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Iranian security chief: US, Israel use terrorism as a tool to create crises in region

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Secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council Ali Akbar Ahmadian has warned of the US plots to revive terror cells in the region.
Middle East

US think tank: Support for normalisation deals with Israel plummets in Persian Gulf states

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Support for the controversial normalisation agreements with Israel has plummeted among Persian Gulf countries, according to opinion polls commissioned by the Washington Institute, a US-based think tank.
Americas

Poll shows Americans’ trust in US military lowest in two decades, citing poor pull-out from Iraq and Afghanistan

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Public confidence in the US military has been constantly in decline over the past five years and it is now at its lowest level in two decades, a recent opinion poll shows. Gallup has linked the decline to the United States' poorly executed withdrawals from Iraq and Afghanistan.
Middle East

UN to suspend Yemen malnutrition prevention program due to lack of funds

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The World Food Programme (WFP) has announced that the lack of funds, combined with the continuous disruptions in supplies, has left it with no choice but to halt malnutrition prevention activities in war-torn Yemen.
Middle East

Israeli official says road to normalising relations with Saudi Arabia ‘still long’

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Israeli national security adviser Tzachi Hanegbi has stated that the road to normalising ties with Saudi Arabia is “still long” as Israel's cabinet members rule out concessions to Palestinians as part of any deal.
Middle East

China, UAE to hold first joint aerial drills

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The air forces of China and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) will conduct a joint training exercise in China's Autonomous Region of Xinjiang in August, Beijing announced Monday.
Middle East

Israel plans to build $27bn rail expansion, eyes future link to Saudi Arabia

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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu stated on Sunday Israel will build a 100 billion shekel ($27 billion) rail expansion that will connect its outlying areas to Tel Aviv and, in the future, could provide overland links to Saudi Arabia.
Middle East

Iraq’s electric grid hit by fire, blasts amid scorching heat

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A fire at a power station in southern Iraq and several explosions have affected the country’s ailing national electricity grid as temperatures rise. The incidents led to power blackouts in a country that sees them regularly during summer heat.
Europe

Russia does not want military clash with US, but ready for any scenario: Putin

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Russia is ready for any scenario, but does not want a direct military clash with the US, Russian President Vladimir Putin said when asked about the US's provocations in Syria.
Middle East

Israelis keep pressure on PM over judicial overhaul

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Tens of thousands of  Israelis have staged new rallies across occupied territories after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu pushed through a highly-contested law to limit some Supreme Court powers.
Int'l Relations

UN says forced to cut food aid to millions globally over funding crisis

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The United Nations has been forced to cut food, cash payments and assistance to millions of people in several countries — including Afghanistan, Syria, Yemen — because of “a crippling funding crisis” that has seen its donations plummet by about half as acute hunger is hitting record levels, a top official has confirmed.
Middle East

Israeli court orders removal of Palestinian village to build Jewish neighbourhood

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An Israeli court has ordered Palestinian families in the Negev to destroy their homes and leave the area by next March to make way for the expansion of a nearby Israeli town.
Middle East

Deal may be in offing between Saudi Arabia and Israel: Biden

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US President Joe Biden has stated that an agreement may be on the way with Riyadh after talks that his national security adviser had with Saudi officials in Jeddah aimed at reaching a normalization in relations between Saudi Arabia and Israel.
Americas

US lawmakers, rights groups urge Biden to withhold military aid to Egypt

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A group of US senators and rights activists has urged the Biden administration to withhold a larger portion of US military aid to Egypt, saying the North African country’s human rights record “has continued to deteriorate” over the past year under President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi.
Middle East

Daesh claims responsibility for attack on shrine near Syria’s Damascus

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The Daesh terror group has claimed responsibility for an attack on the Sayeda Zeinab shrine south of the Syrian capital, Damascus, that killed several people and wounded others.
Middle East

8 killed in fire, blast at textile warehouses in Iraq’s Karbala

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As many as eight people have been killed after a fire broke out triggering the explosion of fuel tanks at textile warehouses on a street leading to the holy shrine of Imam Hussain (AS) in the Iraqi city of Karbala.
Middle East

Israeli soldiers kill 14-year-old Palestinian boy in West Bank

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A 14-year-old Palestinian boy was killed by Israeli forces in the occupied West Bank city Qalqilya on Thursday morning.
Middle East

Rights groups say Saudi Arabia arrested 5 relatives of US citizen over failed lawsuit

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Saudi Arabia has detained five relatives of an American citizen, rights groups say, arguing that the detentions were made in retaliation for his family's failed lawsuit against the Saudi government in the United States.
Middle East

Israeli forces fatally shoot Palestinian youth in WB

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Israeli troops have shot dead a young Palestinian man in the northern occupied West Bank city of Nablus. It comes only a day after they fatally shot three youths in the area.
Media Wire

Saudi Arabia spent $6bn on ‘sportswashing’: Report

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Saudi Arabia has spent at least $6.3bn (£4.9bn) in sports deals since early 2021, more than quadruple the previous amount spent over a six-year period. Critics have labelled this an effort by Riyadh to distract attention from its human rights record, according to an exclusive report by the Guardian.
Foreign Policy

Iran’s UN envoy announces Tehran’s commitment to supporting Syria’s anti-terror fight

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Iran’s permanent ambassador to the United Nations Amir Saeid Iravani has reiterated Tehran's commitment to supporting Syria in its fight against threats posed by terror groups, and preserving its territorial integrity and sovereignty.
Middle East

Egyptians struggle with soaring temperatures amid ongoing energy crisis

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People across Egypt have been left frustrated while struggling to complete daily tasks in the heat because of constant power cuts. The outages, which are primarily affecting villages in Upper Egypt, as well as the Delta region and the capital Cairo, come amidst soaring temperatures of 40C to 50C this year.
Middle East

Israeli soldiers kill 3 Palestinians in West Bank

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Three Palestinians have been shot dead by the Israeli military in northern West Bank, the latest deaths in a surge of violence in the occupied territory since early last year.
Middle East

Hezbollah leader says Israel on path toward collapse, citing judicial plans

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Secretary General of Lebanon's Hezbollah movement Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah has stated that the Israeli far-right cabinet's insistence on pushing ahead with its controversial judicial overhaul plan has put the regime on the path to collapse.
Middle East

Israeli parliament votes on PM’s supreme court changes

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The Israeli parliament, or Knesset, has voted into law a controversial curb on some supreme court powers submitted by Benjamin Netanyahu’s government. The final vote on the bill passed 64-0, after the opposition boycotted it in protest.
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