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Netanyahu acknowledges pressure from allies in decision to resume Gaza aid
Tel Aviv: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Monday that his decision to resume aid to Gaza after a weekslong blockade came after pressure from allies. In a video statement posted…
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Israel says it will allow ‘basic’ aid into Gaza after nearly 3 months of blockade
Deir al-Balah: Israel announced on Sunday it will allow a limited amount of humanitarian aid into Gaza after a nearly three-month blockade, days after global experts on food security warned of famine.…
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Trump hopes for Russia-Ukraine ceasefire in calls with Putin, Zelenskyy
Washington: President Donald Trump is hoping separate phone calls Monday with Russian leader Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy will make progress toward a ceasefire in the war in Ukraine. Trump…
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Israeli strikes across Gaza overnight kill 103 people, hospitals and medics say
Gaza Strip: Israeli strikes across the Gaza Strip killed at least 103 people overnight and into Sunday, hospitals and medics in the battered enclave said, as Israel intensifies its war in the…
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Israel launches new military operation in Gaza as hostage talks continue in Qatar
Jerusalem: Israel said Saturday it launched a major military operation in the Gaza Strip to pressure Hamas to release remaining hostages, while Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told a negotiating team to remain…
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Russian drone strike in northeastern Ukraine kills 9 people, officials say
Kyiv: A Russian drone struck a passenger bus in Ukraine’s northeastern Sumy region on Saturday, killing nine people and injuring four others, Ukrainian officials said. The attack came just hours after Moscow…
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Russia, Ukraine agree to swap 1,000 POWs each, according to Moscow official
Istanbul: Russia and Ukraine agreed Friday to exchange 1,000 prisoners of war each, the head of Russia’s delegation Vladimir Medinsky said after their peace talks ended. Such an exchange would be their…
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Israel pounds Gaza, targets Houthi ports in Yemen as Trump wraps up Gulf trip
Deir al-Balah: Israel launched dozens of airstrikes across northern and southern Gaza on Friday, killing more than 93 people and wounding hundreds — attacks that Israeli officials described as a prelude to…
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UN peacekeeping force confronted in southern Lebanon
Beirut: The force, known as UNIFIL, said one of its patrols was confronted between the villages of Jmayjmeh and Khirbet Selm Friday by a large group of people in civilian clothing who…
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Trump says Iran has proposal from the US on its rapidly advancing nuclear programme
Abu Dhabi: US President Donald Trump said Friday that Iran has an American proposal over its rapidly advancing nuclear programme as negotiations between the two countries go on. Trump’s remarks represent the…
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Etihad Airways says it is buying Boeing aircraft during Trump trip
Abu Dhabi:Â Etihad Airways announced Friday it would purchase 28 wide-body Boeing aircraft during a visit by President Donald Trump to the United Arab Emirates. Etihad is the government-owned airline of Abu Dhabi…
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Indian scholar freed by US judge after detention over support for Palestine
Alexandria: A Georgetown scholar from India who was arrested amid the Trump administration’s crackdown on foreign college students was released from immigration detention Wednesday after a federal judge’s ruling. Badar Khan Suri,…
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Trump says only two solutions for Iran are ‘intelligent’ or ‘brutal’
Doha: President Donald Trump kept up pressure Thursday on Iran, warning Tehran that a deal over its nuclear programme or potentially airstrikes are the only two solutions to the diplomatic impasse. Speaking…
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Trump to visit US troops in Qatar as he rejects America’s ‘interventionist’ past in region
Doha: President Donald Trump on Thursday will visit a US installation at the centre of American involvement in the Middle East as he uses his four-day visit to Gulf states to reject…
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54 people killed in overnight airstrikes on southern Gaza city, hospital says
Khan Younis: A hospital in southern Gaza says 54 people have been killed in overnight airstrikes on the city of Khan Younis. An Associated Press cameraman in Khan Younis counted 10 airstrikes…
