US warship shoots down drone, missile fired by Yemen’s Houthis
Houthis have repeatedly targeted vessels in the vital Red Sea shipping lane with strikes they say are in support of...
- USS Mason (DDG 87) shot down one drone and one anti-ship ballistic missile in the Southern Red Sea that were fired by the Houthis," US Central Command said in a statement
- US Treasury sanctioned chief of Currency Exchangers Association in Sanaa, along with three exchanges in Yemen and Turkey for "facilitating the flow of Iranian funds to Houthis
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United Nations urges Israel to stop ‘unlawful’ killings in West Bank
A report released Thursday demanded an immediate end to the use of military weapons and means during law enforcement operations,...
- The UN body said it had verified the deaths of 300 Palestinians from October 7 to December 27 in the occupied West Bank and annexed East Jerusalem
- Israeli forces killed a Palestinian man during an overnight raid on Ramallah and raided money exchange shops in the area.
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India says Qatar reduced death sentence of 8 navy personnel
Indian media have reported that the eight Indian nationals -- among them former high-ranking and decorated officers, including captains who...
- The eight men were employees of Al Dahra, a Gulf-based company that offers "complete support solutions" to the aerospace, security and defense sectors
- The Hindu newspaper reported the men were spying for a "third country", while the Times of India has said that "various reports claimed they were accused of spying for Israel"
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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Lavrov meets Xi in Beijing: Russian foreign ministry
Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov met with China's leader Xi Jinping in Beijing on Tuesday, Moscow said, as the top Russian...
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Iran says no nuclear talks if US insists it stop uranium enrichment
Washington and Tehran had been engaged in several rounds of negotiations seeking to strike a deal on the Islamic Republic's...
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Trump gives Russia 50 days to make Ukraine deal or face new economic sanctions
US President Donald Trump told Russia on Monday to end its Ukraine war within 50 days or face massive new...
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Trump’s state visit to Britain set for September 17 to 19: palace
US President Donald Trump's second state visit to the United Kingdom will be between September 17 to 19, Buckingham Palace...
- Trump was invited by a personal letter from King Charles, which Prime Minister Keir Starmer handed to him last February during a visit to Washington
- Unlike French President Emmanuel Macron, who addressed the British Parliament during his recent state visit, Trump is not scheduled to address the House of Commons
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Trump says US will send Ukraine Patriot air defense systems, and may sanction Russia
President Donald Trump on Sunday said Washington would send Patriot air defense systems to Kyiv and hinted at new sanctions...
- The US president's announcement of the much-needed weapons for Ukraine came after he earlier said he would make a "major statement... on Russia" on Monday
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Gaza civil defence says Israeli strikes kill 43 as truce talks deadlocked
Israel's military blamed it on a "technical error" when targeting a militant in the Nuseirat refugee camp in central Gaza,...
- Delegations from Israel and the Palestinian militant group have now spent a week trying to agree on a temporary truce to halt 21 months of devastating fighting in the Gaza Strip
- Washington is Israel's top ally and Donald Trump has been pushing for a ceasefire, with the US president saying Sunday he was hopeful of a deal