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Arab nations condemn Israel FM visit to Somaliland
Days after Israel Foreign Minister Gideon Saar visited Somaliland, 22 Islamic countries and the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (IOC) on Friday, January 9, condemned Saar’s visit to Somalia’s breakaway region. In a joint…
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Hundreds in Somalia protest Israel’s recognition of Somaliland
Mogadishu (Somalia): Hundreds of demonstrators gathered in Somalia’s capital to protest Israel’s recognition of the self-declared Republic of Somaliland, waving Somali flags and chanting patriotic songs in a show of national unity.…
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Israel kills 11-year-old at home in Gaza as post-ceasefire deaths mount
Deir Al-Balah: A relative said Israeli gunfire on Thursday, January 8, killed an 11-year-old girl whose family had returned to a designated safe zone, adding to more than 400 deaths reported since…
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Iran says ready to fight back if US or Israel attacks again
Beirut: Iran does not want war with Israel or the United States, but is ready to fight back if attacked again, the country’s foreign minister said on Thursday, January 8. Speaking upon…
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Unlike Palestine, Somaliland not a virtual state: Israel FM
Israel Foreign Minister Gideon Saar on Tuesday, January 6, visited Somaliland and said that the country is “not a virtual state like Palestine.” Saar made the remarks while addressing a joint press…
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Netanyahu tries to calm tensions after Israeli bus kills ultra-Orthodox boy
Jerusalem: Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu urged calm after a bus driver ran over and killed a teenage boy on Tuesday, January 6, during a protest in Jerusalem against a law seeking…
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Protest-hit Iran warily watches US after its raid on Venezuela
Dubai: Iran faces a new round of protests challenging the country’s theocracy, but it seems like the only thing people there want to talk about is half a world away: Venezuela. Since…
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Israel clears hurdle to start settlements in West Bank that will split it in two
Israel has cleared the final hurdle before starting construction on a contentious settlement project near Jerusalem that would effectively cut the West Bank in two, according to a government tender. The tender,…
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Britain opens Palestinian embassy in a historic moment
London: In a historic moment, Britain opened a Palestinian embassy on Monday, January 5, after it formally recognised the State of Palestine last September, marking a significant development in UK-Palestinian relations. Speaking…
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Israel strikes multiple sites in Lebanon ahead of key disarmament meeting
Sidon: Israel’s air force struck areas in southern and eastern Lebanon on Monday and early Tuesday, including in the country’s third-largest city. A strike around 1 a.m. Tuesday leveled a three-story commercial…
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Israeli tech company to turn ‘burdensome’ rubble into profit
Amid the rubble in Gaza due to the over two-year-long Israeli military action, a new tech company has come to the fore promising to turn construction waste from a “discarded liability” into…
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International aid groups grapple with what Israel’s ban will mean for their work
Tel Aviv: Israel’s decision to revoke the licenses of more than three dozen humanitarian organisations this week has aid groups scrambling to grapple with what this means for their operations in Gaza…
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Web hosting platform seizes domain documenting Israeli war crimes
Namecheap.com, a major domain and web hosting platform, on January 1, seized the Genocide.live domain documenting over 16,000 videos of Israeli war crimes in Palestine, citing “violent content.” The archive, previously known…
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Grandmother, her grandson burn to death in Gaza tent as humanitarian crisis deepens
Deir Al Balah: A grandmother and her 5-year-old grandson burned to death in Gaza when their tent caught fire, as thousands of Palestinians battle harrowing winter conditions in flimsy makeshift housing and…
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NY Mayor Zohran Mamdani revokes order banning boycott of Israel
Taking a major decision after being sworn in as the New York Mayor, Zoharan Mamdani on Thursday, January 1, revoked two executive orders – one that banned agencies from taking part in…
