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UN demands access to address humanitarian plight in Sudan

The parties to the conflict pledged last week at talks in Saudi Arabia to improve humanitarian access, tasking the UN...
  • Martin Griffiths demanded unimpeded access for UN relief teams to help stem what he called the "avalanche of human suffering" in Sudan
  • After nearly seven months of conflict between the Sudanese army and RSF "almost 25 million people in Sudan are now in need of humanitarian assistance," Griffiths said

Lebanese journalists blame Israeli army for ‘targeting’ colleagues

A local mayor and Lebanese state media corroborated the journalists' account of the cross-border incident, which came exactly a month...
  • Al Jazeera's Lebanon bureau chief accused Israel of "directly targeting" the group, adding that the journalists were in an open area
  • Lebanon's official National News Agency also said two Israeli strikes "targeted a media team" who were working in Yarun

Israel and Hamas nearing agreement to free hostages: report

Washington, United States - Israel and the Hamas are close to reaching agreements that will make possible to free the...
  • The agreement can be announced within several days if the latest issues are resolved, according to the Washington Post op-ed
  • According to preliminary agreements, Israeli women and children will be freed in groups simultaneously with Palestinian women and youth currently in Israeli prisons

Iranian Army reveals advanced Kaman 19 drone

Tehran, Iran – The Army of the Islamic Republic of Iran has made its newest operational drone Kaman-19, a drone...
  • Equipped with a specialized engine, the drone is optimized for high-altitude flights, primarily geared towards reconnaissance missions
  • What sets the Kaman-19 apart is its prowess in electronic warfare, disrupting enemy radar and electronic systems

Israelis use disinformation to discredit Gaza horror

Falsely accusing people of faking their suffering has become "one of the most predictable" disinformation tactics in a crisis scenario, said Mike Caulfield,...
  • The information war running in parallel with the deadly conflict on the ground has seen conspiracy theorists accuse ordinary Palestinians and Israelis of being "crisis actors"
  • Some of the most viral posts targeting war-afflicted Gazans have used the term "Pallywood", a derogatory label blending "Palestine" with "Hollywood."

Biden exhorts Israel to protect Gaza’s Al-Shifa hospital

Speaking to the reporters in the Oval Office, US president said he hoped and expected "that there will be less...
  • The WHO said that nearly 2,300 people were in the 'crippled' Al-Shifa facility
  • Israel is under huge international pressure to minimize civilian suffering

Israel pauses bombing in Rafah for four hours

Tel Aviv, Israel - The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) suspended its military operation in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip,...
  • A humanitarian corridor to evacuate civilians from the Palestinian enclave’s northern areas will be available from Al Shifa Hospital to the southern Gaza Strip.
  • The Israeli military will allow Palestinian refugees to leave the Al-Shati camp, which the IDF claims to have taken control of,

UN warns fuel shortage to halt Gaza aid work in ’48 hours’

JERUSALEM - The UN agency for Palestinian refugees warned Monday its operations in war-torn Gaza would shut down within two...
  • "The humanitarian operation in Gaza will grind to a halt in the next 48 hours as no fuel is allowed to enter Gaza," UNRWA's Gaza chief Thomas White said
  • "This morning two of our main water distribution contractors ceased working -- they simply ran out of fuel -- which will deny 200,000 people potable water," he said

North Gaza hospitals out of service as UN aid work risks halt

Youssef Abu Rish told AFP seven premature babies and 27 patients had died in recent days in Gaza City's Al-Shifa...
  • The UN agency for Palestinian refugees warned Monday its Gaza operations might shut down due to fuel shortages.
  • Jordan's King Abdullah II said on Monday that "any scenario or idea of (Israel) reoccupying parts of Gaza or establishing buffer zones there will exacerbate the crisis".

Nations start negotiations over global plastics treaty at Nairobi meet

Nairobi, Kenya -- Nations grappling with the plastic "suffocating" nature and leaching into food and the human body began fresh...
  • Around 60 so-called "high ambition" nations have called for binding rules to reduce the use and production of plastic
  • Kenyan President William Ruto described plastic pollution as "an existential threat to life, to humanity and everything in between."

Saudi Arabia urges Yemen separatists to cede seized territory

The Kingdom said the military movements in the governorates of (Hadramawt and Al-Mahra), recently conducted by the Southern Transitional Council,...

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Israel, Iran trade missile fire as Trump warns Tehran to ‘evacuate’

The United States and Iran had engaged in several rounds of indirect talks on Tehran's nuclear programme in recent weeks,...

G7 urges Iran de-escalation as Trump makes hasty summit exit as ally Israel pounds Iran

The G7 statement said that Israel "has a right to defend itself" and stressed "the importance of the protection of...

Day 4: Tehran residents flee Israeli attacks as casualties mount

Images verified by AFP, shot by a social media user from an overpass, showed near immobile traffic on a Tehran...

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Netanyahu sees Gaza hostage release ‘opening’, orders talks

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Sunday he ordered negotiators to "advance" talks on releasing hostages held in Gaza, after...
  • Speaking on US news channel Fox News, Netanyahu said that US Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff "made an offer to begin a 60-day ceasefire
  • Of the 251 hostages seized during Hamas's October 7, 2023 attack on Israel that sparked the war in Gaza, 52 are still held in Gaza, including 34 the Israeli military says are dead

Iran tells mediators it won’t negotiate ‘while under attack’: official

Mediators Qatar and Oman were told by Iran that Tehran "will not negotiate while under attack", an official briefed on...
  • Israel unleashed a punishing fresh barrage of strikes across Iran in a third day of exchanges Sunday
  • The latest conflict marked the first time the two sides have traded fire with such intensity

Trump due in Canada as G7 confronts Israel-Iran crisis, may consider joint stance

Trump has praised Israel's strikes, noting it used US weapons, even though Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu defied his public calls...
  • The three-day gathering in the mountain town of Kananaskis marks the return to the international diplomatic calendar of Trump
  • Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney had designed an agenda aimed at minimizing disagreements within the club of wealthy industrial democracies