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Gaza child dies of malnutrition as siege-induced famine deepens

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The Gaza Civil Defense announced the death of 4-year-old Mohammed Mustafa Yassin due to malnutrition amid the ongoing siege and continued Israeli starvation policy in the besieged enclave.
Middle East

Israeli soldiers ‘systematically using Palestinians as human shields in Gaza’

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Israeli forces are systematically forcing Palestinians to act as human shields in the Gaza Strip, according to a new report by the Associated Press (AP).
Middle East

Syrian president meets US special envoy to Damascus

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Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa has received Tom Barrack, US ambassador to Türkiye and special envoy to Syria, in Istanbul, according to Foreign Ministry sources.
Middle East

Gaza doctor grieves her nine children killed in Israeli attack

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A Palestinian paediatrician received the charred bodies of seven of her children while on duty after an Israeli attack hit her home in Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip.
Middle East

Israeli captive families slam prime minister over war in Gaza

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Families of Israeli captives held in the Gaza Strip have intensified their criticism of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu amid large protests across the occupied territories, as the expanded military ground offensive and deadly bombardment in the Palestinian territory put the release of their loved ones at risk.
Middle East

Israel’s army deploys regular infantry, armored brigades to Gaza: Report

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The Israeli military has deployed the regular infantry and armored brigades to the Gaza Strip as part of a military buildup following its decision to expand a ground offensive in the enclave that is facing genocidal attacks.
Middle East

Aramco considers asset sales to free up funds: Reuters

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Saudi state oil giant Aramco is exploring potential asset sales to free up funds, two people with knowledge of the matter told Reuters news agency, as it pursues an international expansion and weathers lower crude prices.
Middle East

Beirut launches process to disarm Palestinian factions in Lebanon’s refugee camps

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A joint Lebanese-Palestinian committee has tasked with the removal of weapons held by Palestinian factions in Lebanon’s refugee camps has met for the first time to begin hashing out a timetable for disarming the groups.
Middle East

Israeli actions in Gaza amount to ‘ethnic cleansing, genocide’: Council of Europe rapporteur

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The ongoing humanitarian crisis and aid blockade in the Gaza Strip may amount to "ethnic cleansing and genocide", a leading rapporteur from the Council of Europe warned on Friday.
Europe

Russia, Ukraine exchange 307 captives each

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Moscow and Kyiv have exchanged 307 captives each in the second phase of the largest prisoner swap during the full-scale war, Russia's Defense Ministry claimed on May 24.
Middle East

Israel allows only ‘teaspoon of aid’ into Gaza amid ‘atrocious levels of death and destruction’: UN head

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UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has sounded the alarm over "atrocious levels of death and destruction" by Israel in Gaza, emphasizing that recent aid delivery "now amounts to a teaspoon of aid."
Middle East

Trump admin. lifts first sanctions on Syria

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The administration of United States President Donald Trump took its first concrete action to deliver sanctions relief for Syria, following a surprise policy pivot earlier this month.
Middle East

Hamas strongly condemns US lawmaker’s demand to nuke Gaza as genocide incitement

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The Palestinian resistance group, Hamas, has denounced US congressman Randy Fine's demand to nuke the Gaza Strip as an "incitement to genocide."
Middle East

Poll: Most Israelis believe Netanyahu cares more about holding power than releasing hostages

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Most Israelis think Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is more interested in remaining in power than winning the Gaza war or freeing captives, according to an Israeli television poll aired Friday.
Middle East

PM condemns wave of Israeli air attacks on Lebanon

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Prime Minister Nawaf Salam has denounced a wave of Israeli attacks across southern Lebanon, calling on the international community to pressure Tel Aviv to respect a ceasefire reached in November with Lebanese group Hezbollah.
Middle East

Almost 95%% of Gaza hospitals partially or completely destroyed: WHO

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At least 94% of all hospitals in the Gaza Strip have been damaged or destroyed, and people in the north of the besieged enclave have practically lost the opportunity to receive any medical care, the World Health Organization (WHO) has announced in a report.
Europe

Putin says Russia set on creating ‘buffer zone’ in Ukraine

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The Russian military has been tasked with creating a “security buffer zone” along the border with Ukraine, President Vladimir Putin has stated.
Europe

Ukraine to pitch harsher Russian sanctions to EU as US bans fall through: Reuters

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Ukraine is set to pitch a larger number of recommendations to the European Union next week as to how the bloc can continue to ramp up economic pressure on Moscow through sanctions, Reuters has reported.
Americas

US says classifying Taliban as ‘foreign terrorist organization’ under review

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US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has stated that Washington is reviewing whether to designate Afghanistan’s rulers, the Taliban, as a “foreign terrorist organization”.
Europe

Mass Ukrainian drone attack targets Moscow, multiple airports closed

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Russian air defense systems shot down 105 Ukrainian drones overnight on May 22, including 35 intercepted over Moscow Oblast, the Russian Defense Ministry has announced.
Int'l Relations

Removal of West sanctions on Syria ‘long overdue’ but ‘positive’ step: Iran UN envoy

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Iran has described a decision by the United States, the European Union, and the United Kingdom to lift unilateral sanctions on Damascus as a "long overdue" but "positive" step.
Europe

US admits Russia is an aggressor, declines to label Putin war criminal

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U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has acknowledged that Russia is an aggressor toward Ukraine, but declined to label President Vladimir Putin a war criminal.
Europe

US claims ‘progress’ on ending Russia-Ukraine war

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Washington has achieved "a lot of progress" toward ending Russia's war in Ukraine, U.S. President Donald Trump has stated during a press briefing at the White House.
Americas

Two Israeli embassy staff in US shot dead

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Two staff members of Israel’s embassy in the United States have been killed in an attack outside a Jewish museum in Washington, DC.
Middle East

No aid has reached Gaza yet, despite Israeli claim of delivery: Report

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No aid has reached Palestinians in the besieged Gaza Strip as of Wednesday, despite Israeli claims that dozens of trucks have entered the enclave, a UK-based news outlet says.
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