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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Gaza ‘genocide’ exposes Europe’s failure to act: top EU official
"The genocide in Gaza exposes Europe's failure to act and speak with one voice," European Commission vice president Teresa Ribera...
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Japan to expand cooperation with Jordan to achieve regional stability: envoy
The envoy made these remarks during a ceremony at the Japanese embassy in Amman while celebrating Japan's national day.
- The envoy made these remarks during a ceremony at the Japanese embassy in Amman while celebrating Japan's national day
- Speaking on the Palestinian issue, he stated that Japan started providing assistance to UNRWA in 1953, even before the country became a UN member
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Putin signals XI to visit Moscow, Washington voices concern
Russian president said that he realized China has its own domestic political agenda and that the two countries were working...
- Russian president said that he realized China has its own domestic political agenda and that the two countries were working to sort out all related issues
- China has recently come under Western and US criticism for providing military aid to Moscow, amid Beijing's denial of these accusations
11 Palestinians killed, dozens shot in Israel West Bank raid
The Israeli army said the raid targeted militant suspects "in a hideout apartment" accused of shootings in the West Bank....
- More than 80 Palestinians suffered gunshot wounds, the Palestinian ministry said, in what the Israeli army called a "counter-terrorism" operation
- The Palestinian health ministry said those killed "as a result of the occupation's aggression on Nablus" were aged between 16 and 72
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Tunisian president Saied accused of hate speech against migrants
"Hordes of illegal immigrants from sub-Saharan Africa are still arriving, with all the violence, crime and unacceptable practices that entails,"...
- The Tunisian Forum for Economic and Social Rights (FTDES) said Saied's discourse was "drowning in racism and hatred".
- "The president is using the migration crisis... to distract attention from economic and social problems," spokesman Romdhane Ben Amor told AFP.
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Atomic energy watchdog’s group in Iran to sort out ‘ambiguities’
Tehran, Iran - Iran said Wednesday that International Atomic Energy Agency inspectors were in the country to clear up "ambiguities" about...
- The visit comes after a report by Bloomberg News last week, strongly denied by Tehran, that its nuclear scientists have enriched uranium to 84 percent purity.
- The Vienna-based IAEA said Sunday that it was in discussions with Tehran following the Bloomberg News report which drew an angry response from Iranian officials.
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Israeli forces kill 10, wound 80 Palestinians in occupied West Bank
Top Palestinian official Hussein Al Sheikh decried the incursion as a "massacre" and called for "international protection for our people"....
- The Palestinian Red Crescent Society said its medics had treated 45 gunshot wounds and 250 cases of tear gas inhalation.
- Since the start of this year, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict has claimed the lives of 55 Palestinian adults and children, including militants and civilians.
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Syrian quake survivors shelter in crumbling Aleppo homes
Aleppo, once a major commercial hub, had already been battered by over a decade of war when the 7.8-magnitude quake...
- With at least 432 fatalities, Aleppo accounts for nearly a third of all deaths in government-held parts of Syria, according to state media.
- Officials and medics across the war-ravaged country, including in rebel-controlled areas, put the overall Syrian death toll at more than 3,600 people.
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Israeli court sentences West Bank militant to 22 months in prison
Jerusalem--An Israeli military court on Tuesday sentenced Bassam al-Saadi, a senior member of Palestinian militant group Islamic Jihad in the...
- Leader of Islamic Jihad in the north West Bank city of Jenin, Saadi was arrested and charged by Israel with supporting and transferring funds to a "terrorist" organisation"t
- The August arrest led to threats by Saadi's Gaza-based organisation, triggering an Israeli offensive against Islamic Jihad
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Algeria arrests four over dissident who fled to France
Algeria accused France of assisting her "clandestine and illegal exfiltration" via Tunisia, sparking a diplomatic row between Algiers and its...
- Bouraoui, 46, a doctor, was arrested on February 3 in Tunisia and faced deportation to neighbouring Algeria, but flew to France on February 6
- A prisoners' rights group said Bouraoui's 71-year-old mother had also been detained but later released under judicial supervision
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Iran hits back at EU and Britain, imposes retaliatory sanctions
Taking retaliatory action for imposition of sanctions against the Islamic Republic, Iran has slapped 36 individuals and entities from the...
- Iran imposed on several military companies as well as ministers and lawmakers from various European countries
- The EU on Monday imposed asset freezes and visa bans on Iran's education and culture ministers -- part of a targeting of 32 individuals and two entities
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Israel army begins targeting Gaza City high-rises
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Lebanon’s Hezbollah rains rockets on Israel as Gaza war rages
Fire and smoke billows after rockets fired from southern Lebanon hit areas in northern Israel on July 4, 2024. (AFP).
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Iraqi armed groups say ready to fight Israel if Lebanon war breaks out
Baghdad, Iraq - As war rages in Gaza and threatens to spread to Lebanon, Iraqi militant groups warn they are ready...
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Syrian-based armed Iraqi groups ready to fight Israel to support Lebanon if war breaks out
As war rages in Gaza and threatens to spread to Lebanon, Iraqi militant groups warn they are ready to enter...
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Israel will not allow ‘winds of defeatism’ in Hamas war: Netanyahu
After a visit to troops on Monday, he said: "I saw very considerable achievements in the fighting being carried in...
- After the October 7 attacks by Hamas, Netanyahu's right-wing government vowed to destroy Hamas and return all hostages seized during the deadly incursion by the Palestinian group
- Netanyahu made his new vow of victory after the New York Times quoted sources as saying Israel was ready to make a deal without reaching all its goals
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Israel strikes southern Gaza after ordering evacuations
Other parts of the Gaza Strip were reeling from continued fighting nearly nine months into the devastating conflict. Witnesses and...
- Witnesses reported multiple strikes in and around the city of Khan Yunis, where eight people were killed and more than 30 were wounded
- The bombardment came after a rare rocket barrage claimed by the group Islamic Jihad, which has fought alongside Hamas
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Gaza hospital chief says tortured in Israel detention
Israel's military has accused Hamas of using hospitals in the Gaza Strip as a cover for military operations. It has...
- Al-Shifa hospital director Mohammed Abu Salmiya was among dozens of Palestinians released and returned to Gaza for treatment
- Abu Salmiya said he and other prisoners were put through "severe torture" in Israeli prisons