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Israel-Syria negotiations collapse: Reuters

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Talks between Israel and Syria have “hit a last-minute snag” over the former’s demand that it be allowed a secure conduit on Syrian territory, several Reuters sources have stated.
Middle East

Over 2,500 Palestinians killed while seeking food aid in Gaza: Report

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Israeli human rights group B’Tselem has affirmed that Israeli soldiers have killed more than 2,500 Palestinians in recent months while they tried to access food aid in northern Gaza, where hundreds of thousands remain trapped amid acute famine.
Americas

Several countries, including US, developing copies of Iran’s Shahed drone: WSJ

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Several Western states have begun manufacturing copies of Iran’s Shahed drone, which are not expensive but efficient and accurate, a leading American daily reports.
Middle East

US pushes 21-point Gaza plan with ceasefire, Israeli withdrawal, new administration: Report

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US President Donald Trump’s special envoy, Steve Witkoff, presented Arab and Muslim leaders with a 21-point plan in New York this week to end the Israeli war in the Gaza Strip and establish a post-Hamas governing framework, Axios news website reported.
Europe

Ukraine: International institutions are too weak to stop Russia

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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has slammed the United Nations as a weak institution that is helpless in stopping war amid his country’s 3 1/2-year defense against Russian soldiers.
Middle East

Syria’s president urges end to all sanctions in his first UN speech

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Syria’s interim president, Ahmed al-Sharaa, has called for the lifting of international sanctions against Damascus in his first address to the United Nations General Assembly, becoming the country’s first head of state to speak at the gathering in nearly 60 years.
Europe

Shooting down Russian fighter jets ‘on the table’: EU chief

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European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has stated that shooting down Russian warplanes entering NATO airspace is “on the table.”
Middle East

One million Syrian refugees returned home since al-Assad’s overthrow: UN

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The United Nations has announced that one million Syrian refugees have returned to their country since the fall of longtime ruler Bashar al-Assad last December, while warning that funding for humanitarian operations is falling.
Middle East

Yemen’s Houthis conduct drone attack on Israel’s Eilat, wounding 22

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Israel’s military announced that a drone launched from Yemen has struck the southern city of Eilat, and rescuers report that at least 22 people are wounded, including two in serious condition.
Middle East

Syria, Israel close to ‘de-escalation’ agreement: US envoy

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US Special Envoy Tom Barrack has stated that Syria and Israel are close to signing a “de-escalation” deal, according to local media.
Middle East

Activists say Gaza aid flotilla hit by drone attacks and explosions

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Organisers of the Global Sumud Flotilla, a Gaza-bound flotilla with pro-Palestinian activists on board carrying aid, reported hearing blasts and seeing multiple drone attacks from their boats situated off Greece from late Tuesday to the early hours of Wednesday.
Europe

Kremlin brushes off Trump’s ‘paper tiger’ comment on Russia

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The Kremlin on Wednesday brushed off a comment by U.S. President Donald Trump describing Russia as a "paper tiger", and announced that President Vladimir Putin valued his efforts to resolve the Ukraine conflict.
Middle East

Meeting with Muslim nations on Gaza was ‘very successful’: US

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US President Donald Trump has praised a "very successful" multilateral meeting on the Gaza Strip he held with select leaders of Muslim-majority nations.
Middle East

Netanyahu dreams of turning Arab region into Israeli sphere of influence: Qatar’s emir

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Qatar’s Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani says Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is seeking to turn the Arab region into “an Israeli sphere of influence.”
Middle East

Lebanon urges end to Israeli attacks, withdrawal from its territory

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Lebanese President Joseph Aoun has called for an immediate halt to Israeli attacks, the withdrawal of Israeli soldiers from Lebanese territory and the release of Lebanese prisoners.
Europe

US: Ukraine can win war against Russia, restore ‘original borders’

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US President Donald Trump has argued Ukraine could win its war against Russia and regain the land it has lost and “maybe even go further than that,” suggesting the Russian army is a “paper tiger.”
Middle East

Israel shuts crossing that connects West Bank to Jordan

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Israel has ordered the indefinite closure of the King Hussein Bridge, also known as the Allenby Bridge, stopping the passage of goods and people through the only gateway between the occupied West Bank and Jordan, Palestinian authorities announced.
Europe

NATO member states should shoot down Russian jets breaching airspace: Trump

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US President Donald Trump has stated that NATO nations should shoot down Russian warplanes violating their territory, as he met Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on the sidelines of a UN summit.
Middle East

Israel seeks permanent Gaza control, Jewish majority in West Bank: UN Report

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Israeli soldiers have “systematically destroyed” civil life across the Gaza Strip since October 2023, while demonstrating a “clear intent” to forcibly remove Palestinians from the occupied West Bank, effectively preventing any possibility of a future Palestinian state, according to a new UN report released on the opening day of the annual General Assembly meeting.
Middle East

Trump urges Gaza war to end ‘immediately’

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United States President Donald Trump has told the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) that the war in the Gaza Strip must stop immediately, while calling the recent recognition of Palestinian statehood by several Western countries a “reward” for Hamas.
Int'l Relations

UN principles ‘under siege’: Secretary-General

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UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has warned that the principles of the United Nations are "under siege," as he opened the 80th session of the General Assembly in New York.
Europe

NATO’s chief to Russia: We’re ready for you

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NATO acted "quickly and decisively" in response to several recent airspace violations by Russia, alliance chief Mark Rutte stated Tuesday, batting away criticism that the organization is ill-equipped to deal with growing provocations from Moscow.
Europe

German military reveals expected losses from conflict with Russia

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The German armed forces would expect to suffer 1,000 wounded soldiers a day in the event of a conflict with Russia, according to the head of the Bundeswehr’s medical service. Moscow has repeatedly denied any plans to attack NATO nations, calling such allegations “nonsense.”
Europe

Poland threatens to shoot down Russian aircraft

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Poland would shoot down any Russian aircraft or missile that crosses into its airspace, Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski stated during an emergency United Nations Security Council meeting on Monday.
Americas

US could sanction entire ICC: Reuters

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Washington is weighing whether to impose sanctions on the International Criminal Court (ICC) as a whole, in what would be the most severe escalation yet of its campaign against the tribunal, Reuters has reported, citing six people familiar with the matter.
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