Lebanese, Israeli officials discuss Hezbollah disarmament, security in border areas: PM office
Israel said a Friday meeting involving civilian and military representatives from both Lebanon and Israel was part of broader efforts...
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Trump imposes full travel bans on seven more countries, Palestinians
Other countries newly subjected to the full travel ban came from some of Africa's poorest countries -- Burkina Faso, Mali,...
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The ‘Pax Americana,’ the ‘American world’ with a single hegemon is crumbling: Putin
Novo-Ogaryovo, Russia: The United States and its satellites are benefiting from conflicts in the Middle East and other parts of...
- The US as a global superpower is becoming weaker, losing its positions, and everyone sees it, understands it, Russian president said
- The United States ruling elites and their satellites are the major beneficiaries of the global instability, Putin said about conflict in Gaza
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Gaza ceasefire will not happen: Netanyahu
Israeli prime minister said ceasefire would amount to surrendering to the Gaza Strip's rulers Hamas and said that the international...
- Netanyahu said that Israel would "fight until this battle is won"
- The health ministry in Gaza says at least 8,306 people have been killed
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Biblical-scale catastrophe unfolding in Gaza Strip: Russia’s UN envoy
United Nations, New York - A humanitarian catastrophe on a biblical scale is unfolding in the Gaza Strip, Russia’s Permanent...
- The number of fatalities in the enclave has surpassed 8,000 people, half of whom are women and children, the envoy pointed out
- Over 2,000 people remain under the rubble, more than 21,000 sustained wounds while internally displaced people number 1.6 million, he added
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Politics in fashion: Luxury brands react to Gaza crisis
From L'Oréal's controversy involving model Amena Khan to Chanel's significant financial pledge, the fashion industry is deeply entwined in political...
- From L'Oréal's controversy involving model Amena Khan to Chanel's significant financial pledge, the fashion industry is deeply entwined in political discourse amid Gaza crisis.
- As luxury brands navigate the delicate balance amid the ongoing Israel-Hamas conflict, the role of social media influencers and corporate philanthropy comes to the forefront.
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Russia points fingers at ‘external’ forces behind anti-Israel riot
Moscow, Russia - Russia on Monday blamed "external interference" for an anti-Israel riot that closed an airport in the Muslim-majority region...
- "Yesterday's events at Makhachkala airport are, to a large extent, the result of external interference," Kremlin spokesman said.
- Russian police on Monday said they had arrested 60 people suspected of storming the airport, seeking to attack Jewish passengers coming from Israel.
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UN warns of Syria danger and Israel-Hamas ‘spillover’
United Nations - The United Nations on Monday warned that Syria was at its "most dangerous" point in a long...
- Syria has "seen growing instability and violence, exacerbated by the lack of a meaningful political process," Geir Pedersen, UN special envoy for Syria said.
- "On top of the violence emanating from the Syrian conflict itself, the Syrian people now face a terrifying prospect of a potential wider escalation," Pederson said.
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COP28 wide open to private sector, says climate talks chief
ABU DHABI, UAE - Upcoming UN climate talks in Dubai will be open to the private sector on an unprecedented scale,...
- Sultan Al Jaber, the COP28 president has consistently tried to frame the climate crisis as an economic opportunity.
- He said about 70 ministers and 100 delegations are attending the two-day talks, more than double the usual number.
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India pledges to free its ex-navy men on death row in Qatar
India's navy chief, Admiral R. Hari Kumar, told reporters on Monday that "every effort" was being made by the government...
- Indian media report the eight -- among them former high-ranking and decorated officers, were arrested in Doha in August 2022
- The eight men were employees of Al Dahra, a Gulf-based company that offers "complete support solutions" to the aerospace, security and defense sectors
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Israeli tanks breach Gaza City, warplanes bomb key highway
"Dozens" of tanks entered the Zaytun district for over an hour, witnesses told AFP, saying they were "firing at any...
- Hamas on Monday released a video it said showed three women from the hostages it seized on October 7, whom Israel says number around 239.
- Lebanon's caretaker prime minister Najib Mikati told AFP on Monday he was working to ensure his country would not enter the war.
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Over 8,000 Palestinian fatalities, including 2,062 women, says UN report
UNITED NATIONS – More than 8,000 Palestinian fatalities were reported as of October 29, 2023, including 2,062 women, 3,324 children,...
- Significant damage has been inflicted on critical infrastructure, affecting people's ability to maintain basic living standards, the report said.
- At least 45 percent of Gaza's housing units have been destroyed or damaged, with 16,441 units destroyed, 11,340 severely damaged and uninhabitable.
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Nice, France -- France is hosting world leaders this week to confront what the United Nations calls a global "emergency"...
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Activist aid ship nears Gaza after reaching Egypt coast: organisers
Cairo, Egypt - An aid ship with 12 activists on board, including Swedish climate campaigner Greta Thunberg, is nearing Gaza,...
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Gaza rescuers say Israeli fire kills 13 including 6 near aid centre
Gaza's civil defence agency said Israeli forces killed at least 13 Palestinians on Saturday, six of them in a shooting...
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Israel admits to supporting anti-Hamas armed group in Gaza led by Yasser Abu Shabab
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu admitted that Israel is supporting an armed group in Gaza that opposes the militant group Hamas,...
- Israeli and Palestinian media have reported that the group Israel has been working with is part of a local Bedouin tribe led by Yasser Abu Shabab
- The European Council on Foreign Relations (EFCR) think tank describes Abu Shabab as the leader of a "criminal gang operating in the Rafah area
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Israel warns of more Lebanon strikes if Hezbollah not disarmed, Lebanon says truce violated
Thursday's attacks on what the Israeli military said were underground Hezbollah drone factories came after an Israeli evacuation call on...
- Hezbollah sparked months of deadly hostilities by launching cross-border attacks on northern Israel in stated solidarity with Palestinian ally Hamas
- Lebanese President Joseph Aoun late on Thursday voiced "firm condemnation of the Israeli aggression" and "flagrant violation of an international accord."
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Russia launches major attack on Ukraine, killing 5
The Ukrainian air force said Russia had fired 206 drones and nine missiles and added that "the air attack was...
- The Kremlin has accelerated its attacks on Ukraine in recent weeks, while the latest ceasefire negotiations have failed to broker an end to the three-year war
- The Ukrainian air force said Russia had fired 206 drones and nine missiles and added that the air attack was repelled by aviation, anti-aircraft missile troops