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US Senate rewards Israel for killing Palestinians in Gaza: Iranian spokesperson

The spokesman for Iran's Foreign Ministry has deplored the US Senate's approval of a $14-billion aid package to Israel, stressing the decision shows Washington rewards the regime for massacring Palestinian civilians amid the conflict in Gaza.

Brazil’s president compares Israel’s war on Gaza with Holocaust

Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has accused Israel of committing “genocide” against Palestinians in the besieged Gaza Strip and compared its war on the enclave with Adolf Hitler’s campaign to exterminate Jewish people.

Hamas says media coverage of Gaza war part of fight against Israel

A senior official of the Palestinian resistance movement Hamas has praised media’s role in defeating Israel’s narrative of the Gaza war, stressing that media coverage is part of the fight against the regime.

Pentagon says Yemen’s Houthis deployed underwater drone for the first time

Houthi fighters have attempted to use a submersible drone for the first time, but it was destroyed in yet another wave of US-led coalition attacks on Yemeni soil over the weekend, the US Central Command has claimed.

Netanyahu to lose office once Gaza war ends: Report

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will not be able to retain power once the Gaza war is over, Ynet media outlet wrote, citing anonymous sources within the prime minister's Likud party.

Ex-Russian president threatens to nuke US, UK, Germany, Ukraine if Russia loses occupied territories

Dmitry Medvedev, the deputy chairman of Russia's Security Council and a former president of the Russian Federation, has threatened to use nuclear weapons against the US, the UK, Germany and Ukraine if Moscow loses all occupied Ukrainian territories.

Gaza war may cost Israel billions of dollars: Report

Israel’s attacks on Gaza are expected to cost its economy billions of dollars, according to studies on the financial aspect of the conflict.

Biden blasts Republicans for loss of Ukrainian stronghold to Russia

US President Joe Biden has blamed this week’s fall of a Ukrainian stronghold to Russia on Republican lawmakers who refused to approve his request for $60 billion in additional aid to Kiev.

Israeli military, intelligence believe Hamas will survive offensive

Even if Hamas is dismantled as a military force, the movement will survive as "a guerrilla group", a document circulated from Israel's military leaders to government officials has warned, according to an Israeli Channel 12 report.

EU commissioner says Asia-to-Europe shipping costs up 400% amid Yemen attacks

The disruptions to shipping caused by Houthis' strikes on vessels in the Red Sea have raised the cost of transporting goods on some China-to-Europe routes by around 400%, according to European Economy Commissioner Paolo Gentiloni, who also mentioned that shipping times on such routes had increased by 10-15 days.

Hamas says negotiations cannot be held while hunger ravaging Gazans

A Hamas official has threatened to suspend ceasefire talks with Israel unless urgent aid is brought into the north of the besieged Gaza Strip, where aid agencies have warned of a looming famine.

Millions of protesters show solidarity with Gaza in demonstrations across globe

Millions of demonstrators have poured into the streets in over 120 cities around the world in response to a call out of London for a second International Day of Solidarity with Gaza.

Russia says key Donbass city “liberated”

Russian soldiers have “completely captured” the city of Avdeevka, the Russian Defense Ministry has announced. Some 1,500 Ukrainian troops were killed as they retreated, leaving their weapons and equipment behind, the ministry added.

NATO is stronger than Russia despite shortcomings: Secretary General

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg has claimed that the North Atlantic Alliance is militarily stronger than Russia, although its full-scale invasion of Ukraine has revealed certain shortcomings.

Macron says recognizing a Palestinian state ‘not a taboo’ for France

Recognition of a Palestinian state is “not a taboo” for Paris, French President Emmanuel Macron has stressed, indicating that France could make a unilateral decision if efforts toward a two-state solution don’t move forward due to opposition from Israel.

UK says to take action over Russia opposition figure death

The United Kingdom will take action over the death in prison of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny and is calling on other countries to do likewise, British Foreign Secretary David Cameron stated on Saturday.

UN warns food insecurity in Gaza reached ‘extremely critical state’ as death toll nears 29k

The United Nations has warned that food insecurity in the Gaza Strip has reached an "extremely critical state", given significant restrictions on the delivery of humanitarian assistance.

UN says displaced Palestinians fleeing Rafah after intensified Israeli airstrikes

Displaced Palestinians in Gaza’s southernmost Rafah city are reportedly fleeing towards northern Deir al Balah as Israeli air attacks intensify amid the prospect of ground operations, according to a United Nations body.

US to dispatch weapons to Israel amid threats of Rafah invasion in Gaza

The United States is preparing to send more bombs and other arms to Israel even as it pushes for a ceasefire in the war on Gaza and has announced it opposes Tel Aviv’s plans for a ground invasion in southern Rafah where more than half of the besieged enclave’s displaced population is trapped.

Ukraine army chief announces troops withdrawal from front-line city of Avdiivka

Ukrainian forces have withdrawn from the front-line city of Avdiivka, the new army chief has announced, after months of heavy fighting and little progress in repelling Russian troops in the country’s eastern front.

Israel behind recent attacks on Iran gas pipelines: Report

Israel has carried out covert attacks on two major natural gas pipelines inside Iran this week, according to a report by The New York Times.

ICJ rejects South Africa’s request for ‘urgent measures’ to save Rafah amid looming Israeli offensive

The top United Nations court has announced that it notes the “perilous” situation in the southern Gaza city of Rafah, but has declined South Africa’s request for urgent measures to safeguard Palestinians being threatened by an Israeli ground assault there.

US investigators probing Israel killing of Palestinian Americans in West Bank

The relatives of two Palestinian-American teens, both fatally shot in separate incidents in the occupied West Bank by Israel, say investigators from the American embassy have made visits to their homes to probe the incidents.

EU bought almost €30bn worth of Russian energy in 2023: Report

Russia supplied just over €29 billion ($31.2 billion) worth of energy to the EU last year, according to data from the bloc’s statistics office, Eurostat, as cited by the Russian business daily RBK.

Satellite images show Egypt building mysterious wall near Gaza: Report

The Egyptian government has reportedly started work on a wall near the country’s border with the Gaza Strip amid fears that a planned ground offensive by the Israeli military in Rafah will push war refugees out of the Palestinian enclave.

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