UAE, EU push stronger humanitarian supply chains
Dubai, UAE -- The UAE, the European Union and humanitarian organizations met in Brussels on Thursday to discuss strengthening global...
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Fresh Israel-Iran attacks overshadow ceasefire efforts across the region
Air raid alerts sounded across Israel, explosions were reported over Jerusalem, and Iranian state media reported blasts in Tehran, Tabriz...
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NATO learns as Ukraine’s Operation Spider’s web changes battlefield: NATO Commander
Brussels, Belgium - Ukraine's "creativity", including its massive "Spider's web" drone attack deep inside Russia, holds profound lessons for Western...
- Vandier said the operation showed how crucial innovation and adaptation were for victory, as modern warfare changes at lightning speed
- "We are entering a dynamic era where armies must rely on both major planning but also adaptive planning," the navy commander said
Israel says Gaza-bound activist boat carrying Greta Thunberg redirected
The Madleen departed from Italy on June 1 to bring awareness to food shortages in Gaza, which the United Nations...
- In a statement, the coalition said the Israeli military intercepted the Madleen around 3:02 am CET (0102 GMT) just off the coast of Gaza
- Israel's foreign ministry said it had redirected the boat towards Israeli shores, and expected those onboard to return to their home countries
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Iran says no sanctions relief in US nuclear proposal
Tehran, Iran -- Iran's parliament speaker said on Sunday that the latest US proposal for a nuclear deal does not...
- Parliament speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf called it a sign of dishonesty, accusing the Americans of seeking to impose a "unilateral" agreement that Tehran would not accept.
- "The delusional US president should know better and change his approach if he is really looking for a deal," Ghalibaf said.
Israel says to block Gaza-bound aid boat carrying Greta Thunberg
I have instructed the military to prevent the Madleen flotilla from reaching Gaza," Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz said in...
- Aboard the boat are nationals of Germany, France, Brazil, Turkey, Sweden, Spain and the Netherlands.
- In May, another Freedom Flotilla ship, the Conscience, reported coming under drone attack.
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How are the 2026 World Cup contenders shaping up?
Only eight countries have won the World Cup in 22 editions up to the most recent tournament in Qatar, when...
- Of the eight previous World Cups held on the American continent, seven have been won by a South American team.
- There was a European winner in Brazil in 2014, when Germany edged Argentina in the final.
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Money, mining and marine parks: The big issues at UN ocean summit
Nice, France -- France is hosting world leaders this week to confront what the United Nations calls a global "emergency"...
- There is pressure on the UN Ocean Conference starting Monday in Nice to show that countries can unite and deliver more than just talk for the world's ailing and neglected seas.
- Several countries are expected to announce the creation of new marine conservation zones within their national waters, though how protected they really are will come under scrutiny
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Activist aid ship nears Gaza after reaching Egypt coast: organisers
Cairo, Egypt - An aid ship with 12 activists on board, including Swedish climate campaigner Greta Thunberg, is nearing Gaza,...
- The Madleen, part of the Freedom Flotilla Coalition, left Sicily last week with a cargo of relief supplies "to break Israel's blockade on Gaza."
- The Global March to Gaza plans to gather in Cairo on June 12 before travelling by bus a day later to Al-Arish near Egypt's border with Gaza
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Gaza rescuers say Israeli fire kills 13 including 6 near aid centre
Gaza's civil defence agency said Israeli forces killed at least 13 Palestinians on Saturday, six of them in a shooting...
- Contacted by AFP, the Israeli military said it was looking into the incident, the latest deadly fire near the Al-Alam aid point
- The GHF began operations in late May as Israel partially eased a more than two-month blockade on the Gaza Strip
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Iran says US travel ban reflects ‘racist mentality’
Tehran, Iran - Tehran denounced on Saturday the US travel ban on Iranians and citizens of 11 other mostly Middle...
- US President Donald Trump signed on Wednesday an executive order reviving sweeping restrictions that echo his first-term travel ban
- An Iranian foreign ministry official said that the ban was discriminatory and would "entail international responsibility for the US government."
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Israel admits to supporting anti-Hamas armed group in Gaza led by Yasser Abu Shabab
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu admitted that Israel is supporting an armed group in Gaza that opposes the militant group Hamas,...
- Israeli and Palestinian media have reported that the group Israel has been working with is part of a local Bedouin tribe led by Yasser Abu Shabab
- The European Council on Foreign Relations (EFCR) think tank describes Abu Shabab as the leader of a "criminal gang operating in the Rafah area
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Sharaa’s US visit: Syria joins alliance against Islamic State after White House talks
Sharaa, whose rebel forces ousted longtime ruler Bashar al-Assad late last year, was the first Syrian leader to visit the...
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US mediator Kushner and Netanyahu hold talks on the second round of Gaza ceasefire
Kushner, the son-in-law of US President Donald Trump who helped broker the ceasefire, met Netanyahu in Jerusalem on Monday as...
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Indian capital car blast kills at least eight
New Delhi, India - A car explosion in the bustling heart of the Indian capital on Monday killed at least...
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UAE ‘probably’ won’t join Gaza stabilization force: senior official
Abu Dhabi, UAE -- The United Arab Emirates is not planning to join the international stabilisation force for Gaza because...
- The US-coordinated international force has been seen as likely to include troops from Egypt, Qatar and Turkey, as well as the UAE.
- Last week, US President Donald Trump said he expected the force to be in Gaza "very soon", as a fragile ceasefire holds following two years of war.
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Israel confirms remains returned are officer Goldin killed in 2014 Gaza war
Jerusalem, Undefined - Israel said the remains it received on Sunday from Hamas were those of Lieutenant Hadar Goldin, an...
- Goldin was the 24th deceased hostage whose remains have been returned by Hamas since the start of the ceasefire on October 10 that has halted the latest war in Gaza
- "Today, we are united in having finally brought him back to his parents and his family to be laid to rest in Israel," Netanyahu said in a video statement posted on X
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Palestinians recount ‘black hole’ of Israeli detention
Jerusalem, Undefined -- Denied contact with his lawyer for months, now freed Palestinian prisoner Shady Abu Sedo said he lost...
- Several rights groups have denounced what they say is a form of incommunicado detention for Palestinian prisoners, hampering the legal defense of detainees.
- The rights group says that 18 doctors and dozens of other health professionals from Gaza are still languishing without charge in Israeli prisons.