Trump issues ‘last warning’ to Hamas over hostages amid new proposal for ceasefire deal
"The Israelis have accepted my terms. It is time for Hamas to accept as well. I have warned Hamas about...
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First India-Pakistan match since conflict fires up Asia Cup
New Delhi, India -- A blockbuster between India and Pakistan headlines the Asia Cup starting on Tuesday as they face...
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Turkey poll on May 14: Erdogan vows to heal quake-stricken nation
Erdogan banned music from his campaign as he signed a decree on national television that kics off campaigning for what...
- Voters face a choice between keeping Erdogan's Islamic-rooted party in power until 2028 or handing the reins back to the main secular party of Turkey's founder Kemal Ataturk.
- Erdogan's political opponents have formed the type of broad-tent coalition that Erdogan himself relied on to win more than a dozen elections over his career.
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COP28 President Designate meets with key US government officials
WASHINGTON DC, US - UAE Minister of Industry and Advanced Technology and COP28 President Designate Dr. Sultan bin Ahmed Al...
- The UAE minister discussed multilateral development bank reform as weel as an update on recent US climate policy action.
- They discussed the need to invest in global clean energy supply chains, and the role of the US-UAE Partnership for Accelerating Clean Energy.
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Syria’s Aleppo airport operational after Israeli air attack
DAMASCUS, SYRIA - Syria's Aleppo airport, a key conduit for relief flights after the devastating February earthquake, reopened on Friday, an...
- The damage caused by the raid forced aid deliveries and all flights to be diverted to Latakia and Damascus airports, the transport ministry had said.
- Israeli warplanes killed three people in the raid on the airport in Aleppo, Syria's second city, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights war monitor had said.
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Iran, Saudi agree to restore severed ties after talks in China
Riyadh cut ties with Tehran after Iranian protesters attacked Saudi diplomatic missions in the Islamic republic in 2016 following the...
- Ali Shamkhani, the secretary of Iran's Supreme NSC, had travelled to Beijing for "intensive negotiations with his Saudi counterpart" to resolve Riyadh -Tehran problems, IRNA said.
- Iraq, a neighbor to both countries, had hosted several rounds of low-level talks between Iran and Saudi Arabia since April 2021.
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Israeli settler kills suspected Palestinian gunman in West Bank
An Israeli settler killed an assailant in the occupied West Bank, the Israeli military said, the latest bloodshed in a...
- The Palestinian health ministry said the settler killed 21-year-old Abd al-Karim al-Sheikh at Qalqilya, a Palestinian city near Dorot Illit.
- The attack came hours after a member of the armed wing of the Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas opened fire on a cafe in Tel Aviv.
Turkey to hold talks with Sweden, Finland on stalled NATO bids
A statement from NATO said that "participants welcomed the progress that has been made" on a three-way deal struck last...
- Turkey and Hungary are the only NATO countries still to ratify the applications, which must be accepted by all 30 existing members of the military organization
- Finland and Sweden dropped their decades-long policies of military non-alignment and applied to join the alliance last May after Moscow's invasion of Ukraine
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Bahrain ‘cancels’ HRW visas ahead of parliamentary meet
Dubai, UAE -- Bahrain has revoked visas for two members of Human Rights Watch who planned to attend this week's...
- The IPU, which groups parliaments around the world and aims to promote democracy, said it was "aware" the visas were revoked.
- But IPU said it "is not responsible for the visa process which is a sovereign decision of the host country".
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Xi Jinping gets third term as China’s president
The 69-year-old has weathered widespread protests over his zero-Covid policy and the deaths of countless people after its abandonment. But...
- The appointment by China's rubber-stamp parliament comes after Xi locked in another five years as head of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in October
- In an oath beamed live on state television, he vowed to "build a prosperous, strong, democratic, civilized, harmonious and great modern socialist country."
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20 years after US invasion, Iraq is closer to Washington, far from ‘liberal democracy’
President George W. Bush's war, launched in the aftermath of the 9/11 attacks, is seared in memory for its "shock...
- The decision after the March 20, 2003 ground invasion to dismantle Iraq's state, party and military fuelled years of bloodletting
- The US forces, backed mainly by British troops, never found the weapons of mass destruction that had been the justification for the war
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Iran ready to join efforts to reconcile Syria, Turkey
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has been politically isolated in the region since the start of Syria's war in 2011, triggered...
- Amir-Abdollahian landed in quake-wracked Latakia province before flying to Damascus, where he met Syrian Foreign Minister and the president
- He discussed with Assad "Tehran joining meetings to build a dialogue between Damascus and Ankara," the Syrian presidency said
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Trump issues ‘last warning’ to Hamas over hostages amid new proposal for ceasefire deal
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Fears of Middle East war grow after Hamas leader’s killing
Israel on Saturday again traded fire with Hezbollah, carried out a deadly raid in the occupied West Bank, and struck...
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US to deploy more warships, fighter jets to Mideast
Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has also ordered additional ballistic missile defense-capable cruisers and destroyers to the Middle East and areas...
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Biden says US committed to defend Israel against ‘all threats from Iran’
Biden, who was joined on the call by Vice President and Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris, also emphasized the "ongoing...
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Iran to hold funeral for Hamas chief Ismail Haniyeh
Khamenei, who has the final say in Iran's political affairs, said after Haniyeh's death that it was "our duty to...
- The Islamic republic's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei will lead the prayers for Haniyeh, having earlier threatened a "harsh punishment" for his killing
- Haniyeh's death was announced on Wednesday by Iran's Revolutionary Guards, who said he and his bodyguard were killed in a strike on their accommodation
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Killing of the Palestinian movement’s chief Ismail Haniyeh “will not go unanswered”- Hamas
Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas said Wednesday the killing of Hamas chief Ismail Haniyeh was a "cowardly act" and urged Palestinians...
- Palestinian President Mahmud Abbas strongly condemned the assassination
- Haniyeh's killing came after Israel on Tuesday struck a Hezbollah stronghold in Beirut, killing a senior commander
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Hamas chief Ismail Haniyeh killed in Tehran: Iran’s Revolutionary Guards
"The residence of Ismail Haniyeh, head of the political office of Hamas Islamic Resistance, was hit in Tehran, and as...
- Haniyeh arrived in Tehran on Tuesday to attend the inauguration of Iran's new President Masoud Pezeshkian in parliament
- Tuesday's swearing-in ceremony came amid concerns of war between Israel and Lebanon's Hizbollah following a Saturday rocket attack on the Israeli-annexed Golan Heights