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Over 60 percent of Europeans support suspending free trade with Israel: Poll

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61 percent of people in Europe believe the European Union should suspend free trade with Israel enabled by the EU-Israel Association Agreement and uphold human rights, a survey released by corporate watchdog Eko showed.
Int'l Relations

Iran says unconditional withdrawal of US forces necessary for Syria’s peace

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Iran's Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the United Nations Amir Saeid Iravani has stated the full and unconditional exit of US troops from Syria is necessary for the Arab nation’s stability and security, arguing that Washington continues to support terrorist groups instead of fighting terrorism.
Americas

Pentagon chief urges diplomacy to avoid Israel-Hezbollah war

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United States Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has stressed that a diplomatic solution is needed to avoid a costly war between Israel and the Lebanese armed group Hezbollah.
Americas

US sanctions dozens of people, entities claimed to be linked to Iran military

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The United States has imposed a raft of new sanctions on nearly 50 entities, companies, and people that it claims have been helping the Iranian military transfer billions of dollars between various states.
Europe

EU says to send €1.4bn in Russian money to Ukraine amid war

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The European Union approved the transfer of €1.4 billion ($1.5 billion) in profits from Russia’s frozen assets as military assistance to Ukraine, the bloc’s foreign affairs chief Josep Borrell has announced.
Middle East

Gazans forced to rely on contaminated seawater for daily needs: UN

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Thousands of families in the Gaza Strip are forced to rely on contaminated seawater for their daily needs as Israel continues to block most of the humanitarian aid into the war-torn Palestinian enclave, leaving the population hungry and thirsty, the United Nations has warned.
Europe

Russia expects to sign new co-operation pact with Iran in ‘very near future’

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Moscow expects to sign a new agreement on comprehensive cooperation with Tehran "in the very near future", Deputy Russian Foreign Minister Andrei Rudenko told Russia's RIA state news agency in an interview.
Middle East

Lebanese officials visit Beirut airport after Israel’s claims of storing arms

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A group of senior Lebanese officials, alongside more than a dozen foreign diplomats, visited the Rafik Hariri International Airport in Beirut, after The Telegraph daily published an article alleging that Iranian weapons were being stored there.
Middle East

US urges Israel to avoid Lebanon ‘escalation’

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US Secretary of State Antony Blinken called on Tel Aviv to avoid further escalation in Lebanon during a meeting with Israel’s Defense Minister Gallant as they discussed efforts to reach a deal to free captives in the Gaza Strip.
Middle East

Nearly half a million Gazans facing catastrophic levels of food insecurity: UN report

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At least 20 percent of Gaza’s population - that's nearly 500,000 people - are now facing “catastrophic levels of acute food insecurity”, according to a draft report from the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC), which is the United Nations hunger monitoring system.
Middle East

Family members of Hamas leader, including sister, killed in Israeli raid in Gaza

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Family members of Ismail Haniyeh, political head of the Hamas group, including his sister, were killed in an Israeli strike on their home in the western Gaza City on Tuesday.
Middle East

Hamas: Netanyahu seeking to ‘stall for time, to continue genocide’

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Izzat al-Rishq, a member of Hamas’s political bureau, has responded to the statement by Israel’s prime minister suggesting “a partial” truce to get some captives back. He says that Benjamin Netanyahu’s ceasefire stance is to avoid reaching a deal, to stall for time, and to continue "the war of genocide" in the Gaza Strip.
Middle East

Netanyahu walks back from comments that seemingly dismissed US-backed ceasefire proposal in Gaza

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has walked back from his comments where he appeared to dismiss the latest Tel Aviv ceasefire proposal backed by the United States in the Gaza Strip.
Middle East

At least 42 Israeli hostages  believed to be dead: IDF

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The Israeli military has confirmed the death of a soldier held hostage by Palestinian fighters in the Gaza Strip for nearly nine months since Hamas’s October 7 attack. It brings the number of captives believed to be dead to 42.
Middle East

Thousands of Palestinian children missing in Gaza: Report

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Up to 21,000 Palestinian children are estimated to be missing in the Gaza Strip, Save the Children has reported.
Middle East

Over half a million Israelis left occupied territories during 6 months of Gaza war: Report

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More than half a million Israelis left the occupied territories and did not return during the first six months of the Israeli war on Gaza, according to the Population and Immigration Authority.
Middle East

Netanyahu says Gaza war will continue even if truce deal agreed with Hamas

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has indicated that he is open to a “partial” agreement that would facilitate the return of some hostages still held in the Gaza Strip, even if not all. But, the premier stressed that he would not agree to any deal that stipulates an end to Tel Aviv’s war on Gaza.
Religion

Saudi Arabia says over 1,300 Hajj pilgrims died in extreme heat

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Riyadh has confirmed that more than 1,300 people died during the Hajj pilgrimage which took place during intense heat, and that most of the deceased did not have official permits.
Foreign Policy

Iran, Bahrain agree to initiate rapprochement talks

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Iran and Bahrain have agreed to start negotiations to explore ways of resuming bilateral diplomatic ties.
Middle East

Euro-Med says Israel uses starvation as weapon in Gaza

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An international human rights organization has announced Israel has rendered over 75 percent of farmlands in the Gaza Strip unusable either by isolating them to annex those lands to its so-called buffer zone, or by bulldozing them.
Middle East

Israel targeted nearly 70% of schools sheltering displaced people in Gaza: UN

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The United Nations Agency for Palestinian Refugees (UNRWA) has announced that the Israeli army bombed 69% of schools housing displaced people inside the Gaza Strip.
Middle East

Israel claims US arms delay will be resolved ‘soon’

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has stated that the issue of delayed US weapons shipments to Tel Aviv will be resolved "soon".
Americas

Biden admin. fears Netanyahu’s visit: Report

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The White House is reportedly getting increasingly concerned that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu could use his upcoming speech at the US Congress to publicly criticize US President Joe Biden and his administration’s response to Israel’s war in the Gaza Strip.
Middle East

Hezbollah releases footage of vital Israeli targets

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Hezbollah has released a video showing an array of sensitive sites across the Israeli-occupied territories as Tel Aviv provokes war with the Lebanese group.
Middle East

Egypt revokes licenses for several tourist agencies following Hajj deaths

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Egypt has revoked the licenses of 16 tourist agencies due to "fraud" following the deaths of over 1,000 people at the Hajj pilgrimage in Mecca, Saudi Arabia. Prosecution may follow.
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