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Dozens of UK MPs urge PM to recognize Palestine

One third of the UK House of Commons has called on British Prime Minister Keir Starmer to officially recognize Palestine, as pressure mounts on Israel to allow food and medical supplies into the Gaza Strip.

European countries urge end to Gaza ‘humanitarian catastrophe’

Britain, France and Germany on Friday called for an end to Gaza's "humanitarian catastrophe" as the UN food agency warned almost a third of people in the war-ravaged Palestinian territory were not eating for days.

Ayatollah Sistani urges Islamic world to act against humanitarian crisis in Gaza

Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani has called on the Islamic world and the international community to break their silence and act urgently to end the escalating humanitarian crisis in Gaza.

Hamas will be ‘hunted down’ as Gaza ceasefire negotiations wane: Trump

United States President Donald Trump has suggested that Hamas is refusing to agree to a Gaza truce because it fears what comes after all the Israeli hostages are released.

Putin-Zelensky meeting ‘is going to happen’: Trump

US President Donald Trump has stated a face-to-face meeting between Russian leader Vladimir Putin and Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky “is going to happen”. The Kremlin insists such a summit should only be held to seal a final peace agreement.

Almost a third of Gazans ‘not eating for days’: UN

Almost a third of people in the Gaza Strip are "not eating for days", the United Nations food aid agency told AFP on Friday, adding the crisis has reached "new and astonishing levels of desperation".

Macron says France to recognize Palestine

French President Emmanuel Macron has announced that Paris will recognize Palestine as a state in pursuit of what he called a “historic commitment to a just and lasting peace” in the region.

More Gazans die of starvation as famine worsens: Health Ministry

Two more Palestinians have died of starvation and malnutrition in the besieged Gaza Strip in the last 24 hours, the Health Ministry in the enclave announced on Thursday.

Iran’s senior cleric urges Pope to speak out against Gaza crimes

In a letter addressed to the Pope, senior Iranian cleric Ayatollah Hossein Nouri Hamedani called on the leader of the world’s Catholics to take a firm moral stance against the ongoing humanitarian crisis in Gaza.

Taliban committing ‘rights violations’ against Afghan returnees: UN

The United Nations has announced that Taliban authorities are committing human rights violations, including torture and arbitrary detention, against Afghans forced to return by Iran and Pakistan.

Passenger aircraft with 49 people on board crashes in Russia

A passenger plane operated by Angara Airlines has crashed in Russia’s Far East, killing all 49 people on board, emergency services confirmed on Thursday.

Bombing Iran nuclear facilities ‘wrong’, will bear ‘unpredictable’ consequences: Ex-US envoy

The former US special representative for Iran has censured the administration of President Donald Trump for choosing the “wrong option” of attacking nuclear sites inside the Islamic Republic, which he said would have “unpredictable” consequences.

ISL may be responsible for atrocities against Druze, not Syrian forces: US envoy

US envoy Tom Barrack has suggested that Syrian government forces were not responsible for atrocities committed against the Druze community in southern Syria, and that the armed fighters who carried out the attacks may have been Islamic State militants disguised in government uniforms.

OIC calls on UN Security Council to act on Gaza

The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), which is currently chaired by Turkey, called Wednesday on the UN Security Council to immediately act to end the suffering in the Gaza Strip.

Hamas says submitted response to Gaza ceasefire proposal to mediators

Hamas announced early Thursday that it submitted its response to a Gaza ceasefire proposal.

Iran slams US, Israel’s role in ‘collapse’ of intl. legal order, ‘erosion’ of UN Charter

A senior Iranian diplomat has denounced the United States and Israel’s role in the ongoing "collapse" of the international legal order and "erosion" of the United Nations Charter.

Israel’s parliament approves ‘symbolic motion’ on West Bank annexation

Israel’s parliament has approved a "symbolic measure' calling for the annexation of the occupied West Bank.

Ukraine, Russia hold third round of peace negotiations in Istanbul, agree to another major prisoner exchange

Ukrainian and Russian delegations have held a third round of peace talks in Istanbul, with the meeting lasting less than an hour.

Finance minister says Israel has US ‘greenlight’ to turn Gaza into ‘resort town’

The US has given Israel the green light to transform the Gaza Strip into a “resort town” after relocating Palestinians, far-right Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich has said.

Columbia University suspends, expels dozens of students over Gaza protests

Columbia University in the United States has imposed severe punishments, including expulsion, suspension from courses and revocation of academic degrees, on dozens of students who participated in demonstrations against Israel’s war on the Gaza Strip.

Over 100 aid groups warn ‘mass starvation’ spreading across Gaza

More than 100 aid organisations have warned that "mass starvation" was spreading across the Gaza Strip and that their own colleagues were suffering acutely from the shortages.

Number of Gaza aid seekers killed by Israel tops 1,000: UN

Israel has killed more than 1,000 Palestinians as they were trying to access food in the Gaza Strip since the United States- and Israeli-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) began operations at the end of May, according to the United Nations.

EU warns Israel of action over Gaza war

The European Union has warned Israel of action over a worsening starvation crisis in the Gaza Strip, where the number of Palestinians who have died from hunger has risen to at least 101.

Palestinian girl who lost her arms in Israeli strike dreams of becoming doctor

In the war-ravaged streets of Gaza, the heartbreaking story of a ten-year-old Palestinian girl named Sarah Al-Barsh has emerged as a symbol of resilience and stolen childhood.

Dozens of British MPs and peers call for full arms embargo on Israel

Nearly 60 British MPs and peers have urged a full embargo on arms exports to Israel and for the government to be more transparent about the licences it grants for military exports.

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