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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US envoy Witkoff to meet Zelensky, Europe leaders in Berlin at weekend
US President Donald Trump's special envoy will meet with Ukraine's Volodymyr Zelensky and other European leaders in Berlin this weekend,...
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Kuwait calls for turning Middle East into nuclear-free region
New York, US-- Kuwait's permanent envoy to the UN, Tareq Al-Bannai, has affirmed Kuwait's continuous efforts to make the Middle...
- Kuwait envoy Tareq Al-Bannai made the remarks during an event organised by Kuwait's permanent mission to the United Nations
- The ambassador said the responsibility for creating the zone falls on the members in the treaty on the prohibition of nuclear weapons
Netanyahu says Israel ‘preparing’ Gaza ground war
Thousands of Gazans are already believed to have died in Israel's aerial assault, with the toll expected to rise substantially...
- Facing ever-louder international calls to temper Israel's ferocious 19-day bombing campaign in the Hamas-controlled territory
- US President Joe Biden is among the foreign leaders stepping up public calls for Israel to "protect innocent civilians"
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Putin warns Israel-Hamas conflict could escalate beyond the Middle East
Moscow, Russia - Russian President Vladimir Putin warned on Wednesday that the Israel-Palestine conflict could potentially extend beyond the Middle...
- Russian leader expressed concern that unnamed forces aimed to exacerbate the situation and draw additional countries and people into the conflict
- He reiterated his country's support for a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian issue, which he believed was the only way to achieve a long-term resolution
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Gunman kills 22 in mass shooting in Maine, US
The county sheriff's department asked people to lock down or close their business while "we investigate." The gunman is still...
- The law enforcement officials posted a photo of the shooter on Facebook with a weapon inside the bowling alley
- Police in the city of Lewiston said they are trying to locate Robert Card, 40, "as a person of interest" in the shooting
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UAE hosts seventh edition of Interpol’s strategic dialogue
Abu Dhabi, UAE--The UAE's Ministry of Interior and the Gulf Police Service hosted the seventh edition of the strategic dialogue...
- The strategic dialogue held in Abu Dhabi facilitated high-level discussions aimed at harmonizing efforts in the face of global threats
- It bolsters the global response to criminal threats and ramps up coordination between Interpol and regional policy and border management organizations.
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Turkey ready to act as guarantor for Palestine to resolve conflict with Israel: Erdogan
Istanbul, Turkey - Turkey is ready to act as a guarantor country for Palestine in the settlement of the Palestinian-Israeli...
- Turkish president also proposed to convene an international peace conference aimed to resolve the ongoing crisis
- He called on the countries to asses this proposal as soon as possible, to take concrete steps and open the doors to the peace
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Turkey and Qatar reject ‘double standards’ in Gaza response
Qatar's top diplomat Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani said the two governments -- both Western allies -- "reaffirm our complete rejection...
- The Qatari minister said the only way to restore peace in and around Gaza was to keep channels of communication open.
- He said Doha and Ankara would continue to coordinate with each other and regional partners to de-escalate the conflict.
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UN warns Gaza fuel shortage will stop aid work as death toll mounts
Israeli strikes have now killed more than 6,500 people in Gaza, a rise of over 700 since Tuesday, according to...
- Israel has refused to allow fuel shipments into Gaza, fearing Hamas will use it for weapons and explosives and accusing the militant group of stockpiling supplies in large tanks
- Aid groups warned that more people will die if medical equipment, water desalination plants and ambulances stop running in Gaza, where the only power plant went offline weeks ago
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Erdogan cancels Israel visit, says Hamas not terrorists but liberators
Erdogan had taken a more measured tone in the first day of war, condemning all attacks against civilians and urging...
- He doubled down on Wednesday, telling ruling party lawmakers in parliament that Turkey "never approved the atrocities being committed by Israel".
- He told his party that Turkey had "no problem with the Israeli state" but could not accept its "disgusting and brutal attacks" on Gaza.
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More than 100 Palestinians killed by Israelis in West Bank
In the latest violence, four Palestinians were killed in Jenin and one in Qalqilya, both in the northern West Bank....
- Violence had already spiraled in the West Bank before the Gaza war, with the highest death toll in the Palestinian territory since at least 2005.
- Many of the Palestinian deaths came in raids by Israeli troops but there has also been a rise in clashes between Palestinians and Israeli settlers.
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Syria says Israeli strikes ‘aimed at undermining’ stability
Syria's Foreign Minister Asaad al-Shaibani condemned on Wednesday Israeli strikes in retaliation for overnight rocket fire, saying they were aimed...
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Israel arms exports to UAE, Bahrain, Morocco rise sharply after 2023
Sales to countries considered part of the Abraham Accords -- the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and Morocco who signed groundbreaking...
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Trinity College Dublin university to cut links with Israel over Gaza violations
Dublin, Ireland -- Ireland's prestigious Trinity College Dublin said on Wednesday that it would cut all links with Israel in...
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27 killed as Israeli army opens fire near Gaza aid point
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres decried the deaths of Palestinians seeking food aid as "unacceptable", and the world body's rights...
- United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres decried the deaths of Palestinians seeking food aid as "unacceptable."
- Israel has stepped up its offensive in what it says is a renewed push to defeat Hamas, whose October 2023 attack sparked the war
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Israel army says shelling Syria after projectiles launched
The Israeli military said it was shelling targets in Syria on Tuesday in response to a pair of projectile launches,...
- Syria's foreign affairs ministry denied firing the projectiles and said the country "has never been and will never be a threat to anyone in the region".
- Israeli media said Tuesday's strikes were the first fired from Syria into Israeli territory since the fall of longtime ruler Bashar al-Assad in December
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Saudi hosts urge pilgrims to stay indoors during hajj high point
Makkah, Saudi Arabia -- Saudi authorities have asked pilgrims performing the hajj to remain in their tents for several hours...
- Hajj Minister Tawfiq al-Rabiah has requested that pilgrims refrain from leaving their tents between 10:00 am and 4:00 pm on Thursday.
- The "Day of Arafat" traditionally marks the high point of the hajj, when pilgrims scale Mount Arafat on the outskirts of Makkah.