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Over 400 killed as Israel launches airstrikes across Gaza
Deir Al-Balah: Israel launched a wave of airstrikes across the Gaza Strip early Tuesday, saying it was hitting Hamas targets in its heaviest assault in the territory since a ceasefire took effect…
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Israel hits Gaza with new airstrikes killing at least 235 after truce talks stall
Deir Al-Balah: Israel launched a wave of airstrikes across the Gaza Strip early Tuesday, saying it was striking dozens of Hamas targets in its heaviest assault in the territory since a ceasefire…
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US & Iran-backed Houthis both vow escalation after airstrikes target rebels in Yemen
Cairo: The United States and Iran-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen are both vowing escalation after the US launched airstrikes to deter the rebels from attacking military and commercial vessels on one of…
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Hundreds of immigrants deported by Trump admin despite judge’s order
Washington: The Trump administration has transferred hundreds of immigrants to El Salvador even as a federal judge issued an order temporarily barring the deportations under an 18th century wartime declaration targeting Venezuelan…
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Iran denies aiding Yemen’s Houthi rebels after US strikes, threat from Trump
Tehran: Iran on Sunday once again denied aiding Yemen’s Houthi rebels after the United States launched a wave of airstrikes against them and President Donald Trump warned that Tehran would be held…
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Death toll in US airstrikes on Yemen Houthis climbs to 31
Sanaa: The Houthi rebel-run Health Ministry says the death toll from US strikes on Yemen has climbed to 31, including women and children. Anees al-Asbahi, a spokesperson for the ministry, said Sunday…
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US arrests 2nd person who participated in pro-Palestinian protests at Columbia
New York: Immigration officials have arrested a second person who participated in Pro-Palestinian protests at Columbia University, and have revoked the visa of another student, they announced Friday. Leqaa Kordia, a Palestinian…
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Dozens of Syrian Druze make rare visit to Israeli-controlled Golan Heights
Mandal Shams: Dozens of clerics and others from Syria’s minority Druze community crossed into the Israeli-controlled side of the Golan Heights Friday for the first time in decades. The nearly 100 Syrian…
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Hamas agrees to release US-Israeli hostage, bodies of 4 other dual nationals
Jerusalem: Hamas said on Friday it has accepted a proposal from mediators to release one living American-Israeli hostage and the bodies of four dual-national hostages who died in captivity. Hamas did not…
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Qatar to supply natural gas to Syria amid electricity crisis
Damascus: Qatar will provide natural gas supplies to Syria with the aim of generating 400 megawatts of electricity a day, in a measure to help address the war-battered country’s severe electricity shortages,…
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Iran uses drones, facial recognition to enforce headscarf: UN
Geneva: Iran increasingly relies on electronic surveillance and the public to inform on women refusing to wear the country’s mandatory headscarf in public, even as hard-liners push for harsher penalties for those…
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Orban aide says Netanyahu to visit Hungary despite ICC arrest warrant
Budapest: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will visit Hungary in the coming weeks, a Hungarian minister said Thursday, despite an international arrest warrant for the Israeli leader over the war in the…
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Emirati diplomat with Trump’s letter meets with Iran’s foreign minister
Dubai: An Emirati diplomat earlier identified by Tehran as carrying a letter from US President Donald Trump met Wednesday with Iran’s foreign minister. Iranian state television showed Emirati official Anwar Gargash meeting…
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Yemen’s Houthi rebels vow to resume attacks on Israeli ships
Sanaa: Yemen’s Houthi rebels warned shippers early Wednesday that “any Israeli vessel” travelling through nearby Mideast waters is now a target as Israel continues to block aid to the Gaza Strip. The…
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Syria’s interim govt signs historic deal with Kurds, secures nationwide control
Syria’s interim government signed a deal Monday with the Kurdish-led authority that controls the country’s northeast, including a ceasefire and the merging of the main U.S.-backed force there into the Syrian army.…
