Israel security agency says foiled Hamas plot to kill far-right minister
srael's internal security service said on Wednesday it had foiled a plot by Palestinian militant group Hamas to kill far-right...
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Gaza mother hopes Venice film about final moments of slain child helps end war
The mother of Hind Rajab, a five-year-old Palestinian girl killed by Israeli forces in Gaza, hopes that a film about...
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Israelis protest against controversial judiciary reform plan
The measures, which were inching towards approval through a series of preliminary votes inside the chamber, have provoked widespread criticism...
- Outside Israel's parliament, the Knesset, thousands rallied, waving Israeli flags and placards that read "Save Israel democracy".
- Netanyahu and his allies say the reforms are necessary to correct a power imbalance between elected representatives and the nation's top court.
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Rayyana Barnawi first ever Saudi woman to join space mission
Rayyana Barnawi will join fellow Saudi male astronaut Ali Al-Qarni on a mission to the International Space Station (ISS) "during...
- The astronauts "will join the crew of the AX-2 space mission" and the space flight will "launch from the USA".
- In 1985, Saudi royal Prince Sultan bin Salman bin Abdulaziz, an airforce pilot, took part in a US-organized space mission, becoming the first Arab Muslim to travel into space.
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Western, regional powers urge Lebanon to elect president
They have warned they will reconsider "all ties" with Lebanon if parliament fails to elect a president amid a worsening...
- Lebanon has been without a president since Michel Aoun's mandate expired in Oct. A caretaker cabinet with limited capabilities has been overseeing the government's
- The international community has long urged Lebanese leaders to end months of political wrangling and stem the financial meltdown.
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China accuses US of sending 10 balloons into its airspace
Washington strenuously denied Beijing's charges as "false" and insisted it was China alone that has surreptitiously flown spy balloons, as...
- Subsequent downings of other unidentified objects over North America in recent days have sparked widespread jitters and speculation as to their origins.
- Only the first object has been officially attributed to China, with Beijing insisting it was a civilian craft that had blown off course.
Israel says it will legalise nine West Bank settlements
Netanyahu said earlier Sunday during a meeting of his government he wanted to "strengthen settlements", which are illegal under international...
- More than 475,000 Israelis reside in settlements in the West Bank, where 2.8 million Palestinians live
- Netanyahu also announced that his government wanted to submit legislation to the Knesset
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US shoots down new mystery object as tensions escalate with China
On Sunday the Pentagon said that it does not yet know what the other three objects -- one shot down...
- The objects shot down since Friday were detected after US air defense adjusted radar settings to scan for smaller and slower-moving objects, said Assistant Secretary of Defense
- Canadian officials described the shot down over Canada's far northwest on Saturday as small and cylindrical, roughly the size of a Volkswagen car
Lebanon’s Hezbollah sends aid to Syria’s quake-hit Latakia
Lebanon has adopted a policy of dissociation from Syria's years-long war but on Wednesday, it sent its first high-level official...
- The Iran-backed Hezbollah is a key ally of Assad's regime and has openly been fighting alongside his forces since April 2013
- Adnan Moqadem, general director of civil defense in Hezbollah's health authority, said first aid convoy "will be followed by others".
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Syria’s Assad thanks UAE for aid, emergency response to quake
Damascus, Syria--Syria's President Bashar al-Assad on Sunday thanked the United Arab Emirates for its emergency response and tens of millions pledged...
- The UAE foreign minister arrived in Syria on Sunday, six days after a devastating earthquake struck Turkey and Syria, killing more than 33,000 people in total
- It pledged some $13.6 million to Syria after the disaster before announcing another $50 million in assistance
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Israel launches air strikes on ‘underground Hamas complex’
The Palestinian Red Crescent said one person was killed in a pre-dawn Israeli army raid in Nablus in the northern...
- The strikes were launched were in response to the Saturday rocket launch from Gaza into Israel, the army added in a statement
- Since the start of the year, the conflict has claimed the lives of 47 Palestinian adults and children, including militants and civilians
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Egyptian President in UAE, to attend World Government Summit in Dubai
The two leaders exchanged discussed "brotherly bilateral ties" and aspects of joint cooperation and ways of furthering them
- The two leaders exchanged discussed "brotherly bilateral ties" and aspects of joint cooperation and ways of furthering them
- President El-Sisi will outline Egypt's economic and development policies and priorities at World Government Summit
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Huthi missile attack severely injures sailor on cargo ship: US military
Two cruise missiles launched by Yemen's Huthi rebels struck a bulk cargo carrier in the Gulf of Aden on Thursday,...
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Battles rage in Rafah as Biden blames Hamas for truce delay
On Monday, the UN Security Council adopted a US-drafted resolution supporting the plan, and on Thursday, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz...
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Fire at Iraqi oil refinery injures 13
"More than 10 people were injured, mainly men from the Arbil civil defense," said the Iraqi civil defense in a...
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Houthis claim attack on merchant ship in Red Sea off Yemen
The Houthis, who are at war with a Saudi-led coalition after ousting the government from Sanaa in 2014, have launched...
- The ship was hit about 68 nautical miles (126 kilometres) southwest of the rebel-held port city of Hodeida, maritime security firm Ambrey had said earlier in the day
- The United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations, which is run by Britain's Royal Navy, said a vessel was "hit on the stern by a small craft" 66 nautical miles southwest of Hodeida
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Blinken heads to key mediator Qatar after Hamas seeks tweaks to truce deal
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken was heading on Wednesday to talks in key mediator Qatar after Hamas gave a...
- Hamas proposed an amended ceasefire timeline and the complete withdrawal of Israeli troops
- Blinken said in Israel on Tuesday that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has committed himself to the plan
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Erdogan visits opposition party headquarters first time in 18 years
Istanbul, Turkey - Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan visited the opposition CHP party headquarters on Tuesday, the first time in 18...
- The one-and-a-half-hour meeting between Erdogan and CHP leader Ozgur Ozel in the capital Ankara comes more than a month after their first encounter in May
- Erdogan has signalled "softening" in politics after the March vote observers called his worst defeat since his Islamic-rooted AKP party took power in 2002