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No news on Gaza truce agreement: Hamas

Palestinian group Hamas announced that there’s been no progress in ceasefire talks with Israel over the war on the Gaza Strip as tens of thousands of Israeli protesters took to the streets of Tel Aviv, demanding the government save the captives and get a deal done.

EI data finds Iran had 2nd largest growth in oil production in 2023

Figures by a major energy data agency indicate that Iran had the second largest growth in oil production in the world in 2023 despite continued pressure from the US sanctions on its oil exports.

Several killed in Russian attacks across eastern Ukraine, children among victims

Russian strikes on villages across Ukraine killed at least 12 people on Saturday, leading Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky to call for "accelerated" Western weapons deliveries.

Zelensky says Ukraine preparing ‘plan to end war’

Kiev is preparing a “comprehensive plan” for ending the conflict with Russia that should be ready by the end of the year, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Vladimir Zelensky has stated.

Foreign financial assistance to Ukraine hits record low of $2bn per month since February 2022: Report

Foreign financial aid to Ukraine has hit record lows since February 2022 after falling to a monthly average of 1.9 billion euros ($2 billion) in the first half of 2024, an analysis of the Ukrainian Finance Ministry's data showed on Saturday. Kiev also received no funds in May.

Majority of Israelis say Netanyahu should leave politics, not seek reelection: Poll

Around two-thirds of Israelis believe Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu should leave politics and not seek reelection, according to a new television survey.

Iran’s Leader praises Defenders of Holy Shrine as saviours of Iran, West Asia

Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei has praised the Defenders of the Holy Shrine, stressing that their movement saved the country and the region from Western, especially American, conspiracies.

EU says needs to invest 500bn Euros in defense in a decade

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has stated the European Union needs to invest 500 billion euros ($535 billion) in defense in the next ten years.

Iran’s envoy to UN warns Canada ‘will bear full responsibility’ for designating IRGC as ‘terror entity’

Iran's ambassador and permanent representative to the United Nations Amir Saeed Iravani has said that Canada's move to blacklist the Islamic Revolution Guard Corps (IRGC) as a “terrorist organization" is unlawful, dangerous, and politically motivated.

Hezbollah chief terms Iran as ‘strong fortress of resistance’ against oppressors, colonialists

Hezbollah chief Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah has described Iran as the “strong fortress of resistance” against oppressors, stressing the Islamic establishment serves as a role model.

Thousands of kids remain buried under rubble in Gaza: UNICEF

The United Nations children’s agency (UNICEF) has reported that thousands of Palestinian children remain buried under the rubble of destroyed buildings in the Gaza Strip.

Pakistan court rejects appeals by Imran Khan, wife in illegal marriage case

A Pakistani court has rejected an appeal by former Prime Minister Imran Khan and his wife to suspend a ruling that their 2018 marriage violated Islamic law.

UN says ready to deploy police force to Gaza

The United Nations is “ready to respond to any call by member states” to deploy a police force to Gaza, the UN’s Deputy Secretary-General for Peace Operations has stated.

Iranians to vote in over 58,000 polling stations in presidential election: Official

Iran's Election Headquarters announced preparations for the presidential election on Friday, including setting up more than 58,000 polling stations nationwide, as two candidates, Amir Hossein Ghazizadeh Hashemi and Ali Reza Zakani, withdrew from the race.

Ghazizadeh Hashemi drops out of Iranian presidential race ahead of election

Amir Hossein Ghazizadeh Hashemi, one among the six candidates who are vying to become Iran’s next president after the death of Ebrahim Raisi, has quit the race.

NATO picks Mark Rutte as new Secretary General

The outgoing Dutch prime minister, Mark Rutte, has been formally selected as the next NATO head, the military alliance announced Wednesday. The move comes at a pivotal time as the bloc grapples with supporting Ukraine in its war against Russia.

WHO warns one in five Gazans facing extreme lack of food

At least 20 percent of Gazans are facing an extreme lack of food as the risk of famine in the Palestinian enclave remains high, World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has warned.

ICC issues arrest warrants for Russia’s top military officials

A pre-trial chamber of the International Criminal Court has issued arrest warrants for Russia’s former Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu and current chief of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces, Valery Gerasimov, the court announced in a statement on its website.

EU says to send €1.4bn in Russian money to Ukraine amid war

The European Union approved the transfer of €1.4 billion ($1.5 billion) in profits from Russia’s frozen assets as military assistance to Ukraine, the bloc’s foreign affairs chief Josep Borrell has announced.

Gazans forced to rely on contaminated seawater for daily needs: UN

Thousands of families in the Gaza Strip are forced to rely on contaminated seawater for their daily needs as Israel continues to block most of the humanitarian aid into the war-torn Palestinian enclave, leaving the population hungry and thirsty, the United Nations has warned.

Moscow responds to EU sanctions

Russia has expanded its travel ban list and vowed a “proper response” to any further unfriendly acts from Brussels after the EU announced an expansion of unilateral restrictive measures against Moscow.

Lebanese officials visit Beirut airport after Israel’s claims of storing arms

A group of senior Lebanese officials, alongside more than a dozen foreign diplomats, visited the Rafik Hariri International Airport in Beirut, after The Telegraph daily published an article alleging that Iranian weapons were being stored there.

Nearly half a million Gazans facing catastrophic levels of food insecurity: UN report

At least 20 percent of Gaza’s population - that's nearly 500,000 people - are now facing “catastrophic levels of acute food insecurity”, according to a draft report from the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC), which is the United Nations hunger monitoring system.

Family members of Hamas leader, including sister, killed in Israeli raid in Gaza

Family members of Ismail Haniyeh, political head of the Hamas group, including his sister, were killed in an Israeli strike on their home in the western Gaza City on Tuesday.

Hamas: Netanyahu seeking to ‘stall for time, to continue genocide’

Izzat al-Rishq, a member of Hamas’s political bureau, has responded to the statement by Israel’s prime minister suggesting “a partial” truce to get some captives back. He says that Benjamin Netanyahu’s ceasefire stance is to avoid reaching a deal, to stall for time, and to continue "the war of genocide" in the Gaza Strip.

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