Israel confirms remains returned are officer Goldin killed in 2014 Gaza war
Jerusalem, Undefined - Israel said the remains it received on Sunday from Hamas were those of Lieutenant Hadar Goldin, an...
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Chinese ship scouts deep-ocean floor in South Pacific
Beijing, China -- A Chinese research vessel docked in the Cook Islands Saturday as it probed the Pacific nation's deep-sea...
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8-year-old, teenager shot dead in West Bank, says Palestine
Ramallah, Palestinian Territories - An eight-year-old boy and a teenager were killed by the Israeli army on Wednesday in the occupied...
- Palestinian ministry said in a statement that "Adam al-Ghul, eight years old, and Bassem Abu el-Wafa, 15 years old, were killed by bullets".
- CCTV footage circulating online and on television news shows a boy being struck by a bullet and falling in the street, sending other children fleeing.
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Norway’s Oslo city hall hoists Palestinian flag
Oslo, Norway - Oslo's city hall on Wednesday raised the Palestinian flag in a show of solidarity with the people of...
- The initiative coincides with the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People, celebrated since 1978 following the adoption of a resolution by the UN.
- Queried by AFP, the Israeli embassy in Norway said it had "no issue" with this gesture of solidarity towards the Palestinians.
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Turkish President Erdogan calls Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu ‘butcher of Gaza’
Ankara, Turkey - Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Wednesday branded Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu "the butcher of Gaza" and...
- "Netanyahu has already written his name in history as the butcher of Gaza," Erdogan said in nationally televised remarks
- He is endangering the security of Jews globally "by supporting anti-Semitism with the murders he committed in Gaza," he added
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Saudi Arabia’s PIF to buy 10 percent stake in London’s Heathrow airport
Saudi Arabia's sovereign wealth fund is to buy 10 percent of London's Heathrow airport from Spanish infrastructure giant Ferrovial, whose...
- Heathrow, which is one of the world's busiest airports, is owned by the consortium FGP Topco Limited.
- Ferrovial bought its stake in Heathrow in 2006 and initially held 56 percent of the hub, before reducing its interest.
Sweden says Turkey promised NATO approval ‘within weeks’
NATO's other 29 allies, outside of Turkey and Hungary, had hoped to formally welcome Sweden into the alliance at the...
- Turkey and Hungary are the only NATO members yet to ratify Sweden's bid, more than 18 months after it applied for membership
- Turkish parliament this month started to debate Sweden's application to join after Erdogan launched the process following a deal at a NATO summit in July
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US military Osprey with 8 crew crashes off Japan
Tokyo, Japan--A US Osprey military aircraft with eight crew on board crashed on Wednesday off a Japanese island, the coastguard said,...
- The coastguard said one unconscious person had been found at the scene and transported to a nearby port
- The Osprey, developed by Bell Helicopters and Boeing, has suffered a string of fatal crashes over the years
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UNGA resolution calls upon Israel to withdraw from the occupied Golan Heights
United Nations - The UN General Assembly adopted a resolution calling upon Israel to withdraw from the occupied Golan Heights,...
- A total of 91 countries voted in favor of the document, including Russia, Brazil, India, China and Saudi Arabia
- Eight countries, including the United States and the United Kingdom, voted against. 62 countries abstained
G7 calls on Houthis to stop threats to shipping
On November 19, Huthis seized Israeli-linked cargo vessel the Galaxy Leader and its 25 international crew at the entrance to...
- Huthis have launched a series of drone and missile strikes targeting Israel since Hamas fighters poured over the border into Israel on October 7
- Gaza's Hamas government says that almost 15,000 people, mostly civilians, have been killed in Israel's retaliatory ground and air operation
12 more Gaza hostages freed as mediators seek lasting truce
So far, 60 Israeli hostages have been freed from Gaza under the terms of the deal, with a Russian-Israeli, 20...
- The final 24 hours of the extended agreement begins later Wednesday, with one more exchange of hostages for civilians expected
- On Tuesday, Hamas and Israel traded accusations of truce violations, but Qatar's Ansari said the "minimal breaches" did not "harm the essence of the agreement."
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US, Israel intel chiefs in Qatar to explore ‘next phase’ of Gaza truce
The leaders of the US Central Intelligence Agency and Israel's Mossad were scheduled to meet Qatari Prime Minister Mohammed bin...
- "The director of the CIA and the director of the Israeli National Intelligence Agency are in Doha to meet with the Qatari prime minister," a source told AFP
- Qatar has been engaged in intense negotiations, with support from Egypt and the United States, to further extend the truce in Gaza
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Israel confirms remains returned are officer Goldin killed in 2014 Gaza war
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Russia to build Kazakhstan’s first nuclear power plant
Almaty, Kazakhstan - Russian nuclear energy giant Rosatom will lead the construction of the first atomic power plant in Kazakhstan,...
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Israel warns ‘Tehran will burn’ after wave of Iranian missile fire hit Tel Aviv
Following decades of enmity and conflict by proxy, it is the first time that Israel and Iran have traded fire...
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Tensions spiked as Iran fired ballistic missiles at Israel in retaliation for Israeli air raids that killed senior Iranian military...
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Activists marching to Gaza say were stopped in Libya, Egypt
Pro-Palestinian activists seeking to march to Gaza with the stated aim of breaking Israel's blockade on the territory were stopped...
- The Global March to Gaza had earlier said around 4,000 participants from more than 40 countries would gather in Cairo on Friday to head to the war-devastated Palestinian territory
- According to the plan, participants were set to travel by bus to the city of El-Arish in heavily securitised Sinai Peninsula before walking 30 miles towards the border with Gaza
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US judge extends detention of pro-Palestinian protest leader
Pro-Palestinian student protest leader Mahmoud Khalil remained in US detention Friday despite an expected release, his lawyer said, following reported...
- US District Judge Michael Fabiarz had issued an order Wednesday that the government could not detain or deport Khalil, a legal permanent resident
- But by Friday afternoon, the Trump administration "represented that the Petitioner is being detained on another, second charge," the judge wrote
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Iran fires back at Israel after onslaught targets nuclear facilities
Air raids sirens and explosions rang out across Israel after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu took to the airwaves to warn...
- Air raids sirens and explosions rang out across Israel after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu took to the airwaves to warn he expected "several waves of Iranian attacks."
- Smoke could later be seen billowing above the skyscrapers in downtown Tel Aviv, an AFP journalist reported, as Iran's Revolutionary Guard said it had attacked dozens of targets