Turkey opposition calls extraordinary congress for Sept 21
Turkey's main opposition party has announced it will hold an extraordinary congress on September 21 after a court ousted its...
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Israel army begins targeting Gaza City high-rises
Gaza civil defense agency spokesman Mahmud Bassal accused Israel of carrying out "a policy of forced displacement against civilians" in...
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Dozens of Iran girls hospitalized due to poisoning
TEHRAN, IRAN - Dozens of schoolgirls in Iran were hospitalized on Tuesday after a mysterious poisoning, an Iranian news agency reported,...
- Hundreds of cases of respiratory distress have been reported in the past three months among Iranian schoolgirls
- A government official said on Sunday that the attacks were believed to be a deliberate attempt to force the closure of girls' schools
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UN envoy to Libya to launch initiative for holding elections this year
Elections were originally scheduled for December 2021, but were postponed indefinitely because of differences over controversial candidates and rules on...
- Abdoulaye Bitali told the UN Security Council he would launch an initiative "aimed at enabling the organization and holding of presidential and legislative elections in 2023"
- The UN envoy is planning to establish a high-level steering panel which would be responsible for facilitating the legal framework and time-bound roadmap for elections
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Palestinians reel from Israeli reprisals in West Bank
Dozens of Israeli settlers set homes and cars ablaze in the northern town of Huwara overnight Sunday, after a day...
- The surge in fire continued late Monday when a gunfire killed an American Israeli near Jericho
- Wageh Odeh, a member of the town council, said 30 house of Palestinians were burnt by Israeli settlers with more than 100 cars torched
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Algeria and Russia aim to boost military ties
The head of Algeria's army hosted Russia's top security official on Monday to discuss boosting their military ties, the defence...
- Moscow has for decades been a major supplier of arms to Algeria, which has one of Africa's most powerful armies
- Algeria, a major gas supplier to energy-hungry Europe, has maintained warm ties with both its European neighbours and Moscow
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Damaged buildings collapse after fresh quake in Turkey
Istanbul, Turkey - A 5.6 magnitude earthquake hit eastern Turkey on Monday, causing some buildings already damaged by a powerful tremor...
- The epicenter of the tremor was the Yesilyurt district in the Malatya province, which was hit by the February 6 earthquake.
- The local mayor, Mehmet Cinar, said he guided teams urgently to check whether there was anyone trapped under rubble.
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Israeli settlers torch Palestinian homes, cars in West Bank
Dozens of Israeli settlers set homes and cars ablaze in the northern town of Huwara overnight, after a day of...
- More than 350 Palestinians were injured, the majority suffering from tear gas inhalation, the Palestinian Red Crescent Society said.
- The Palestinian health ministry said 37-year-old Sameh Aqtash was shot dead during an attack on the nearby village of Zaatara.
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Egypt top diplomat visits Syria, Turkey for first time in decade
Egypt's Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry, in a rare visit to Syria and Turkey, pledged solidarity with the people of the...
- The Egyptian minister is the third Arab foreign minister to meet the Syrian President since the February 6 quake.
- The Egyptian minister's visit to Turkey was the first in a decade of strained ties between Ankara and Cairo.
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‘Turkish drone kills 3 PKK-backed fighters in Iraq’
A Turkish drone attack in northern Iraq killed three fighters from the Yazidi community affiliated with the rebel Kurdistan Workers'...
- The three fighters were heading towards Sinjar, a stronghold of the Yazidis, at the time of the attack.
- Turkey has dozens of military facilities in northern Iraq for use in its war against the PKK.
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Al-Jarman heads UAE delegation to 52nd session of Human Rights meet in Geneva
GENEVA, SWITZERLAND - The United Arab Emirates is participating in the 52nd session of the Human Rights Council in Geneva,...
- Al-Jarman will highlight key UAE achievements and the prominent role the country plays in human rights globally.
- He will hold meetings with heads of delegations to exchange views on common issues.
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Turkey to hold NATO bid talks with Sweden, Finland in March
Turkey said on Monday that NATO accession talks with Sweden and Finland would be held next month, after being postponed...
- Previous two rounds of the tri-party NATO talks were attended by foreign ministry officials and focused on a specific list of Turkish demand
- Erdogan has dug in his heels heading into a close presidential election in which he is trying to energize his nationalist electoral base
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Turkey opposition calls extraordinary congress for Sept 21
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Hamas and Palestinian rivals Fatah to meet in Beijing: officials
Several reconciliation bids have failed, but calls have grown since the Hamas October 7 attacks on Israel set off the...
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Hamas says pulling out of Gaza truce talks, as Israel keeps up strikes
A Hamas official said Sunday that the Palestinian group was withdrawing from Gaza truce talks, as Israeli bombardments hit a...
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As the country reeled from images of a bloodied Trump waving his fist after the gunman opened fire at a...
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Battles rock Gaza City after mass evacuation order
US President Joe Biden said that US diplomats were making "progress" with international mediators towards a ceasefire and stressed that...
- A major focus of recent battles and mass displacement has been the biggest urban area, Gaza City
- Israel's military said it was also fighting in the Rafah area
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Israel defense minister says “60 percent” of Hamas dead or wounded
Israel has launched major new offensives in Gaza City, even as it also embarks on contacts with international mediators on...
- Gallant reaffirmed that Israel was "determined" to meet its war goals of eradicating Hamas
- "We have eliminated or wounded 60 percent of the Hamas terrorists", he said
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What we know about the rocky ‘roadmap’ to an elusive Gaza ceasefire
Jerusalem, Undefined - Qatari and Egyptian mediators are cajoling Israel and Hamas towards negotiations on a plan to end their war,...
- US President Joe Biden first outlined in late May what he called an Israeli initiative for a truce and hostage release deal
- Since the October 7 Hamas attacks, much of Gaza has been reduced to rubble and its 2.4 million people are surviving on sporadic aid deliveries