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Wildfires rage near Jerusalem, forcing evacuations and road closures

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Wildfires raging near Jerusalem forced evacuations in several areas and led to several major road closures on Wednesday. Firefighters struggle to contain the flames amid dry conditions and high winds.
Europe

Muslim groups urge UK PM to recognise Palestine, cease arms exports to Israel

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Hundreds of prominent Muslim organisations and individuals have signed a letter, urging UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer to recognise a Palestinian state and cease all military support to Israel.
Middle East

US jet rolls off aircraft carrier as ship reportedly swerves Houthi fire: Report

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US sailors had to leap for their lives when a warplane fell off a navy aircraft carrier that was reportedly making evasive maneuvers to avoid Houthi militant fire in the Red Sea.
Middle East

Gaza siege silent killer of children, elderly: UN

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Juliette Touma, communications director for the UN Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA), has stated that "the siege on the Gaza Strip is the silent killer of children, of older people."
Middle East

Israel abusing detained staff, using some as human shields: UNRWA

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The United Nations agency for Palestinian refugees, UNRWA, says Israel is abusing dozens of its staff in military detention and using some as human shields.
Middle East

Syria’s FM meets US officials in New York: Reuters

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Syrian Foreign Minister Asaad al-Shibani met with senior U.S. State Department officials on Tuesday in New York, two sources familiar with the matter told Reuters, as Damascus seeks a clear roadmap from Washington on how to secure permanent sanctions relief.
Middle East

Several killed in sectarian clashes near Syria’s Damascus

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More than a dozen people were killed in a predominantly Druze town near the Syrian capital on Tuesday in clashes sparked by a purported recording of a Druze man cursing the Prophet Mohammad (PBUH) which angered Sunni gunmen, rescuers and security sources have confirmed.
Middle East

Over 65k Gaza children hospitalized for severe malnutrition: Report

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The Gaza Government Media Office says Israel is exacerbating Palestinian children's suffering through its ongoing genocide and blockade, which has led to widespread acute malnutrition affecting more than 65,000 hospitalized children out of 1.1 million facing daily hunger.
Middle East

Saudi Arabia reviewing Neom projects over ‘limited resources’: FT

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The CEO of Saudi Arabia’s futuristic city Neom has launched a “comprehensive review” of Riyadh's mega-project, signifying more belt-tightening to come with falling energy prices.
Middle East

Euro-Med: over 90% of those killed in Gaza are civilians

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An international human rights organization has dismissed Israel’s claim that its army is fighting Hamas fighters in Gaza. The Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor has announced that at least 94 percent of the victims of Tel Aviv’s fatal attacks are civilians.
Middle East

Israel perpetrating ‘live-streamed genocide’ in Gaza: Amnesty

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Israel is carrying out a “live-streamed genocide” in the Gaza Strip, committing illegal acts with the “specific intent” of wiping out Palestinians, Amnesty International has announced.
Middle East

Lebanese gov’t must do more to end Israeli strikes: Hezbollah chief

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Hezbollah Secretary-General Naim Qassem has urged Lebanon’s government to work harder to end Israel’s daily attacks in the country, a day after an Israeli air raid targeted the southern suburbs of the capital Beirut, for the third time since a ceasefire was agreed late last November.
Middle East

65% of Gaza war victims women, children, elderly: Report

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At least 65% of Palestinians killed in Israel’s ongoing military onslaught on Gaza are women, children, and the elderly, according to the Gaza local authorities.
Europe

Worldwide military spending hit record $2.7 trillion last year, sharpest rise since Cold War

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Global military expenditure saw its steepest rise in 2024 since the end of the Cold War, reaching $2.7 trillion as wars and rising tensions drove up spending, researchers announced Monday.
Middle East

At least 8 killed in latest US air attacks on Yemen

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United States military strikes on Yemen’s capital, Sanaa, have killed at least eight people and wounded several others, Houthi-affiliated media reported, as Washington acknowledged carrying out more than 800 attacks on targets in Yemen since mid-March, bringing the total of those killed to more than 220 people.
Middle East

Qatari PM says Gaza ceasefire negotiations make progress

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Qatar's prime minister has stated that efforts to reach a new ceasefire agreement in the Gaza Strip have made some progress but an accord between Israel and Hamas to end the war remains elusive.
Middle East

Hunger deepens in besieged Gaza as food supplies run out: UNRWA

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Food stocks have run out in the war-torn Gaza Strip, deepening hunger in the besieged enclave amid Israel’s destructive war, the United Nations agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) said on Sunday.
Middle East

DeepMind UK staff seeking to challenge deals with Israel links: FT

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Google DeepMind staff in Britain plan to unionise to challenge the company's decision to sell its artificial intelligence (AI) technologies to defence groups with ties to Tel Aviv, the Financial Times has reported.
Middle East

Hamas deplores US decision to scrap UNRWA immunity

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The Palestinian group Hamas has condemned a recent US decision to lift the immunity of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA), asserting that the move exposes Washington’s “blind bias” against Palestinians.
Middle East

Palestinian President appoints close aide as PLO deputy

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Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has appointed a close aide as vice president, the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) has announced.
Middle East

WFP says its food stocks in Gaza completely ‘depleted’ amid Israeli blockade

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The United Nations’s World Food Programme (WFP) announced its food stocks in the Gaza Strip are completely depleted, as Israel’s aid blockade continues for an eighth week.
Middle East

Gaza government warns of imminent mass deaths from famine due to Israel’s siege

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Gaza's government has issued a dire warning Friday that Palestinians in the besieged enclave are "on the brink of mass death" from widespread famine due to Israel’s nearly two-month aid blockade and the total collapse of essential services.
Middle East

Weeks into Israel’s aid blockade, Gaza faces deepening hunger: UNRWA

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The United Nations agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) has announced that nearly 55 days of Israel blocking humanitarian aid from entering the Gaza Strip has deepened the hunger among people in the war-devastated Palestinian enclave.
Middle East

Yemen’s Houthi fighters shot down $200mN worth of US drones in recent weeks

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The Houthi group has shot down seven US Reaper drones worth more than $200m in recent weeks, marking the most significant material loss yet in Washington’s campaign against the Yemeni fighters.
Americas

US plans to offer Saudi Arabia $100bn weapons deal: Reuters

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Washington is poised to offer Riyadh an arms package worth more than $100bn, the Reuters news agency has reported, citing six sources familiar with the matter.
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