US to work with current Venezuela leaders if they make ‘right decision:’ Rubio
The United States is ready to work with Venezuela's remaining leaders if they make "the right decision," Secretary of State...
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Iran’s protests: What we know
Iran has been rocked this week by protests that started in Tehran and have spread to other cities, with at...
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UN Security Council to consider urging Gaza ceasefire
In a letter to the council on Wednesday, Guterres took the extraordinary step of invoking the UN charter's Article 99,...
- Even though the civilian death toll in the Palestinian territory is mounting amid Israel's bombardment, the outcome of the session is up in the air
- The bloodiest ever war between Israel and Hamas is now in its third month, with the death toll in Gaza soaring above 17,000
Israeli TV shows footage of stripped detainees in Gaza
Israel declared war on the Palestinian fighter group Hamas after its attack on October 7 in southern Israel, which killed...
- In the viral video filmed in Beit Lahia, a group of blindfolded men are seen sitting with their hands tied behind their backs
- One clip showed the arm of a soldier in the foreground, suggesting it was filmed by a member of the military
No surprises in store as Egypt heads to polls
From Sunday through Tuesday, Egyptians aged 18 and above will be able to cast their ballots for one of four...
- Preparations for elections in the Arab world's most populous country are massive in scale
- Sisi received over 96 percent of the vote in both the 2014 and 2018 elections.
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Fighting rages in Gaza as war enters third month
Heavy urban combat raged in and around Gaza's biggest cities as the bloodiest-ever war between Israel and Hamas entered its...
- Israeli forces have encircled major urban centres as they seek to destroy Hamas over its unprecedented attack in October.
- Backed by air power, tanks and armored bulldozers, Israeli troops were fighting Thursday in Khan Yunis, the biggest city in southern Gaza.
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North-South Corridor, Palestine key agenda of Raisi-Putin talks in Moscow
Dubai, UAE – Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, ahead of his visit to Moscow, has emphasized the importance of the North-South...
- Speaking at Tehran’s Mehrabad airport before departing for Russia, Raisi indicated that both Iran and Russia are eager to accelerate the construction of this transport project.
- The Kremlin press service confirmed that the discussions between Putin and Raisi will cover various subjects, including trade and economic cooperation
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Aid pledged to Ukraine down nearly 90 percent from Aug-Oct: Report
Paris, France - Ukraine's allies have dramatically scaled back their pledges of new aid to the country, which have fallen to...
- The Kiel Institute figures showed newly committed aid between August and October 2023 came to just 2.11 billion euros, an 87-percent drop year-on-year
- The figures come amid signs of growing cracks in Western support for Ukraine as Kyiv's highly-anticipated counteroffensive fails to yield a breakthrough
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‘Clear shift’ in West Bank gunshot victim injuries inflicted by Israelis: MSF
The medical charity's international president, who recently returned from the West Bank, said that since the war between Israel and...
- "Instead of having injuries in the limbs, they have gunshot wounds in the abdomen, the trunk and the head," said an MSF official
- The official called for greater international attention on the West Bank, where violence has flared since the outbreak of war between Israel and Hamas
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Fatah’s popularity plunges after Oct 7 attack, relentless settler violence
Fatah chief Mahmud Abbas has led the Palestinian Authority -- which has partial administrative control in the Israeli-occupied West Bank...
- Fatah's chosen path of negotiations has not brought about the Palestinian state promised by the Oslo Accords of 1993
- Fatah, by choosing negotiation rather than violence, has little to show for this policy as Israeli settlers continue to gain ground in the West Bank
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Israeli strike on journalists in Lebanon ‘warrants war crime’ probe
Issam Abdallah, 37, was killed instantly in the strike on October 13 in the south of the country near the...
- Independent investigations by AI and HRW conclude the first strike that killed Abdallah and severely wounded Assi was most likely a tank round fired from Israel.
- Under international humanitarian law, "it is forbidden in any circumstances to carry out direct attacks against civilians", HRW said.
Turkey’s Erdogan in Athens in ‘new chapter’ bid
Speaking to Kathimerini on Wednesday, the Turkish leader said communication channels with Greece had been "revived" and that he looked...
- Erdogan and the Greek leaders are expected to discuss trade, regional issues and the perennially thorny issue of migration
- Greek and Turkish ministers will hold a meeting of the high cooperation council, a bilateral body that last convened in 2016
US to work with current Venezuela leaders if they make ‘right decision:’ Rubio
The United States is ready to work with Venezuela's remaining leaders if they make "the right decision," Secretary of State...
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Iran voices ‘serious doubts’ over Israel’s commitments, including the ceasefire
Iran also writes to the UN chief to recognize the Israeli regime and the United States as the "initiators of...
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G7 to exempt US multinationals from global minimum tax
The deal will see US companies benefit from a "side-by-side" solution under which they will only be taxed at home,...
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Israeli forces kill 37 Gazans, including nine children, some of them waiting for food aid
Civil defense spokesman Mahmud Bassal said 35 people were killed in seven Israeli drone and air strikes in various locations,...
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AI is learning to lie, scheme, and threaten its creators
In one particularly jarring example, under threat of being unplugged, Anthropic's latest creation Claude 4 lashed back by blackmailing an...
- Meanwhile, ChatGPT-creator OpenAI's o1 tried to download itself onto external servers and denied it when caught red-handed.
- For now, this deceptive behavior only emerges when researchers deliberately stress-test the models with extreme scenarios.
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Yemen’s Huthi rebels say fired missile at Israel
Yemen's Iran-backed Huthi rebels said they fired a ballistic missile towards Israel on Saturday, in response to Israel's conduct towards...
- In Israel, warning sirens sounded in several areas, before the army announced the "missile was most likely successfully intercepted."
- It was the first missile launch against Israel announced by the Huthis since the June 24 ceasefire between Israel and Iran which followed their 12-day war
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Iran holds state funeral for top brass slain in Israel war
Iran held a state funeral Saturday for some 60 scientists and commanders killed in its war with Israel, after its...
- State television aired footage of thousands of black-clad mourners chanting "Death to America" and "Death to Israel" as they held aloft photographs of the dead
- "Boom, boom, Tel Aviv," read one banner, referring to the retaliatory missile fire launched by Iran against Israel during their 12-day war