Trump doubles down on Gaza shock plan, says Israel will turn over the territory to US
Trump said that by the time of the handover, Palestinians "would have already been resettled in far safer and more...
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Syrian President’s first foreign trip to Saudi Arabia signals Syria’s shift away from Iran’s influence.
Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa met Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman in Riyadh, marking his first foreign visit and signaling...
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Palestinians mark ‘Nakba’ anniversary as thousands flee Gaza’s Rafah
Tens of thousands of civilians fled the southern Gaza city of Rafah ahead of a threatened Israeli ground offensive, as...
- Nearly 450,000 Palestinians have been displaced from Rafah since May 6
- Right-wing activists stopped and ransacked at least seven Gaza-bound aid trucks coming from Jordan
Quarter of Gazans displaced again as fighting rages north to south
Fighting has flared in north Gaza four months after the army said Hamas's command structure there had been dismantled, and...
- Clashes have rocked the densely crowded far southern city of Rafah but also flared again in northern and central Gaza months after troops and tanks first entered those areas
- US State Department spokesman Vedant Patel on Tuesday said that while Washington backed military pressure on Hamas, it was not the only way to "fully defeat" the group
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Lebanon resumes ‘voluntary’ repatriations of Syrians
Syrian state news agency SANA reported that an unspecified number of people had arrived from Lebanon as part of the...
- Around 330 people had registered to be part of the "voluntary return"
- Lebanon, which has been mired in a crushing economic crisis since late 2019, says it hosts around two million Syrians, the world's highest number of refugees per capita
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Fierce fighting rocks Gaza after US warning of anarchy, insurgency
The city on the Egyptian border had been sheltering 1.4 million Palestinians, according to the United Nations, but Israel's military...
- AFP correspondents in Gaza reported helicopter strikes and heavy artillery shelling in the east of Rafah, as well as battles in northern Gaza's Jabalia refugee camp
- Israel last week defied a chorus of warnings - including from top ally Washington - and sent tanks and troops into the east of Rafah to pursue fighters
Israel opens new border crossing into northern Gaza
Israel said its Kerem Shalom southern crossing with Gaza reopened on Wednesday, three days after being closed because of rocket...
- Israeli tanks entered Rafah in southern Gaza on Tuesday, seizing control of the Palestinian side of the crossing from Egypt
- The United Nations has said it has not been able to receive aid through Gaza's two main crossings in days
Hamas says Israeli-British hostage held in Gaza dead
Popplewell was kidnapped from his home during Hamas's October 7 attack along with his mother, Hanna Peri, who was released...
- Earlier on Saturday, the Ezzedine Al-Qassam Brigades released an 11-second clip showing captive Nadav Popplewell alive and identifying himself
- In the video, the footage was superimposed with text in Arabic and Hebrew that read: "Time is running out. Your government is lying."
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US slams Israel’s use of American weapons in Gaza
The US has warned that the reputational damage Israel will suffer if it storms a city where an estimated 1.4...
- Israel's main international ally said it was "reasonable to assess" that Israel has used weapons in ways inconsistent with international humanitarian law
- Relations between the two allies sunk earlier in the week after US President Joe Biden threatened to halt some arms deliveries if Israel went ahead with an assault on Rafah
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Kuwait emir dissolves parliament in new political crisis
The state's ruler attributed his move to the "interference" of some MPs in the emir's powers and others imposing "conditions"...
- The Kuwait News Agency (KUNA) said "an emiri order was issued to dissolve the national assembly and suspend some articles of the constitution for a period not exceeding four years
- It said the emir, Sheikh Meshaal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, and the council of ministers were "assuming the powers granted to the national assembly."
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Hamas says ‘ball is completely’ in Israel’s hands in Gaza truce talks
"The negotiating delegation left Cairo heading to Doha. In practice, the occupation (Israel) rejected the proposal submitted by the mediators...
- State-linked Egyptian outlet Al-Qahera News reported Thursday that representatives of both camps left Cairo after two days of negotiations
- Efforts by Egypt and other mediators, namely Qatar and the United States, "continue to bring the points of view of the two parties closer together", the outlet added
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Israel hits Rafah despite US warning on arms transfers
In an interview with CNN on Wednesday, Biden warned he would stop some US weapons supplies to Israel if it...
- An AFP correspondent and witnesses on Thursday reported Israeli strikes on several parts of Rafah, where the United Nations said 1.4 million people were sheltering
- Israel has already defied international objections by sending in tanks and conducting what it called "targeted raids" in the east of Rafah
Trump doubles down on Gaza shock plan, says Israel will turn over the territory to US
Trump said that by the time of the handover, Palestinians "would have already been resettled in far safer and more...
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Qatar halts Gaza mediation efforts amid stalled talks on ceasefire and hostage release
The Gulf emirate, which has hosted Hamas's political leadership since 2012 with US blessing, has been involved in months of...
Buried for 14 hours after Israeli strike, Lebanese toddler makes recovery
The strike flattened an apartment complex and killed 15 people, many of them relatives
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Tesla CEO Elon Musk could head a new "Department of Government Efficiency," promising $2 trillion in federal budget cuts and...
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Trump wins White House in stunning comeback
The polarizing Republican's win, following one of the most hostile campaigns in modern US history, was all the more remarkable...
- As supporters chanted "USA!", the 78-year-old added that his "magnificent" win would "allow us to make America great again
- World leaders swiftly pledged to work with Trump, led by Israel and Ukraine where the course of raging conflicts could depend on the new presiden
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Republicans seize control of US Senate: networks
Republicans wrested the US Senate from Democratic control, ending four years in the minority, in its quest to dominate every...
- Republicans reversed the Democrats' 51-49 Senate advantage with at least 51 seats and counting
- If Republicans win all of the toss-up races, they'll end the election with 55 of the 100 seats
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Netanyahu sacks defense minister Gallant over differences on Gaza
Citing a “trust breakdown,” Netanyahu dismissed Defense Minister Gallant amid the Gaza conflict, sparking Tel Aviv protests, as new defense...
- Netanyahu and Gallant have frequently clashed over Israel's military offensive against Hamas following the Palestinian militant group's attack on Israel on October 7 last year
- Israel's campaign has killed 43,391 people in Gaza, a majority of them civilians, according to Gaza health ministry figures which the United Nations considers to be reliable