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EU FMs to discuss lifting of ban on strikes deep inside Russia: Top diplomat

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European Union foreign policy chief Josep Borrell says he initially supported lifting restrictions on strikes deep into Russia, and this issue will be discussed at the Foreign Ministers' Council.
Americas

Trump’s transition team probing possible court martial for Afghan withdrawal officers

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The transition team of US President-elect Donald Trump is reportedly compiling a list of senior military officers involved in the chaotic 2021 withdrawal of American soldiers from Afghanistan, exploring the possibility of court martials for those deemed responsible for the operation's execution.
Middle East

Pope Francis urges investigation into ‘genocide’ in Gaza

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Pope Francis has called for an investigation into potential Israeli genocide in the Gaza Strip, where Israel's war has killed around 43,000 people.
Europe

US authorizes Ukraine to use long-range missiles inside Russia: Report

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President Joe Biden has authorized Ukraine to use US-supplied missiles to strike further into Russia, according to reports.
Middle East

Over 100 foreigners executed in Saudi Arabia this year

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More than 100 foreigners were executed by Saudi Arabia in 2024, a tally by AFP revealed.
Middle East

Israeli attack on Lebanon kills Hezbollah spokesperson

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An Israeli attack targeting a building in central Beirut has killed Hezbollah’s spokesman Mohammad Afif, officials from the Lebanese group have confirmed.
Europe

Russia hits Ukraine’s power grid in biggest missile attack in months

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Blasts rang out across Ukraine’s capital Kyiv and other cities early on Sunday, as Russia staged its biggest missile strike since August and targeted power facilities with the winter setting in, officials say.
Middle East

At least 50 Palestinians killed in Israeli air raid on northern Gaza

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At least 50 Palestinians were killed in Israeli airstrikes on a five-story residential building in the Beit Lahia Project area in the northern Gaza Strip on Sunday morning.
Americas

Biden meets Xi, condemns North Korean soldiers dispatch to Russia for fight against Ukraine

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Outgoing US President Joe Biden met Chinese President Xi Jinping in Lima, Peru, to discuss a "range of bilateral, regional, and global issues", the White House has announced.
Middle East

Human rights group documents Israel’s murders, extrajudicial executions of Gazans

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A human rights group has documented horrific premeditated murders and arbitrary extrajudicial executions of Palestinians at the hands of Israeli soldiers in northern Gaza.
Americas

American tycoon Elon Musk threatens to ‘nuke’ people behind Russia-links smears

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American billionaire Elon Musk has vowed to take action against those responsible for making false claims of his alleged ties to Moscow. He made the threat in a post on his social media platform X, warning, “I’m going to find out who’s making these accusations and nuke them.”
Middle East

Flares fired toward Netanyahu’s home in Caesarea

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Israeli police have announced that they detected two flares fired near the house of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Caesarea in northern Israel.
Europe

War will end ‘faster’ under Trump: Zelesnky

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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky says that the Russia-Ukraine war will end “faster” under US President-elect Donald Trump.
Middle East

Israel’s president cancels trip to world climate summit due to security concerns

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Israeli President Isaac Herzog decided to cancel his participation in the COP29 climate change conference in the Azerbaijani capital Baku due to “security concerns”, his office has announced
Europe

Scholz’s call with Putin risks opening a ‘Pandora’s Box’: Ukraine

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German Chancellor Olaf Scholz's phone conversation with Russian President Vladimir Putin opens a "Pandora's box", potentially leading to "other conversations and other calls", Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has warned.
Int'l Relations

Iran reaffirms commitment to pursuing legal action regarding assassination of General Soleimani

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Iran's permanent mission to the United Nations has announced that Tehran is resolved to legally pursue assassination case of top anti-terror commander General Qassem Soleimani who was killed by the United States in Iraq nearly five years ago.
Europe

EU has ‘convincing’ evidence of Chinese attack drone production for Russia: Report

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The EU's top diplomat Josep Borrell has informed European nations of "convincing" evidence of Chinese production "of lethal aid" to Russia, ahead of an upcoming meeting of the European Union foreign ministers, the German media outlet Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (FAZ) reported, citing three EU officials.
Middle East

US denial of Gaza ‘genocide’ makes it complicit in Israeli war crimes: Hamas

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The Palestinian resistance group Hamas has strongly condemned the recent statements made by the US Department of State, which denied genocide and the forced displacement of Palestinians in the Gaza Strip by Israel.
Middle East

Israel’s actions in Gaza ‘consistent with characteristics of genocide’: UN committee

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A report by a United Nations special committee says Israel is using starvation as a weapon of war and policies and practices in the Gaza Strip that may amount to a "possibility of genocide".
Middle East

Lebanese officials study US ceasefire plan

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The Israeli military has conducted air raids on the suburbs of Beirut as Lebanese officials reviewed a US proposal for a ceasefire.
Middle East

Saudi Arabia scales back Neom plans to focus on sports

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Riyadh has scaled back some of its ambitious plans for Neom, the megacity it is building in the northwest of the kingdom, to prioritise sporting events set to be hosted in the city in the coming years, according to Reuters.
Europe

Britain threatened with court-ordered ban on weapons exports to Israel

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Two groups challenging the British government over its continued export of F-35 fighter jet parts to Israel say they will ask a judge to order a halt to all UK arms exports if the policy is not reversed.
Europe

EU’s top diplomat proposes suspension of ‘political dialogue with Israel’, citing Gaza, Lebanon wars

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The EU's foreign policy chief, Josep Borrell, says that he has proposed to EU member states the banning of imports from illegal settlements and the suspension of political dialogue with Israel, citing Tel Aviv's many violations of international law in the Gaza Strip and Lebanon.
Foreign Policy

Leader advisor dismisses claims Iran has abandoned resistance as a “joke” 

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Ali Larijani, a senior advisor to Iran's leader Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei, on Friday flew from Damascus to Beirut to hold talks with Lebanese officials over the Israeli aggression on Lebanon and other regional issues. 
Foreign Policy

Senior advisor to Iran FM: No immediate plans to adjust military advisors in Syria

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Ali Asghar Khaji, a Senior Advisor to Iran’s Foreign Minister, stated in an interview with RIA Novosti that Iran has not made any decision regarding a change in the number of its advisory forces in Syria.
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