Negotiations under way on Hamas fighters trapped in Gaza tunnels: sources close to talks
An Israeli government spokesperson told AFP earlier this month that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu "is not allowing safe passage for...
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Hezbollah mourns top commander killed in Israel strike, Iran Guards urge revenge
Haytham Ali Tabatabai is the most senior commander from the Iran-backed group to be killed by Israel since a November...
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Israel prepares ‘ground maneuver’ against Hamas but no decision yet
Israel has also imposed a "complete siege" on the Palestinian territory, cutting off electricity, water and fuel supplies into Gaza....
- Israel's air campaign has also so far left about 1,200 people dead in the Gaza Strip, according to the Hamas-affiliated health ministry
- On Thursday, Israel and Hamas traded more fire, with journalists witnessing several air strikes targeting two Palestinian refugee camps in Gaza Strip
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UAE president delays state visit to Korea amid Middle East conflict
Seoul, South Korea - UAE President Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan has delayed his planned state visit to South Korea...
- The delay in the visit comes amid rising tensions in the Middle East following a surprise attack by the Hamas militant group on Israel
- UAE President’s visit to South Korea would have marked a historic occasion as the first state visit to Seoul by a UAE president.
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Brazil exhorts UNSC talks to de-escalate Israel-Hamas war
Brazilian Foreign Affairs Minister Mauro Vieira has interrupted an Asia trip to travel "to New York to participate in a...
- Brazil previously called an emergency meeting of the Security Council on Sunday, the day after Hamas launched a surprise attack on Israel
- Earlier on Wednesday, Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva called for urgent international action to protect both Palestinian and Israeli civilians
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Israel will not supply water, fuel to Gaza until hostages freed: minister
Jerusalem--Israeli Energy Minister Israel Katz vowed Thursday his country would not allow basic resources or humanitarian aid into Gaza until...
- Hamas fighters abducted around 150 Israelis, foreigners and dual nationals to the Gaza Strip as part of the Saturday attack
- Israel in recent days has announced a "complete siege" on Gaza, cutting off water, fuel and electricity supplies
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Rockets fired at Tel Aviv after Israeli strikes on Gaza ‘civilians’: Hamas
"The occupation (Israeli forces) committed massacres this morning in Al-Shati camp and Jabalia camp, leaving dozens of martyrs and injured,"...
- AFP correspondents witnessed dozens of air strikes over 30 minutes on Thursday morning in the direction of Al-Shati camp and in the blockaded strip's north
- Around another 1,200 people have been killed in the Palestinian coastal enclave in Israeli air strikes, according to Hamas officials
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Israeli settlers kill four Palestinians in West Bank
The latest fatalities bring to 29 the Palestinian death toll in the West Bank in violence related to the conflict...
- Israeli human rights group B'Tselem shared on social media footage of what it described as an "incursion of the Israeli military and Israeli settlers"
- B'Tselem said on X, formerly Twitter, that "since Saturday, settlers have been attacking Palestinian residents in many parts of the West Bank"
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Israeli shelling forces exodus of more than 338,000 in Gaza: UN
By late Wednesday, the number of displaced people in Gaza had risen by an additional 75,000 people from the figure...
- The UN body OCHA said nearly 220,000 people, or two-thirds of the displaced people, have sought shelter in schools run by the UN agency
- The bombing campaign has destroyed or rendered uninhabitable at least 2,540 housing units in Gaza, OCHA said, citing numbers from the Gaza Ministry
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Visa-free Russia travel on the horizon for Saudi, Oman, Bahrain, Malaysia, Kuwait
Sochi, Russia -.Starting in 2024, travelers from Saudi Arabia, Oman, Kuwait, Malaysia and Bahrain may no longer need tourist visas...
- Russia and China have been ready to receive groups of visa-free tourists on a reciprocal basis
- Visa-free group tourism was also launched between Russia and Iran on August 1
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UAE and US aim to speed up cooperation in clean energy, technology
Abu Dhabi, UAE-- The UAE and US have reviewed ways to accelerate cooperation in priority sectors such as clean energy,...
- The talks between the two countries coincide with a jump in non-oil trade between the two nations, which reached US$21.63 billion in the first half of 2023, a 37% rise
- Al Zeyoudi emphasized that the US, apart from being a UAE trade partner, remains a key ally in advancing socioeconomic progress through global economic cooperation
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Arab League denounces Israel siege of Gaza Strip
Demanding that aid be immediately allowed to go into the besieged enclave, Arab foreign minister condemned Israel's siege of Gaza...
- Arab League called for the dispatch of food, fuel and humanitarian aid to the impoverished enclave
- On Wednesday, the enclave's authority said the only power plant in Gaza had shut down due to lack of fuel
Negotiations under way on Hamas fighters trapped in Gaza tunnels: sources close to talks
An Israeli government spokesperson told AFP earlier this month that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu "is not allowing safe passage for...
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Israeli embassy staffers shot in Washington: how it unfolded
Elias Rodriguez faces murder and other charges after allegedly gunning down two Israeli embassy staffers outside the Capital Jewish Museum...
Israeli director Nadav Lapid decries ‘blindness’ over Gaza
Cannes, France - Director Nadav Lapid said his new film "Yes" about a musician asked to re-write the Israeli national...
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Why Israel gets support from central, eastern Europe
Their solidarity came to the fore on Wednesday, when Austria and Germany broke ranks with European Union peers to argue...
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Turkey says increasing energy exports to war-torn Syria
Damascus, Syria -- Turkish Energy Minister Alparslan Bayraktar said Thursday in Damascus that his country would ramp up energy exports...
- Syria's Islamist authorities, who toppled Bashar al-Assad in December, are seeking to rebuild the country's infrastructure and economy after almost 14 years of civil war.
- The conflict badly damaged Syria's power infrastructure, leading to cuts that can last for more than 20 hours a day.
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Iran-US nuclear talks set for Rome this week: Oman mediator
Iran and the United States will hold the next round of talks on the Islamic republic's nuclear programme in Rome...
- The arch-foes have held four rounds of nuclear talks since April 12, the highest-level contact between them since US President Donald Trump abandoned the 2015 nuclear deal
- Western countries, including the United States, have long accused Iran of seeking to acquire atomic weapons, while Iran insists its nuclear programme is for peaceful purposes
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Gazans mourn at dawn after night of intense Israeli strikes
Gaza's civil defence agency said that more than 20 air strikes hit Khan Yunis and its surroundings overnight, with the...
- First responders have reported dozens of deaths daily since Israel intensified its attacks in the coastal territory, home to 2.4 million Palestinians
- Every morning, the civil defence agency has provided death tolls for overnight air strikes that often hit houses in rural areas or apartment buildings