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Biden showing ‘double standard’ on human rights amid Gaza war: HRW

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US President Joe Biden has demonstrated “a double standard” on human rights, providing “arms without restriction” to Israel despite its war crimes in the Gaza Strip while condemning Russia for “similar violations” in Ukraine, according to a new Human Rights Watch (HRW) report.
Middle East

Israel’s PM says cabinet will not meet to approve Gaza ceasefire agreement

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Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has stated his cabinet will not meet as scheduled to approve the Gaza ceasefire deal, blaming Hamas for causing a “last-minute crisis”.
Middle East

EU announces €120 million humanitarian aid package for Gaza

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The European Union has announced a new €120 million (approximately $123.4 million) humanitarian package for Palestinian people in the besieged Gaza Strip.
Middle East

Israeli attacks kill dozens in Gaza after ceasefire deal announced

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Israel's military has killed at least 82 people in Gaza, medical sources told Al Jazeera, including at least 30 people in Gaza City in the hours since Hamas and Israel announced they had reached a ceasefire agreement.
Middle East

Iran Leader praises Gaza ceasefire as ‘victory for Palestinian patience, resistance’

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Following the announcement of a ceasefire in Gaza, the official social media accounts of KHAMENEI.IR shared a message from the Leader of Iran, Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei, in multiple languages on Thursday.
Middle East

Hamas says Gaza ceasefire deal result of steadfastness, resistance over 15 months

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Hamas has hailed announcement of a ceasefire in Israel's war against the Gaza Strip, calling the agreement the result of steadfastness and resistance in the besieged enclave for over 15 months.
Security

IRGC hails Gaza ceasefire as victory for Palestinian resistance

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Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) has issued a statement welcoming the ceasefire in Gaza, following 16 months of intense conflict.
Middle East

Turkey offers military assistance to Syria for counterterrorism

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Turkey has offered military aid and capacity-building support to the new Damascys military to combat “terrorist groups”, during a visit by a high-level Syrian delegation led by the new Syrian foreign minister to Ankara on Wednesday.
Middle East

Hamas thanks Iran, Resistance Front following announcement of Gaza ceasefire

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The Palestinian movement Hamas has praised the Palestinians in the Gaza Strip’s triumphing against Israel during the latter’s 15-month-long war of genocide against the besieged enclave. The group thanked Iran, Hezbollah, the Houthis and the Iraqi Resistance for their supports.
Middle East

Gaza ceasefire deal reached after 15 months of war

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Israel and Palestinian movement Hamas have agreed to a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip, potentially bringing an end to the regime's devastating war in the besieged enclave.
Europe

EU officials say Trump ‘not invested’ in Ukraine

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US President-elect Donald Trump does not consider the Ukraine war a key priority for America’s national interests, according to Bloomberg, which cited several anonymous EU officials.
Middle East

ICC prosecutor pushes for rejection of appeal on arrest warrant for Israeli officials

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The chief ICC prosecutor has encouraged the rejection of Israel's objections to the arrest warrant issued for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his former war minister Yoav Gallant.
Middle East

Six killed in Israeli drone attack on West Bank’s refugee camp

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The Palestinian news agency Wafa said an Israeli drone fired three missiles at a group of people near a traffic roundabout in the camp...
Asia

South Korea’s president detained after hours-long standoff at residence

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South Korea’s impeached president, Yoon Suk Yeol, has been arrested and is being questioned over his declaration of martial law last month, anti-corruption investigators announced on Wednesday, bringing to an end an early-morning standoff outside his official residence in Seoul.
Middle East

Hamas has replaced almost all killed fighters with new recruits: US

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Hamas has been able to recruit almost as many new fighters as Israel killed during its onslaught on the Gaza Strip, US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken stated in a farewell speech where he confirmed that mediators were "on the brink" of a ceasefire.
Middle East

PM-designate promises to ‘rescue, reform and rebuild’ Lebanon

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Lebanon’s Prime Minister-designate has pledged to “rescue, reform and rebuild” the crisis-hit country. Nawaf Salam has also extended an olive branch to Hezbollah, which did not back his nomination.
Europe

Equipping Ukrainian soldiers takes priority over lowering draft age: Zelensky

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Ukraine's immediate focus is on adequately equipping its military, rather than further reducing the draft age, the country's President Volodymyr Zelensky has stated.
Middle East

Israel faces ‘generational’ challenge with future American policymakers: Outgoing US envoy

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Tel Aviv faces a “generational” problem as future US policymakers will be shaped by the destruction of the war in the Gaza Strip, the American outgoing ambassador to Israel has stated.
Europe

Russia claims Ukrainian chemical attack against defense plant foiled

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Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) has claimed it has thwarted a Ukrainian terrorist plot targeting the staff of a Russian defense industry enterprise in the city of Yaroslavl.
Europe

Lavrov: Iran-Russia comprehensive agreement not directed against any country

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Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov emphasized that the Comprehensive Strategic Agreement between Russia and Iran, scheduled for signing on January 17, by Presidents Vladimir Putin and Masoud Pezeshkian, is not targeted at any third country.
Europe

Approval of US leadership among NATO member states declines: Poll

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Approval of US leadership across NATO member states was lower in 2024 than during the first three years of President Joe Biden’s term in office, according to a Gallup poll.
Americas

Trump says wants to meet Putin ‘very quickly’ after inauguration

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US President-elect Donald Trump has stated that he plans to meet Russian President Vladimir Putin "very quickly", adding that the Russian leader "wants to meet" as well.
Europe

Putin failed to meet any of his strategic goals in Ukraine: Biden

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Russian President Vladimir Putin has failed to meet any of his strategic objectives in the war in Ukraine, outgoing US President Joe Biden has stated.
Middle East

Ministry of Energy says Saudi Arabia seeking to enrich and sell uranium

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Riyadh plans to begin enriching and selling uranium, according to the Ministry of Energy of Saudi Arabia.
Middle East

De-facto leader says new Syria will be defined by forgiveness and amnesty

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De-facto Syrian leader Ahmed al-Sharaa has stated that the country’s future will be defined by forgiveness and amnesty, demanding people to move away from a mindset of vengefulness and revolutionary agitation.
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