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US says Saturday talks with Iran will be ‘direct’

US-Iran negotiations in Oman on Saturday will be "direct", the White House has announced

Nearly 400,000 displaced after Gaza ceasefire collapse: UN

The United Nations has announced that nearly 400,000 Palestinians have been displaced in the Gaza Strip since Israel shattered the recent ceasefire accord, with no arrangements made for civilian safety.

Palestine Red Crescent demands international investigation into Israel killing of Gaza medics

The Palestine Red Crescent Society (PRCS) has called for an independent international probe into the “deliberate killing” of 15 medical and humanitarian workers in an attack by Israel in the Gaza Strip.

Israel lobbying US against F-35 sale to Turkey: MEE

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has been lobbying US Secretary of State Marco Rubio to block the sale of F-35 warplanes to Turkey, citing concerns over Ankara’s growing influence in Syria, three sources, including two senior western officials, told Middle East Eye.

Microsoft workers say they were fired after anniversary protest over Israel contract

Microsoft has fired two employees who interrupted the company’s 50th anniversary celebration to protest its work supplying artificial intelligence technology to the Israeli army, according to a group representing the workers.

Netanyahu says Israel working on new Gaza hostage deal

Speaking to reporters after meeting with US President Donald Trump, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu stated that Israel is working on a new accord for a hostage release and ceasefire agreement in Gaza “that we hope will succeed.”

Trump claims US held direct negotiations with Iran

President Donald Trump has claimed that the United States has begun direct talks with Iran over its nuclear programme.

UK lawyers accuse several Britons who fought for Israeli army in Gaza of war crimes

A dossier against 10 British nationals accused of war crimes while they fought for the Israeli military in the besieged and bombarded Gaza Strip has been filed with London’s Metropolitan Police by a leading human rights lawyer.

Another Palestinian journalist killed in Israeli strike in Gaza, death toll rises to 210

One more Palestinian journalist was killed in an Israeli air raid in the Gaza Strip early Monday, taking the media deaths since October 2023 to 210, local authorities announced.

Israeli army changes initial account of Gaza medics killings

The Israeli military has announced its initial account of the incident where its forces killed 15 Palestinian emergency workers in southern Gaza Strip last month was "mistaken".

Palestinian-US teen killed by Israeli military in West Bank

Israeli soldiers have opened fire on a group of children in the occupied West Bank, killing a 14-year-old Palestinian-American boy and wounding at least two others, according to the Wafa news agency.

Yemen’s Houthis say latest US air raids kill at least four in Sanaa

United States air strikes have killed at least four people in Yemen’s Sanaa, according to the Ministry of Health.

US deploys second THAAD anti-missile defense battery to Israel: Al-Hadath

The United States has deployed the second THAAD anti-missile defense battery to Israel as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is set to meet with President Donald Trump in the White House Monday, Al-Hadath channel reported.

Education ministry says over 17,000 Palestinian children killed in Gaza since start of war

Children are among the most targeted victims of Israeli military raids in the Gaza Strip, with more than 17,000 children killed since October 2023, the Palestinian Education Ministry reported.

Tehran wants indirect talks with Washington, warns regional countries over attacks against it

Tehran is pushing back against Washington's demands that it directly negotiate over its nuclear programme or be bombed, warning neighbours that host U.S. bases that they could be in the firing line if involved, a senior Iranian official told Reuters.

Netanyahu set for talks with Trump over Iran, tariffs

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will travel to Washington, DC, for talks with US President Donald Trump on a range of issues, including tariffs and Iran, the PM office has announced.

British foreign secretary slams Israel for denying two Labour MPs entry

The UK Foreign Secretary has criticised the Israeli authorities for denying entry to two Labour MPs and deporting them.

New video disputes Israeli military’s account of medic killings in Gaza

New footage relating to the killing of 15 Palestinian rescue workers by Israeli forces in the Gaza Strip has emerged, contradicting the Israeli account of the attack on a medical convoy in Rafah last week.

Hamas releases video of Israeli captives pleading with Tel Aviv for release after strike

Al-Qassam Brigades, the military wing of Hamas, has released a video that shows two captives in the Gaza Strip pleading with Israelis to pressure their government and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to act for their release.

100 children killed or injured daily in Gaza: UNRWA

The head of the UN agency for Palestinian refugees has stated that at least 100 children have been killed in Israeli attacks daily in the Gaza Strip since the raids resumed in mid-March.

Pro-Palestinian demonstrators interrupt Microsoft’s anniversary event

A pro-Palestinian protest by Microsoft employees interrupted the company’s 50th anniversary celebration, the latest backlash over the tech industry’s work to supply artificial intelligence technology to Israel amid the war in the Gaza Strip.

Trump posts footage of US military operation in Yemen

US President Donald Trump has shared footage of what he stated was a strike on Houthi personnel in Yemen.

FM: Turkey wants no conflict with Israel in Syria

Turkey's foreign minister has stated that Ankara has no desire to enter into conflict with Israel in Syria as tensions grow.

UN says Israel turned two-thirds of Gaza into no-go zones

Israel has now restricted Palestinians’ access to roughly two-thirds of the Gaza Strip, either by declaring large areas as no-go zones or issuing forced displacement orders, according to the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA).

Iran says UN Security Council Inaction Emboldens Israel’s Violations

The Foreign Ministry of the Islamic Republic of Iran emphasized that the continued inaction of the United Nations Security Council in the face of Israel’s persistent and countless violations of law has been a major factor emboldening this regime to keep flagrantly breaching fundamental principles of international law, human rights, and humanitarian norms.

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