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Top US, UK diplomats arrive in Kyiv for talks with Ukrainian leaders

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US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and UK Foreign Secretary David Lammy arrived in Kyiv on Wednesday for talks with top Ukrainian officials.
Security

Iran’s president calls for creation of Islamic coalition to root out Israeli terrorism

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Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian has urged the formation of a joint union among the world’s Muslim states, describing their unity as crucial to confronting “Zionist terrorism".
Americas

Rights groups, ex-diplomats urge US court to review lawsuit accusing Biden of genocide

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More than half a dozen groups representing human rights organizations, former diplomats, and activists have filed briefs urging a US federal court to rehear a case alleging the administration of US President Joe Biden is complicit in genocide in Gaza.
Local

Video of Iranians sympathizing with 9/11 victims goes viral after 23 years

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A video footage has resurfaced on the internet after over two decades showing Iranians in a protest rally on a street in the Iranian capital Tehran in a display of sympathy with the victims of the 2001 terror attacks on the Twin Towers in New York.
Middle East

Israel proposes ‘safe passage’ for Hamas chief Yahya Sinwar, Gaza handover: Report

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Tel Aviv has proposed giving safe passage out of the Gaza Strip to Hamas’s leader Yahya Sinwar in exchange for freeing hostages it kidnapped during the Oct. 7 attack and giving up control of the enclave, a senior Israeli official told Bloomberg News.
Americas

Canada halts arms sales to Israel, Gaza death toll surges 41k

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Canada has suspended some 30 permits for weapons shipments to Israel, including a rare move against a US company’s Canadian subsidiary’s deal with the US government, the foreign minister has said. The death toll among Palestinians in Gaza has surpassed the 41,000 mark.
Europe

Russia conducts biggest strategic naval drills in decades

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Russia has launched the biggest naval drills in its modern history, President Vladimir Putin has announced. The ‘Ocean-2024’ exercise is expected to be held simultaneously in the Pacific and Arctic Oceans as well as the Mediterranean, Caspian and Baltic Seas.
Middle East

Iran’s President Pezeshkian pays homage to resistance commanders in Baghdad

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Iran’s President Massoud Pezeshkian, who is on a visit to neighboring Iraq as his first foreign trip, paid tribute on Wednesday to the commanders of the resistance movements Lt. Gen. Qassem Soleimani, the anti-terror commander of the IRGC’s Quds Forces, and Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, the commander of the Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF), who were assassinated in a US strike at Baghdad International Airport on January 3, 2020.
Americas

Partner of activist killed by Israel in West Bank pushes back on Biden calling it ‘an accident’

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The partner of an American activist killed by Israel in the West Bank last week pushed back on US President Joe Biden calling the shooting “an accident” in remarks to reporters Tuesday.
Middle East

Probe finds Israeli military used US-made bombs in Gaza’s al-Mawasi strike

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A new investigation by Al Jazeera’s Sanad agency reveals that the recent Israeli air raid targeting civilians in Gaza’s humanitarian zone was carried out using US-made MK-84 bombs, which weigh 2,000 pounds.
Middle East

Without international action, ‘West Bank will become a new Gaza’: EU

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The European Union foreign policy chief has warned that a new front was being opened with a clear objective of turning the West Bank into a new Gaza Strip.
Europe

Ukraine says it may severe ties with Iran over missile supply to Russia

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Kiev has announced it will review its options and could even cut relations with Tehran if Russia used ballistic missiles supplied by Iran to attack targets in Ukraine.
Americas

US says to target Iran with new sanctions over “missile transfer to Russia”

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The United States has formally accused Iran of supplying short-range ballistic missiles to Russia for its war in Ukraine, saying Washington will take measures to punish Tehran. The Islamic Republic has denied providing Moscow with weapons for the conflict.
Middle East

Gaza death toll surges past 41,000

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At least 32 Palestinians were killed in fresh Israeli attacks in the Gaza Strip, pushing up the overall death toll since last Oct. 7, to 41,020, the Health Ministry in the battered territory announced on Tuesday.
Americas

US calls on Israel to conclude probe into killing of American activist in West Bank

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The United States has urged Israel to complete a full inquiry into the killing of an American Turkish woman last week in the occupied West Bank, saying it believes Tel Aviv has begun such a probe.
Europe

Ukraine attacks Russian capital in biggest drone strike

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The Ukrainian army struck the Moscow region on Tuesday in its biggest drone attack so far on the Russian capital, killing at least one woman, wrecking dozens of homes.
Foreign Policy

Iran rejects PGCC’s stances on trio Persian Gulf islands, nuclear activities

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The Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman has refuted a recent statement by the Persian Gulf Cooperation Council (PGCC) Ministerial meeting regarding the three Iranian islands, and the Arash gas field in the Persian Gulf as well as Tehran’s nuclear program.
Middle East

Scores killed, wounded in Israeli attack on Gaza tent camp

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At least 40 people have been killed and 60 injured in an Israeli attack on an encampment where displaced Palestinians had sought shelter in southern Gaza, civil emergency authorities in the enclave have said.
Middle East

Israeli mistreatment of Palestinian detainees could amount to ‘sexualized torture’: UN

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United Nations’ secretary-general special representative on sexual violence in conflict Pramila Patten has stated that “disturbing reports of sexual violence and other inhuman and degrading treatment” being perpetrated against Palestinian prisoners, “could amount to sexualized torture”.
Middle East

Israeli soldiers ‘kill a Palestinian child every two days’ in West Bank: Report

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A new report has detailed how more than 140 Palestinian children have been killed by Israeli forces and settlers in the occupied West Bank since the 7 October Hamas-led attack and the ensuing war on Gaza began.
Middle East

Israel lobbying US Congress to pressure South Africa to drop ICJ Gaza genocide case: Report

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Israeli diplomats are being instructed to lobby members of the US Congress to press South Africa into dropping its case against Israel at the International Court of Justice (ICJ), where Pretoria is calling on the world court to label Israel's actions in the Gaza Strip as a genocide against Palestinians.
Americas

US says cannot confirm report of Iran missile supply to Russia

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Washington cannot confirm reports that Tehran had supplied Moscow with ballistic missiles, White House national security spokesman John Kirby has stated.
Middle East

UN chief says alarmed by ‘unprecedented’ death, destruction in Gaza

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The United Nations chief has stressed the urgency of a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip, where, he said, an Israeli war has caused the worst death and destruction he has seen in his more than seven-year tenure.
Middle East

UN rights chief calls on states to challenge Israel over occupation

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The United Nations human rights chief has stated that ending the nearly year-long war in the Gaza Strip is a priority and asked countries to act on what he called Israel's "blatant disregard" for international law in the occupied Palestinian territories.
Middle East

UN warns nearly all Gazans in ‘urgent’ need of aid

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The World Food Program (WFP) has sounded the alarm that 2.2 million Palestinians in the besieged Gaza Strip are still in "urgent" need of food aid after 11 months of war.
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