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Let Ukraine freely strike Russia with western weapons: NATO head

NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg has argued that members of the Western military bloc should let Ukraine freely use their arms to launch strikes deeper into Russian territory.

Yemen’s Houthis say targeted three Israeli-linked ships

Yemen’s Houthi fighters have announced carrying out three pro-Palestinian operations, striking two Israeli ships and one headed towards the occupied territories.

US announces $275Mn arms package for Ukraine

The United States is providing a new weapons package for Ukraine worth $275 million to include additional high-mobility artillery rocket system (HIMARS) ammunition and 155mm artillery rounds, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has stated.

Late Iran’s president had great faith in Palestinian cause, resistance: Hezbollah Chief

The secretary-general of Lebanon’s Hezbollah resistance movement has stated that Iran’s late President Ebrahim Raisi was a political figure with “great faith” in the Palestinian cause and the resistance front.

ICJ orders Israel to halt military operation against Gaza’s Rafah

Judges at the top United Nations court have ordered Israel to halt its offensive in the southern Gaza city of Rafah and withdraw from the besieged enclave, in a case brought by South Africa accusing Tel Aviv of genocide, citing “immense risk” to the Palestinian population.

Putin says Zelensky no longer legitimate Ukraine’s president

Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky's legitimacy has expired, and Moscow will proceed from this fact, Russian President Vladimir Putin has stated.

World Bank warns of Palestinian Authority’s financial collapse amid Gaza war

The Palestinian Authority is facing the possibility of financial collapse, the World Bank has warned in a report, as revenue streams run dry and economic activity drops precipitously against the backdrop of the besieged Gaza war.

Russia claims Ukrainian intelligence ‘directly involved’ in Moscow’s March terror attack

Ukrainian military intelligence was directly involved in the deadly terrorist attack at the Crocus City Hall near Moscow in March, the director of Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB), Aleksandr Bortnikov, has claimed.

Report: Pro-Israel groups fund one-third of UK Conservative MPs

A third of elected politicians in Britain’s ruling Conservative Party have received funding from pro-Israel lobby groups, according to a report.

Moscow cautions Ukraine seeking to spark direct NATO-Russia clash

Calls by American lawmakers to allow Ukraine to use foreign-made weapons against targets deep in Russian territory play into Kiev’s hands, as they encourage a direct clash between Moscow and NATO, Russis’s Ambassador to Washington, Anatoly Antonov, has warned.

Iran’s interim president to Syria’s Assad: Tehran will continue support for resistance axis, Damascus

Interim Iranian President Mohammad Mokhber has assured Syrian President Bashar al-Assad that Tehran will continue its full support for the resistance axis, particularly Syria.

Acting FM says Iran to continue détente diplomacy with neighboring countries

Iran’s acting Foreign Minister Ali Bagheri Kani has stressed that his country's détente diplomacy with neighbors is an effective strategy for regional collaboration that will definitely continue.

Western officials say cutting off Palestine from global banking system would be ‘catastrophic’

Western officials have warned of an “economic catastrophe” in the occupied West Bank if Israel does not renew a banking waiver vital to the Palestinian Authority (PA), the Financial Times has reported.

Israel has killed just 30-35 percent of Hamas fighters in 7 months of Gaza war: US sources

Only 30 to 35 percent of Hamas fighters have been killed after more than seven months of Israel's military operations against the Palestinian group in the Gaza Strip, US intelligence sources told Politico.

Questions rise on Iranian late president’s chopper crash

Calls are growing on Iranian officials to launch an investigation into the cause of the helicopter crash in the northwest of the country that led to the demise of President Ebrahim Raisi, with some Iranian newspapers and analysts raising questions on the deadly incident.

Moscow blasts EU decision to use income from Russian assets

Moscow has castigated the decision by the EU to use income from frozen Russian sovereign assets to help Ukraine as expropriation, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov has stated.

Iran’s Leader meets Iraqi PM, Hamas chief in Tehran

Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei met prime ministers of Iraq and the Hamas chief on the sidelines of the funeral procession of President Ebrahim Raisi and his associates in Tehran on Wednesday.

3 European states to recognise Palestinian state

The leaders of Norway, Ireland and Spain have stated their countries will formally recognise Palestine as a state next week for the sake of “peace in the Middle East“, prompting Israel to immediately recall its envoys.

Ukraine wants NATO to shoot down Russian missiles

The US and its allies should shoot down Moscow's missiles, give Kiev more weapons, and allow Ukraine to strike Russia directly, President Volodymyr Zelensky has told the New York Times newspaper.

Russia launches tactical nuclear wargames

Russia’s Southern Military District has launched the first stage of recently announced tactical nuclear drills, the Defense Ministry in Moscow has confirmed.

UN says halted food shipments to Gaza’s Rafah as supplies run out

The United Nations (UN) warns it has run out of food supplies in Rafah, the city in the southern part of the Gaza Strip at the center of a possible new Israeli military push.

Spokesman: Yemen’s Houthis shoot down US MQ-9 Reaper drone

The military spokesperson for the Houthi movement says the Yemeni fhighters have shot down an American MQ-9 Reaper drone while it was conducting hostile activities in the airspace over the central province of Bayda.

Israeli soldiers kill Palestinian students, teacher, doctor in West Bank raid

Israeli soldiers killed Palestinian students, a teacher and a doctor, and wounded others, including a journalist, during an assault on Jenin in the occupied West Bank on Tuesday.

More than 900k displaced in Gaza over past two weeks

Over 900,000 people, approximately 40% of Gaza's population, have been displaced in the past two weeks as Israeli bombardment continues across much of the blockaded enclave, United Nations spokesperson Stephane Dujarric has stated.

Syrian first lady diagnosed with leukemia

Syria's first lady, Asma al-Assad, has been diagnosed with leukemia, the Syrian presidency announced on Tuesday, almost five years after announcing she had fully recovered from breast cancer.

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