Israeli rights group accuses general of war crimes in West Bank
A leading Israeli rights organisation said Monday that it had requested a military investigation into a senior commander over suspected...
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Musk’s megarocket faces crucial new test after failures
Washington, United States -- Elon Musk's SpaceX is gearing up for the next test of its Starship megarocket on Sunday,...
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Ukraine to call for Russia’s removal from UN Security Council
Kuleba said the question of Russia's veto-wielding permanent seat in the UN Security Council -- also held by the United...
- Security Council consists of 15 members tasked with tackling global crises by enacting sanctions, authorizing military action, and approving changes to the UN charter
- Since Russia's invasion of Ukraine, Western powers have pored through UN procedural rules to ensure Russia not block Security Council meetings
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Influential Israeli Zionist rabbi Haim Druckman dies at 90
Rabbi Haim Druckman was a student of Zvi Yehuda Kook, whose movement founded settlements after Israel occupied the West Bank...
- Druckman was a mentor to Israeli politician Bezalel Smotrich, who is set to be finance minister in Benjamin Netanyahu's new government
- Born in what was then Poland in 1932, Druckman escaped deportation during World War II and in 1944 migrated to Palestine, which was under British mandate
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Syrian Kurds protest against Paris attack
A gunman opened fire at a Kurdish cultural center and a hairdressing salon in Paris on Friday, killing three Kurds....
- A gunman opened fire at a Kurdish cultural center and a hairdressing salon in Paris on Friday, killing three Kurds
- Furious Kurdish demonstrators clashed with French police after the attack, which revived the trauma of three unresolved murders of Kurds 10 years ago
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Tunisia rights group condemns ‘inhumane’ move to deport migrants
Tunis, Tunisia-- A Tunisian rights group condemned Sunday a "repressive and inhumane" government decision to deport a group of migrants who...
- According to a government statement, the Tunisian cabinet approved on Friday the expulsion "as soon as possible of a group of migrants residing illegally in Tunisia"
- The UN refugee agency UNHCR opened the Choucha camp in early 2011 to shelter those fleeing conflict amid the fall of Libya's former dictator Moamer Kadhafi
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Iran general says Western claims prove ‘effectiveness’ of its drones
After repeated denials about its drones being used by Russia against Ukraine in the conflict, Iran's top general has said...
- Western nations have sanctioned a number of Iranian firms and military generals, including the chief of the staff of Iran's armed forces
- Iran started developing drones, or unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), in the 1980s during its eight-year war with neighbouring Iraq
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Hezbollah hands over suspected killer of UN peacekeeper
Lebanon's powerful Hezbollah group has handed over a man suspected of killing an Irish United Nations peacekeeper earlier this month,...
- It was not immediately clear if the individual arrested was a member of Hezbollah.
- Hezbollah is cooperating in the probe led by Lebanese military intelligence, a security official said.
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Erdogan aide blames Paris street violence after shooting on Kurd militant group
Ankara has been feuding with the US and European powers about their support for Kurdish fighters in the People's Protection...
- "This is PKK in France," Erdogan's foreign policy adviser Ibrahim Kalin tweeted, posting images of overturned and burning cars in Paris.
- The Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) is designated as a terrorist organization by Turkey and its Western allies.
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Putin accuses the West of trying to ‘tear apart historical Russia’
"At the core of it all is the policy of our geopolitical opponents aiming to tear apart Russia, the historical...
- "We are acting in the right direction, we are protecting our national interests, the interests of our citizen, of our people," Putin said.
- He repeated claims that Moscow was "ready to negotiate with all participants in this process (to find) an acceptable solution" to the conflict.
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Pact to transform Makkah, Madinah into business hubs for Islamic world
The Makkah Chamber of Commerce, Madinah Chamber of Commerce and the Islamic Chamber of Commerce will sign the agreement at...
- The partnership would boost the business sectors in the holy cities through exhibitions and forums, lectures, workshops and dialogues with decision-makers from the Islamic world.
- Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Madinah Chamber, Munir Muhammad Nasser bin Saad, said the agreement will contribute towards promoting cultural heritage of the holy cities
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Fishermen return to Iran years after Somalia kidnapping
TEHRAN, IRAN - Fourteen Iranian fishermen seized by the Al-Shabaab militant group in Somalia, some as long as eight years ago,...
- The fishermen were welcomed in a special ceremony at Tehran's Imam Khomeini International Airport.
- Their release comes almost a month after Somali police said they discovered 20 foreigners near territory controlled by the militant group.
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Israeli rights group accuses general of war crimes in West Bank
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Calls for calm after reported Israeli strike on Iran
An unidentified Israeli official told The Washington Post the "strike" was retaliation for Iran's drone and missile barrage and was...
Israel strikes Syria again following overnight ‘retaliatory’ attack on Iran
Israeli strikes on Friday targeted a Syrian army position in the country's south, a war monitor said, as US media...
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Lebanon’s Hizbollah targets Israel base, wounding 14 soldiers
Hours after the strike on Arab al-Aramshe, an Arab-majority village in northern Israel near the border, Israeli forces hit targets...
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UN Security Council to vote this Thursday on full Palestinian membership
Against the backdrop of the grinding conflict in Gaza, a city largely devastated by more than six months of war...
- The Palestinians formally revived this April an application first made to the world body in 2011
- Statehood requires a defined territory, a permanent population, a government and the ability to enter into international relations
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US, EU to impose fresh sanctions on Iran following recent missile attack on Israel
The United States announced Tuesday that it was preparing new sanctions on Iran's missile and drone program after last weekend’s...
- Washington would impose new sanctions targeting Iran, including its missile and drone program
- EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell said Brussels is working on expanding sanctions against Iran's supplies of weaponry
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Putin talks to Raisi, expresses hope for restraint in Middle East
Moscow, Russia - Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Iranian counterpart, Ebrahim Raisi, discussed the latest escalation in the Middle...
- According to the Kremlin, the Iranian leader said that Iran’s action was limited as he assured Putin that Tehran was not "seeking to escalate tensions further"
- Iran's President Raisi warned that "the slightest action against Iran's interests will definitely be met with a severe, extensive and painful response."