Israel hits dozens of targets as Gaza sees deadliest night since truce
Gaza's civil defense agency said more than 100 people were killed, including many children, but both US President Donald Trump...
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OpenAI says a million ChatGPT users talk about suicide
San Francisco, United States -- Data from ChatGPT-maker OpenAI suggest that more than a million of the people using its...
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Hamas ready to swap prisoners with Israel, says official
NEW YORK, US - Hamas is ready for a "complete compromise" deal on the issue of swapping hostages with Israel,...
- The Hamas representative said that the group wants to continue fighting against the occupation.
- The group said that it has the legal right to fight against the occupation under international law.
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AFP’s Gaza bureau significantly damaged in Israeli strike
AFP is the only one of the world's three major international news agencies currently operating a live video feed from...
- "The consequences of such an attack would have been devastating if the AFP team on the ground had not evacuated the city," said AFP CEO Fabrice Fries.
- "The location of this bureau is known to everyone and has been pointed out several times over the past few days, precisely to prevent such an attack," said Fries.
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Dubai Customs thwarts smuggling at airport, seize drugs
DUBAI, UAE –The Dubai Customs apprehended a traveler arriving from a European country who was trying to smuggle various small...
- Dubai Customs relies on highly skilled, experienced, and efficient personnel and state-of-the-art inspection and scanning equipment.
- The seized items included 292 hallucinogenic pills, 5 hallucinogenic stamps, 13.84 grams of hallucinogenic powder, 7.38 grams of crack cocaine.
Palestinian journalist killed in Gaza bombing: network
"Our colleague Mohammed Abu Hatab fell as a martyr along with members of his family in an Israeli bombardment against...
- Since Israel began bombarding the Gaza Strip, hundreds of Palestinian journalists have had to flee south from Gaza City
- The Palestinian journalists' union says that 27 of its members have been killed in the territory since October 7
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Blinken’s visit to Israel to focus on minimizing civilian casualties
Washington, United States - US Secretary of State Antony Blinken who arrived in Israel today on a diplomatic visit will...
- Blinken also intends to focus on the future of Gaza post-Hamas, exploring avenues for humanitarian aid to reach the area and strategies to prevent the conflict from spreading
- The conflict in Gaza, which began when Hamas militants breached the border on October 7, has resulted in a significant loss of life and an escalating humanitarian crisis
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Hizbollah chief to break silence on Israel-Hamas war
The border tensions have revived memories of Hizbollah's devastating 2006 war with Israel that killed more than 1,200 people in...
- After Hamas militants launched an unprecedented October 7 attack on Israel from the Gaza Strip, Lebanon's southern border has seen escalating tit-for-tat exchanges
- The cross-border attacks heated up Thursday, as Israel responded with a "broad assault" after Hizbollah attacked 19 Israeli positions simultaneously, according to the group
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Russian Foreign Ministry specifies conditions for resuming grain deal
Moscow, Russia - Moscow on Thursday reiterated the need to fully implement the provisions of the Russia-UN memorandum for the...
- The implementation of the grain deal, an agreement on a corridor for ships with Ukrainian grain concluded in July 2022, was terminated on July 17
- Russian President Vladimir Putin previously noted that the terms of the deal with regard to Russia were not met, despite the efforts of the UN
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Firing by Israeli troops kill two shepherds in Lebanon
Beirut, Lebanon - Lebanon's army on Thursday retrieved the bodies of two shepherds killed by Israeli fire, official media said, raising...
- The two shepherds, aged 20 and 22, had been reported missing on Wednesday as they herded their flock through Wazzani, their home village near the border.
- "They were found dead after the (Israeli) occupation forces opened fire in their direction," Lebanese state media reported.
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Iraq event on ‘regional stability’ adjourned over Gaza war
Baghdad, Iraq - An international summit in Baghdad on "regional stability" planned for late November has been postponed due to the...
- The event "is postponed until further notice due to the regional events" in the Middle East, said Farhad Alaaldin, an Iraqi official.
- Alaaldin noted "in particular what is happening in Palestine", referring to war that erupted after the October 7 attacks by Hamas members.
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Tunisia’s parliament debates bill criminalizing normalcy with Israel
Tunis, Tunisia - Tunisia's parliament on Thursday began debating a bill that would criminalize any normalization of ties with Israel as...
- The draft bill defines "normalization" as "recognition of the Zionist entity or the establishment of direct or indirect ties"
- The legislation was drawn up and approved in late October by a group of lawmakers who back President Kais Saied
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Israel strikes Gaza, kills 53 people as Witkoff says Hamas didn’t accept 70-day temporary ceasefire
Hamas said Monday it had accepted a new ceasefire proposal by US envoy Steve Witkoff, presented by mediators, but a...
Iran rejects push to suspend uranium enrichment to reach nuclear deal with US
The issue has come into focus in recent weeks, with Iran staunchly defending its right to enrich uranium as part...
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Hamas accepts mediators’ latest Gaza ceasefire proposal
The outline of the new potential deal was revealed as Israel ramped up its offensive in the Palestinian territory, and...
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Trump slams ‘crazy’ Putin as Russia pummels Ukraine with massive drone attack
US President Donald Trump called his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin "crazy" on Sunday after Moscow launched a deadly barrage of...
- At least 13 people were killed when Russia launched a record number of drones against Ukraine overnight to Sunday
- Those killed in the latest Russian strikes included victims aged eight, 12 and 17 in the northwestern region of Zhytomyr, officials said
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Turkey, PKK must both change for peace: former militant
"When you try and explain peace to people, there is a very serious lack of trust," said Yuksel Genc, a...
- "The guerillas are sincere, but they don't think the state is," said Genc, her words briefly interrupted by the roar of a fighter jet flying overhead.
- For years, she was a fighter with the Kurdish rebel group, which on May 12 said it would disarm and disband, ending a four-decade armed struggle against the Turkish state
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Israel’s US ambassador called home over interview remarks
Jerusalem, Undefined - Israel's ambassador to Washington is being summoned home on the instructions of a government disciplinary body to...
- Ambassador Yechiel Leiter had accused opponents of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of levelling "blood libels" at the Israeli leader
- Leiter also dismissed as "insanity" claims that the premier was prolonging the war in Gaza to remain in power, adding: "How dare they say something as malicious as that?"