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Biden says Israel losing support for Gaza war, suggests Netanyahu make change

US President Joe Biden on Tuesday warned that Israel is starting to lose support around the world for its war with Hamas in the Gaza Strip which has so far killed at least 18,000 people, mainly children and women.

Iran: Israeli PM life hinges upon continuation of Gaza war

Iran's Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian has warned about the spillover of the Gaza conflict to the rest of the region, stressing Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu can only survive through continued war and genocide.

EU seeking sanctions on violent Israeli settlers in WB

The European Union’s top diplomat has stressed he will propose sanctions on Jewish settlers who are violent against Palestinians in the Israeli-occupied West Bank.

US veto of UNSC resolution license for Gaza genocide: Iran

Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian has said by blocking the United Nations Security Council's resolution, the US has actually granted Israel a license to continue its genocide in the Gaza Strip.

Gaza destruction worse than In WWII Germany: EU foreign policy chief

The European Union's foreign policy chief Josep Borrell has sounded a serious alarm about the extent of destruction caused across the besieged Gaza Strip as a result of Israel's war on the Palestinian territory.

US support for Israel ‘root cause of Gaza genocide’: Iran parliament speaker

Iran’s Parliament Speaker Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf has stressed the United States’ military, media and diplomatic support for Israel is the driving force and the root cause of the regime’s genocide in Gaza.

Russia says Israel cannot carry out ‘collective punishment’ of Gazans

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has stated it is unacceptable that Israel is using Hamas’s October 7 offensive as justification for a collective punishment of Palestinians in Gaza. He has called for international monitoring of the situation on the ground in the besieged strip.

Iran calls on EU to adopt measures to stop Israel’s attacks against Gaza

Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian urged the European Union to work for a permanent end to Israeli atrocities towards the Palestinian people in the besieged Gaza Strip.

Iran’s Raisi: U.S. primary supporter of killing of women, children in Gaza

Iranian President, Ebrahim Raisi's official social media account on X reacted to America's decision to veto a resolution calling for an immediate ceasefire in the Gaza Strip.

Divisions over Gaza ‘paralyzed’ UNSC: Guterres

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has said he regrets the Security Council’s failure to demand a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip, condemning the divisions that have “paralyzed” the world body.

US has not given any deadline to finish Gaza operation: Israel

Israel’s national security adviser Tzachi Hanegbi says the United States has not set any deadline for Tel Aviv to complete military operations in the Gaza Strip.

US approves emergency sale of tank ammunition to Israel amid Gaza war

US President Joe Biden’s administration has circumvented congressional authority over military aid to Israel by granting emergency approval for selling $106.5 million of tank ammunition needed for Tel Aviv’s escalating war on Gaza.

Pro-Palestinian rallies on rise across US

Cities across the United States have seen hundreds of protests since the outbreak of the Israel-Hamas war, according to a tracker from the Armed Conflict Location & Event Data Project (ACLED).

Iran president says Syria foiled US, Israeli plots

Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi has stated Syria's resistance in the face of the US and Israel thwarted their plots and defeated terrorist-Takfiri groups in the war-torn country.

US, Israel clueless on Gaza conflict: Iran FM

Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian has stated the United States and Israel are clueless about how to either continue the war in the besieged Gaza Strip or negotiate a ceasefire.

Iran says US veto of ceasefire resolution showed Washington’s role in Gaza genocide

Tehran has strongly condemned the US veto of a United Nations Security Council resolution calling for a humanitarian ceasefire in the Gaza Strip, stressing that the move once again showed Washington’s leading role in the genocide of Palestinians in the besieged enclave.

UN chief: Gaza facing humanitarian disaster, ceasefire a necessity

Secretary General of the United Nations António Guterres called for an immediate ceasefire in the besieged Gaza Strip which he says is grappling with a disastrous situation due to Israeli blockade and bombardments.

US vetoes UNSC resolution calling for ceasefire in Gaza Strip

The US has vetoed a United Nations Security Council resolution calling for an immediate "humanitarian ceasefire" in the besieged Gaza Strip which has been under massive Israeli siege and bombardments since early October.

Rockets reportedly fired towards US embassy in Iraq

Rockets have been fired at the US embassy in the Iraqi capital Baghdad, according to unconfirmed reports. The US troops and installations in Iraq and Syria have come under regular attacks since the Israeli onslaught against Gaza, fully supported by Washington.

Kremlin says Putin and Raisi talked for over five hours

A meeting in the Kremlin between Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Iranian counterpart, Ebrahim Raisi, lasted  more than five hours and was over just before midnight Moscow time, the Russian president’s press secretary, Dmitry Peskov, told reporters.

Iran’s Raisi, in meeting with Russian president, urges ‘immediate’ stop to Israeli genocide

Iran's President Ebrahim Raisi emphasized an urgent cessation to the Israeli "genocide and grave violations against humanity" in Gaza during his meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow on Thursday.

Iran welcomes UN chief’s invoking of Article 99 of UNSC Charter

The spokesman for the Iranian Foreign Ministry welcomed Antonio Guterres, the Secretary-General of the United Nations, utilizing his powers under Article 99 of the United Nations Charter to urge the UN Security Council to halt the Israeli regime's attacks in Gaza.

Israel should await “terrible days”: Iran FM

Iran’s Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian has stressed the upcoming days are going to be horrific for the Israeli army in the Gaza Strip.

White House interns pen letter to Biden, calling for Gaza ceasefire

In another sign of growing dissent brewing in Washington over the US administration's steady support for Israel's military campaign in Gaza, more than 40 interns at the White House have signed a letter demanding President Joe Biden call for a permanent ceasefire in the Gaza Strip.

Iranian president leaves for Moscow to talk Palestine, bilateral ties

Iran’s President Ebrahim Raisi left Tehran for the Russian capital Moscow earlier on Thursday at the head of a high-ranking political and economic delegation.

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