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Putin says Russia will continue to boost Iran ties

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Russian President Vladimir Putin has expressed deep sorrow over the martyrdom of his Iranian counterpart Ebrahim Raisi, calling it “a great loss”. He stated Tehran and Moscow will continue down the path of the late Iranian president to further boost ties and mutual cooperation.
Foreign Policy

Egyptian foreign minister due in Tehran Wednesday

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Egypt’s Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry has left Cairo for the Iranian capital Tehran to participate in the memorial ceremony of late President Ebrahim Raisi and his companions, according to the Arab country’s foreign ministry.
Americas

Republican bill aims to give Americans serving in Israeli military same benefits as US soldiers

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Two Republican congressmen introduced a bill that would provide the same employment and economic protections to Americans serving in the Israeli military as US citizens who get deployed to serve in the US military.
Middle East

UN says halted food shipments to Gaza’s Rafah as supplies run out

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The United Nations (UN) warns it has run out of food supplies in Rafah, the city in the southern part of the Gaza Strip at the center of a possible new Israeli military push.
Europe

EU’s Borrell says member states have to nab Netanyahu if ICC issues arrest warrent

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EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell has stated that if the International Criminal Court issues arrest warrants for top Israeli officials over their alleged war crimes in Gaza, all EU member states will be legally forced to oblige.
Middle East

Spokesman: Yemen’s Houthis shoot down US MQ-9 Reaper drone

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The military spokesperson for the Houthi movement says the Yemeni fhighters have shot down an American MQ-9 Reaper drone while it was conducting hostile activities in the airspace over the central province of Bayda.
Middle East

Israeli soldiers kill Palestinian students, teacher, doctor in West Bank raid

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Israeli soldiers killed Palestinian students, a teacher and a doctor, and wounded others, including a journalist, during an assault on Jenin in the occupied West Bank on Tuesday.
Middle East

More than 900k displaced in Gaza over past two weeks

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Over 900,000 people, approximately 40% of Gaza's population, have been displaced in the past two weeks as Israeli bombardment continues across much of the blockaded enclave, United Nations spokesperson Stephane Dujarric has stated.
Middle East

Syrian first lady diagnosed with leukemia

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Syria's first lady, Asma al-Assad, has been diagnosed with leukemia, the Syrian presidency announced on Tuesday, almost five years after announcing she had fully recovered from breast cancer.
Middle East

Hezbollah chief condoles with Iran Leader over President Raisi martyrdom

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The Secretary-General of Lebanon’s Hezbollah resistance movement has condoled with Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei over the martyrdom of Iran’s President Ebrahim Raisi and his companions in a copter crash.
Americas

Biden’s approval over Gaza war gets lowest mark yet in new poll

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The approval rating for US President Joe Biden’s handling of the Israeli war on the Gaza Strip has dropped to its lowest point in a new survey, as the fighting continues in the besieged enclave.
Americas

US offers condolences to Iran over President Raisi’s demise

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The United States has expressed condolences over the death of President Ebrahim Raisi and his accompanying delegation in a helicopter crash in a mountainous area of Iran's northwest.
Asia

North Korea’s leader sends condolence message to Iran over death of President Raisi

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North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has sent a condolence message to Tehran over the demise of Iran's President Ebrahim Raisi in a helicopter crash, state media KCNA reported.
Americas

US lashes out after Israeli officials targeted with arrest warrants

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US President Joe Biden and Secretary of State Antony Blinken went on the offensive Monday after the International Criminal Court (ICC) filed arrest warrants against two top Israeli leaders over the war in the Gaza Strip which has so far killed more than 35,500 Palestinians.
Middle East

Iraq’s Shia leader, Pope Francis send condolences on death of Iran’s president

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Iraqi Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, one of the most senior leaders in Shia Islam, and Pope Francis have offered their condolences over the deaths of Iran's President Ebrahim Raisi, Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian, and all who died in a helicopter crash.
Middle East

Hamas denounces ICC request for arrest warrants against three of group’s leaders

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Palestinian group Hamas has censured a decision by the International Criminal Court, seeking arrest warrants for three of its leaders over the October 7 attacks on southern Israel.
Americas

US claims there is no genocide in Gaza

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US President Joe Biden has dismissed arguments that Israel’s military operation in the Gaza Strip can be described as genocide, reiterating Washington’s support for Tel Aviv as he hosted an event for Jewish American Heritage month at the White House.
Americas

Latin American leaders offer condolences over tragic death of Iran’s president

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Leaders across Latin America have expressed condolences over the death of Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi in a helicopter crash.
Europe

Russia says ready to assist Iran in late president copter crash investigation

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Russian Security Council Secretary Sergei Shoigu has stated Moscow is ready to provide assistance to Iran’s investigation into the cause of the helicopter crash that killed Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi.
Middle East

Turkey extends condolences to Iran over death of Raisi

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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has expressed his condolences to the people of Iran over the death of President Ebrahim Raisi, stressing that Ankara will stand by Tehran “in these difficult and sad times".
Middle East

ICC seeking arrest warrants against Netanyahu and Sinwar

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The International Criminal Court is seeking arrest warrants for Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on charges of "war crimes" and "crimes against humanity" over the October 7 attacks on Israel and the subsequent Israeli war in the Gaza Strip, the court’s prosecutor Karim Khan told CNN’s Christiane Amanpour in an exclusive interview on Monday.
Middle East

Regional leaders express sympathy with Iran over death of President Raisi

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Leaders across the Middle East have extended their condolences over death of Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian and other officials, in a helicopter crash in Iran's East Azerbaijan Province on Sunday.
Middle East

Hamas, Houthis mourn death of Iran’s president

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Iran-backed groups in Palestine and Yemen, Hamas and the Houthis, have sent condolences to Tehran over the death of Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi in a helicopter crash.
Middle East

Lebanon declares 3 days of mourning, Hezbollah condoles Raisi’s death in copter crash

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Beirut announces three days of mourning over the death of Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Mikati has stated.
Middle East

Biden says Gaza war is ‘a humanitarian crisis’, calls for ‘immediate ceasefire’

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US President Joe Biden has urged an "immediate ceasefire" in Gaza while delivering the commencement address at Morehouse College, a historically Black, male-only institution in Atlanta. The US remains Israel's number one supporter worldwide in its months-long slaughter against Gaza which has killed around 35,500 Palestinians so far.
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