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Yemen’s Red Sea operations strike heavy blow to UK retailers: Report

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UK retailers and exporters have been dealt a heavy blow by Yemen’s strikes in support of Gaza, which is enduring a genocidal war by Israel, according to a report.
Middle East

Biden aide says US, Israel, Egypt and Qatar agreed on ‘basic contours’ of captive deal

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The United States, Egypt, Qatar and Israel have come to an understanding of "basic contours" of a hostage agreement for a temporary ceasefire in Gaza, US National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan has stated.
Middle East

Netanyahu says Israel’s total victory in Gaza ‘weeks away’

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has claimed that Tel Aviv will soon achieve “total victory in its war against Hamas" once it begins a major ground offensive planned at the southern end of the Gaza Strip.
Middle East

Rights group: Israel turns ‘safe’ corridor into trap to kill displaced Gazans

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Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor has announced that Israel has turned a supposedly safe corridor through which the people of Gaza can travel south into a trap to kill displaced Palestinians.
Foreign Policy

US-UK joint strikes on Yemen to intensify regional insecurity and instability: Iran

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Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Nasser Kanaani strongly condemned the fresh round of air attacks by the US and the UK against Yemen. He stressed that the joint move will only escalate insecurity and instability in the region without any achievement for Washington and London.
Europe

Ukrainian officials detail EU promises of financial aid and ammunition as war enters third year

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Ukrainian officials say they have received reassurances from European leaders that new aid would be forthcoming, amid concerns in Kiev about wavering Western support in its war against Russia.
Europe

EU slams new Israeli settlement plans in West Bank as ‘Inflammatory, dangerous’

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European Union foreign policy chief Josep Borrell has raised concern over Israel's announced plans to construct 3,300 new housing units in illegal settlements across the occupied West Bank.
Middle East

Israel waging war instead of US: Palestinian presidency

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Israel is waging a war against Palestine instead of the United States, Palestinian presidential spokesperson Nabil Abu Rudeineh has stated.
Middle East

Israeli police use water cannon at anti-Netanyahu protest

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The Israeli police have scuffled with thousands of demonstrators demanding the resignation of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his cabinet amid the war in the Gaza Strip.
Middle East

Hamas warns of further escalation if Israel restricts Al-Aqsa Mosque entry during Ramadan

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The Palestinian resistance movement Hamas has warned of new escalations if Israel goes ahead with a plan to restrict Muslims praying in the Al-Aqsa Mosque during the holy month of Ramadan.
Middle East

US, UK say hit several Houthi sites in Yemen amid Red Sea tensions

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The United States and the United Kingdom have bombed more than a dozen Houthi sites in Yemen, officials said, as the Yemeni group stepped up its attacks on ships in the Red Sea in protest against Israel’s war on the Gaza Strip.
Foreign Policy

Iran Leader blasts Western hypocrisy on Israeli war against Gaza

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Iran’s Islamic Revolution Leader Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei has hit out at Western hypocrisy on the Israeli war against Gaza, saying it has now become evident that the West’s claims on human rights are lies.
Americas

New Israeli settlements in Palestinian territories ‘inconsistent’ with international law: US

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The United States, Israel’s staunch supporter, has announced that new Israeli settlements in the occupied Palestinian territories are illegal, effectively reversing a policy by the administration of former President Donald Trump.
Middle East

3 more Hezbollah members killed in clashes with Israel, death toll tops 210

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The Lebanese Hezbollah group has announced that three more members of the movement were killed in border clashes with the Israeli Army.
Middle East

US admits use of force against Yemen’s Houthis not working: Report

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US officials are increasingly questioning the effectiveness of military methods in combating the Houthi fighters in Yemen, who continue their military operation in the Red Sea in response to the ongoing Israeli-Hamas conflict, CNN reported, citing US officials in the know.
Int'l Relations

UN experts urge countries to immediately halt weapons exports to Israel amid Gaza war

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A group of the UN experts has stressed that any arms exports to Israel that would be used in the Gaza Strip are likely a violation of international law and should stop immediately.
Europe

German lawyers sue senior politicians, including Chancellor and FM, over complicity in Gaza ‘genocide’

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A group of lawyers filed a criminal complaint with the German federal prosecutor against senior German politicians, including Chancellor Olaf Scholz, accusing them of “aiding and abetting” the genocide they say is being committed by Israel in the Gaza Strip.
Europe

Former ‘Daesh bride’ loses appeal against removal of British citizenship

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Lawyers for Shamima Begum vowed to “keep fighting” to bring her home after they failed in a fresh push to overturn a decision to remove her British citizenship following the court of appeal’s rule against her.
Middle East

Israeli post-war Gaza plan ‘destined to fail’: Palestinian Authority

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The Palestinian Authority has sharply criticised a “day after” plan for the Gaza Strip presented by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, calling it “destined to fail”.
Middle East

World Bank cautions Gaza economy plummeted by over 80% due to Israeli strikes

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Gaza's economy shrank by more than 80% in the fourth quarter of last year due to Israeli onslaught against the besieged enclave, according to the World Bank.
Middle East

Israeli police say 1 killed, several injured in checkpoint shooting near Jerusalem

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At least one person was killed and eight others were wounded when three gunmen opened fire at motorists close to an Israeli checkpoint near occupied East Jerusalem, Israeli police have confirmed.
Middle East

‘Absolute victory’ in Gaza Strip not possible for Israel: Survey

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A majority of Israelis participating in an opinion poll believe that it is not possible for Tel Aviv to achieve an "absolute victory" in the besieged Gaza Strip, where the regime has been waging a war since early October.
Foreign Policy

Iran’s Leader criticizes Islamic states for failing to cut ties with Zionists

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Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei has slammed Muslim heads of state for failing to cut their relations with the Israeli regime.
Middle East

Israeli forces stealing weapons under guise of war: Report

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An Israeli broadcaster has reported that there has been a disturbing increase in Israeli soldiers stealing arms and military equipment that could find their way into the hands of West Bank-based armed groups.
Middle East

WHO chief says humanitarian situation in Gaza is ‘inhumane’, calls it ‘death zone’

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The humanitarian condition in the Gaza Strip is inhumane, the head of the World Health Organization has stated, calling the Palestinian territory a “death zone".
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