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Israeli gunfire kills woman in Lebanon border town

Israeli soldiers have killed a woman in a southern Lebanese border town as residents tried to return home ahead of the ceasefire deadline between Tel Aviv and Hezbollah.

Israel receives shipment of heavy bombs amid regional tensions

Tel Aviv has received a shipment of heavy MK-84 bombs from Washington, after US President Donald Trump lifted a block imposed on the export of the munitions by the administration of his predecessor Joe Biden, the Israeli Defence Ministry announced on Sunday.

Israeli shelling kills 2 Palestinian police officers in Gaza despite ceasefire

Two Palestinian police officers were killed and a third was seriously injured on Sunday by Israeli shelling in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip despite a ceasefire accord, according to official Palestinian sources.

Putin-Trump summit expected in February: Bloomberg

US President Donald Trump and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin could meet in Saudi Arabia by the end of this month, Bloomberg has reported, citing anonymous officials.

NATO chief urges Europe to ‘stop complaining’

NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte has called on European members of the bloc to stop complaining about getting sidelined in peace talks and discussions on Ukraine’s future, and to take action instead.

More than two dozen detained after attack on UN peacekeepers in Lebanon

Lebanese authorities arrested more than 25 people on Saturday following an attack on a United Nations convoy that wounded two peacekeepers the day before, the interior minister announced in a statement.

US team heading to Saudi Arabia for talks with Russia: Politico

Senior US officials are heading to Saudi Arabia for talks with Russian representatives, Politico has reported, citing a Republican lawmaker and two US officials familiar with the meeting.

Palestinians burn shirts after release from Israeli jails

Israel's decision to force released Palestinian prisoners to wear shirts featuring a Star of David logo and the phrase 'we will not forget or forgive' in Arabic has sparked outrage and been slammed as a 'racist crime.'

US says no place for EU in Russia-Ukraine talks

The European Union may not be at the table when the US holds negotiations with Russia over Ukraine, US Special Envoy Keith Kellogg said on Saturday at the Munich Security Conference. However, Kiev will undoubtedly be present, he added.

Israel still destroying Gaza homes despite ceasefire: Al-Jazeera

Israel has demolished dozens of homes in Rafah, southern Gaza, despite the ceasefire between Tel Aviv and Hamas, satellite imagery analysis conducted by Al Jazeera’s fact-checking agency, Sanad, shows.

Israel frees hundreds of Palestinians after captives in Gaza released by Hamas

Hamas has released three more Israeli captives in the Gaza Strip in the sixth such exchange following days of tense negotiations that threatened to undo the precarious ceasefire.

UN chief condemns attack on peacekeeping mission in Lebanon

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has strongly condemned the Friday attack on a UN Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) convoy near the Rafik Hariri International Airport in Beirut, which wounded some peacekeepers.

Ukraine needs 1.5 million soldiers in absence of NATO membership: Zelensky

If Ukraine does not join NATO as part of a peace accord, it will need Western support to maintain an army of 1.5 million soldiers as deterrence against a future Russian onslaught, President Volodymyr Zelensky has told reporters at the Munich Security Conference.

American soldiers in Europe won’t stay ‘forever’: US defense chief

Europeans cannot assume that America's military presence on the continent will last forever, US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has stressed during bombshell remarks in Warsaw.

Iraqi Kurdistan president: We will not allow Iran’s security to be threatened

The president of the Iraqi Kurdistan Region says security measures and border monitoring should be stepped up to prevent any activities that might disrupt the stability of the borders between Iran and the Kurdistan Region.

US VP: European politicians censoring free speech

US Vice President JD Vance has taken a swipe at European governments for what he described as their censorship of free speech and their political opponents, while largely avoiding the question of how to resolve the war between Russia and Ukraine.

Trump supports ‘hard stance’ on Gaza, says he does not know what Israel will do

US President Donald Trump has advocated taking a "hard stance" on the Gaza Strip, the Palestinian enclave for which he has proposed a U.S. takeover and where a fragile ceasefire between Israel and the Palestinian group Hamas is in place.

Group of UN envoys refute US plans to displace Gazans

The Arab Group at the United Nations, along with group of UN ambassadors, have strongly rejected any plans to displace Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, deeming it as a violation of international law.

Hamas says will release Israeli captives as planned under Gaza ceasefire accord

Palestinian group Hamas announced Thursday that it will release Israeli captives as planned under a Gaza ceasefire accord.

US intelligence warns Israel considering attacks on Iranian nuclear sites: WSJ

US intelligence agencies have concluded that Israel is considering "significant strikes" on Iran’s nuclear facilities in 2025, the Wall Street Journal has reported.

No lasting peace in Ukraine without European role in talks: Leaders after Trump-Putin phone call

European states, including Britain, France and Germany, have stressed they have to be part of any future talks on the fate of Ukraine, insisting that only a fair accord with security guarantees would ensure lasting peace.

Gaza’s Kamal Adwan Hospital boss tortured in Israeli jail: Lawyer

The director of Gaza’s Kamal Adwan Hospital has been subjected to various forms of intense torture and inhumane treatment in an Israeli military prison, his lawyer has told Al Jazeera.

US sanctions hindering Syria’s recovery: Iran’s Envoy

Iran’s ambassador to the United Nations has urged the complete removal of the US sanctions against Syria which he stressed have severely hampered the recovery projects that are vital to the Arab country’s rebuilding bids.

Israel murdered majority of record number of journalists slain in 2024: Report

A record number of journalists were killed in 2024, with Israel responsible for more than two-thirds of those deaths, the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has announced in its annual report.

‘Restoring Ukraine’s pre-2014 borders is unrealistic objective’: US

US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has stated that it is unrealistic to expect that Ukraine can restore its 2014 borders in any negotiations with Moscow on ending the war.

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