Trump pledges historic tax cuts, investment growth, oil price action, and Ukraine peace effort at Davos 2025
The newly inaugurated president remarked that he would “like to meet with President Putin soon” and “get the war ended,”...
Trump’s second term begins: Highlights Middle East hostage return, promises diplomacy over conflict among top priorities
Trump vowed to be a “peacemaker and unifier,” citing the Israel-Hamas ceasefire and hostage release as key steps toward peace,...
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UN rights council to consider call for Israel arms sales halt
The UN Human Rights Council on Friday is set to consider a draft resolution calling for a cessation of arms...
- The draft resolution condemns the "use of starvation of civilians as a method of warfare in Gaza".
- It demands that Israel "uphold its legal responsibility to prevent genocide".
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Israel blames Hizbollah for blast that wounded UN peacekeepers
Jerusalem, Undefined - Israel's military said Wednesday it had obtained information that indicated a Hizbollah explosive charge caused the blast that...
- Israeli army spokesman said the explosion occurred after a UNIFIL patrol passed over a charge previously placed by Hizbollah in the area
- Lebanon's state-run National News Agency reported an "enemy (Israeli) drone" raided the Rmeish area of southern Lebanon where the incident is said to have occurred.
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Polish PM warns of strained relations with Israel after aid workers killing
"If it is true that the convoy was deliberately attacked because it was supposed to contain a terrorist, and that...
- Directly addressing Israeli leader Benjamin Netanyahu and Israel's envoy to Warsaw, Tusk posted on X: "Today, you are putting this solidarity to the test"
- The Israeli strike killed seven aid workers in Gaza, including Australian, British, Palestinian, Polish and US-Canadian staff.
Palestinians relaunch bid to become UN member state
The Palestinians, who have had observer status at the world body since 2012, have lobbied for years to gain full...
- To win the council's approval for the membership, the Palestinians would have to secure nine votes from the 15 members and no veto from any of the five permanent members
- The League of Arab States, the Organization of the Islamic Conference and the Non-Aligned Movement sent a letter to Guterres on Tuesday supporting the bid by the Palestinians
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Israel terms killing of aid workers in Gaza ‘grave mistake’
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the military had "unintentionally" killed the aid workers, calling it a "tragic case" that...
- The attack was widely condemned, with world leaders demanding an investigation
- US President Joe Biden said Israel "has not done enough" to protect aid workers
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Four Israeli officers injured in car-ramming attack near West Bank
Jerusalem--Four Israeli police were injured in a car-ramming attack at a checkpoint in the centre of the country, police said...
- The attacker crashed into four police officers at a checkpoint in the town of Kochav Yair, near the West Bank
- Israeli police said in a statement that the officers suffered minor injuries and were taken to hospital
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Netanyahu branded ‘traitor’ in fourth night of Israel protests
Former premier Barak said if Netanyahu launches a ground offensive on Rafah, the "hostages will return in coffins. The one...
- Thousands gathered in front of the country's parliament, with hostage families and former prime minister Ehud Barak blaming Netanyahu for the October 7 attacks
- Merav Svirsky, who lost both her parents in the Hamas attack, and whose brother was later murdered in Gaza, said Netanyahu is in no hurry to free the hostages
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Gaza situation ‘beyond catastrophic’, says UN agency chief
The British-born official, who spent a week in the besieged Palestinian territory last month, said even when aid got through...
- "Everybody we drove by and many we spoke to were gaunt, starving, hungry and looking frail. Everybody was looking for food," said Dominic Allen, the head of UNFPA.
- "Delivery rooms are overwhelmed. A midwife described women giving birth on the floor because they were at maximum capacity," he added.
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World powers condemn deadly Gaza air strike on aid workers
World Central Kitchen -- one of two NGOs spearheading efforts to deliver aid by boat -- said a "targeted Israeli...
- The EU's foreign policy chief Josep Borrell, who is also Spanish, said that "despite all the demands to protect civilians and humanitarian workers, we see new innocent casualties".
- Australian PM Anthony Albanese slammed the "completely unacceptable" attack, and called it a "tragedy that should never have occurred"
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Spanish president wants parliament to recognize Palestine state by July
"We have to think seriously about doing it this semester," Sanchez told a group of Spanish journalists accompanying him on...
- Sanchez, who after Jordan will visit Saudi Arabia and Qatar, wants to "try to convince Arab countries that have not yet recognized Israel to do so".
- He has repeatedly said the only solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is the recognition of two states, Israel and Palestine.
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Escalating Conflict: Israel strikes Hezbollah in Lebanon killing mayor war
Hezbollah claimed it destroyed an Israeli tank using a guided missile, while Israel reported killing Hezbollah leader Jalal Mustafa Hariri...
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Netanyahu rejects ceasefire’ in Lebanon, Hezbollah threatens to expand the scope of its missile strikes across Israel
In a call with French President Emmanuel Macron, Netanyahu said he was "opposed to a unilateral ceasefire, which does not...
Netanyahu assures Biden, Iran counterstrike will only target military sites as war spreads to Lebanon and Gaza
US officials, citing Netanyahu’s pledge, reported relief in Washington as Israel’s counterstrike on Iran will not target oil or nuclear...
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Hezbollah drone strike kills four, wounds dozens at Israeli base, US sending more air-defences
Hezbollah announced late Sunday that it launched a "squadron of attack drones" at the Binyamina camp, 30 kilometers south of...
- The attack on a military training camp in Binyamina, near Haifa, is the deadliest such assault on an Israeli base since September 23, when Israel increased its attacks on Hezbollah
- Authorities in Gaza, meanwhile, said the death toll from an Israeli strike Sunday on a school being used as a shelter for displaced people had risen to 15, including whole families
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UN raises alarm over catastrophe amid ongoing Israeli strikes on Gaza, Lebanon
With Israel ramping up strikes on Lebanon and Gaza, the UN warns of a potentially catastrophic regional conflict, highlighting the...
- Israel has faced a fierce diplomatic backlash over the injuries suffered by five Blue Helmets serving in south Lebanon
- Lebanon's health ministry said Saturday that Israeli air strikes on three sites had killed at least 15 people, raising an earlier toll
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Blinken says US wants Lebanon solution, not ‘broader conflict’
"So Israel has a clear and very legitimate interest in doing that. The people of Lebanon want the same thing....
- Blinken again said that Israel, which has been carrying out deadly strikes on Lebanon, "has a right to defend itself" against Hezbollah
- "We continue to engage intensely to prevent broader conflict in the region," Blinken told reporters after an East Asia Summit in Laos