Macron risks Israeli backlash with Palestinian recognition, yet seizes historic chance to reshape Middle East diplomacy
France and the UK will be the first permanent UN Security Council members to recognise a Palestinian state and, along...
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Gaza, Palestinian future to dominate UN gathering to be attended by 140 world leaders
Kicking off Monday, Saudi Arabia and France will co-chair meetings on the future of the Israeli and Palestinian two-state solution, which...
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Russia’ Foreign Minister in Iraq for energy talks
Iraq, a close ally of Iran, also has strategic relations with the United States, which still has soldiers in the...
- Lavrov landed in Baghdad late on Sunday at the head of a large delegation that includes "oil and gas companies and investors", Ahmed al-Sahhaf told AFP
- He will also meet Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani, President Abdul Latif Rashid, and parliament speaker Mohammed al-Halbussi
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Israel forces kill five Palestinians in Jericho raid: Official
Hamas confirmed its fighters were among the dead, saying in a statement the Gaza-based group was mourning members of its...
- The Israeli security official, requesting anonymity as they were not authorized to speak to the media, told AFP the army was holding the bodies of the Palestinian dead.
- Both Israelis and Palestinians have used the remains of people killed in clashes or attacks as bargaining chips through the conflict.
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Qatar pledges to support Afghan people in search for rights
Kabul, Afghanistan-- Qatar has renewed its pledge to Afghanistan to help the war-ravaged country in fields of education, development, politics,...
- The visiting dignitary met with Minister of Foreign Affairs Amir Khan Muttaqi, Minister of Interior Sirajuddin Haqqani, Minister of Education Habibullah Agha
- The envoy reiterated Qatar's position supporting all segments of the Afghan people to obtain all their rights, particularly the right to education, especially for girls
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Key Iran opposition figure calls for fundamental change
TEHRAN, IRAN - One of Iran's main opposition figures, Mir Hossein Mousavi, has called for the "fundamental transformation" of a political...
- Mousavi proposed holding a free and healthy referendum on the need to change or draft a new constitution.
- An unsuccessful presidential candidate in 2009, Mousavi made allegations of large-scale fraud in favor of populist incumbent Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.
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Iran detains journalist as protests against Mahsa Amini’s death continue
Tehran, Iran - Iranian authorities have detained a journalist at a reformist publication, local media reported Sunday, as her sister,...
- Elnaz Mohammadi, a reporter for reformist newspaper Hammihan, was detained at the Evin prosecutor's office in Tehran.
- Iran has been gripped by nationwide protests since the September 16 death in custody of Amini, a 22-year-old ethnic Kurd.
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Israel intercepts ‘small aircraft’ over Gaza: army
The army stressed it was not rocket or other fire that posed a threat to Israelis. "It was not a...
- The army stressed it was not rocket or other fire that posed a threat to Israelis
- The Gaza Strip, home to 2.3 million Palestinians, has been under Israeli blockade since Hamas ousted forces loyal to Abbas in 2007
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Iran castigates IAEA chief after centrifuge report
The Iranian criticism of Grossi comes after the International Atomic Energy Agency director-general said he plans to visit Tehran in...
- IAEA said in a report that Iran had modified an interconnection between two centrifuge clusters enriching uranium to up to 60 percent at FFEP
- Iran said an inspector had "inadvertently" reported the changes, and that Grossi had issued the report despite the matter being resolved
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US shoots down Chinese spy balloon, drawing Beijing’s ire
The Chinese craft spent several days flying over North America before it was targeted off the coast of the southeastern...
- US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin called the operation a "deliberate and lawful action" that came in response to China's "unacceptable violation of our sovereignty"
- China's Ministry of Foreign Affairs blasted the US action in a statement Sunday morning, saying the downing of the civilian aircraft was "serious violation of international peace"
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Former Egypt Prime Minister Sherif Ismail dies at 67
Ismail was sworn in as prime minister in 2015 before resigning in 2018 as Sisi began his second presidential term,...
- Ismail was sworn in as prime minister in 2015 before resigning in 2018 as Sisi began his second presidential term
- He oversaw a period of tough economic reforms that in late 2016 saw a steep currency devaluation
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Israelis rally for fifth week against govt reform plan
Carrying signs reading "Save Israel's democracy from Netanyahu", thousands of Israelis demonstrated in Tel Aviv on Saturday against controversial legal...
- The protests have become a weekly fixture on Saturday evenings since Netanyahu's new government took office in late December
- The judicial reforms would allow Israel's parliament to overrule any Supreme Court decision with a simple majority of 61 lawmakers in the 120-seat body
Macron risks Israeli backlash with Palestinian recognition, yet seizes historic chance to reshape Middle East diplomacy
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Palestinian and Jewish protesters stage rare peace march
Chanting "yes, to peace, yes, to a deal", hundreds of Palestinian and Jewish Israelis marched noisily through Tel Aviv on...
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Netanyahu, Biden to meet on elusive Gaza deal
Joe Biden will press Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday to seal a Gaza ceasefire deal, despite the US president's shock election...
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‘We love life’: Gaza’s war-weary footballers play on
For fans and players, Tuesday's match in the Jabalia refugee camp was a welcome distraction from the pangs of hunger...
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Defiant Netanyahu to face US Congress amid Biden’s withdrawal
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, using an American football image, said Friday that negotiators were "inside the 10 yard...
- Israel's longest-serving premier will on Wednesday become the first foreign leader to address a joint meeting of the two chambers four times
- But analysts say the Gaza war since the October 7 Hamas attacks has created worrying tensions between Israel and the United States
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The Biden bombshell: a plot twist that roils Trump too
With the Democrat no longer in the race, the Trump operation finds itself pushed into a strategic pivot, forced now...
- For months Trump and his allies have been playing on concerns that the 81-year-old Biden may no longer be fit for office
- He was frequently a target of Republican mockery and scorn at the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee
Israel strikes key Yemen port after Tel Aviv attack
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned "anyone who harms us will pay a very heavy price", after Friday's drone attack in...
- The strikes on the vital port, which triggered a raging fire and plumes of black smoke, are the first claimed by Israel in the Arabian peninsula's poorest country
- Gallant said the Hodeida strikes were also a warning to other Iran-backed armed groups around the Middle East that have claimed attacks on Israel during the Gaza war