Asia

Russia, Iran navies train in India alongside vessels from US, Europe

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India has kick-started a nine-day mega naval exercise in Visakhapatnam with participation of around 50 navies that came amid the fractious geopolitical environment including growing global concerns over deteriorating situation in the Red Sea.
Middle East

Saudi FM believes Iran does not want a broader war

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In an interview with FRANCE 24 on tensions in West Asia, Saudi Arabia's foreign minister said his country was "concerned" about a regional war. Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud added he doesn't believe that Tehran wants a broader conflict.
Middle East

Palestinian women and girls raped and sexually assaulted in Israeli detention: UN experts

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UN experts have decried reports of rape and sexual assault of Palestinian women and girls held in Israeli detention.
Asia

Taliban boycott UN-sponsored meeting in Qatar

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The Taliban refused to attend a UN-sponsored conference in Qatar, insisting that their delegation should be recognized as the sole representative of Afghanistan.
Middle East

Suez Canal revenues down 40-50% amid Red Sea tension: Egypt president

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Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi has stated that the Suez Canal revenues have dropped 40-50% amid heightened tensions in the Red Sea.
Middle East

Israel’s economy shrinks by a fifth: Report

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Israel’s economy has faced one of the biggest contractions in the its history in the fourth quarter of last year due to the ongoing war in the Gaza Strip, a report from the Central Bureau of Statistics has revealed.
Europe

EU calls for ‘international investigation’ into Russian opposition activist’s death

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Moscow must allow an international investigation into the death of opposition figure and anti-corruption campaigner Alexey Navalny, EU’s top diplomat Josep Borrell has stated.
Europe

Alexey Navalny’s wife says Russian authorities hiding the opposition figure’s body

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Yulia Navalnaya, the wife of Russian opposition leader Alexey Navalny says that Russian authorities are hiding her husband's body and “lying pathetically”, while waiting for traces of poisoning to disappear.
Middle East

World Court begins hearings on Israel’s occupation of Palestine

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The International Court of Justice (ICJ) started hearing historic oral arguments Monday over Israel’s occupation of the Palestinian territories since 1967.
Views

Expert warns of anti-Iran moves by Israel and West 

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An international affairs expert says the Middle East is in transition to a new unstable order after the October 7 attack by Hamas which quote poses a threat to Iran.
Middle East

Yemen’s Houthis claim hit British ship, downed US drone

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The Houthi group has announced it hit a British cargo ship that is believed to be significantly damaged and shot down a US drone over its territory as the Yemeni group continued to target ships in the Red Sea demanding an end to Israel’s war on Gaza.
Economy

Official says Iran in talks with several countries to set up joint free zones

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Secretary of Iran’s Supreme Council of Free Trade-Industrial and Special Economic Zones Hojjatollah Abdolmaleki has said negotiations are underway between Tehran and 21 states to launch joint free zones.
Middle East

Israel says to expand military operations in Rafah, 29k Palestinians killed

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Israeli soldiers will expand military operations in Rafah if hostages held by Hamas are not returned from the Gaza Strip by the start of Ramadan, war cabinet minister Benny Gantz has stated. More than 29,000 Palestinians have been killed in Gaza so far.
Middle East

Israel seeking to restrict Palestinian access to Al-Aqsa Mosque during Ramadan: Report

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Tel Aviv has approved restricting the entry of Palestinians living in the occupied territories to the Al-Aqsa Mosque during the Islamic holy month of Ramadan, beginning in the second week of the next month, according to reports.
Europe

Over 400 detained in Russia while mourning death of Alexei Navalny

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More than 400 people were arrested in Russia while paying tribute to opposition leader Alexei Navalny, who died at a remote Arctic penal colony, a prominent rights group has reported.
Middle East

Hamas says media coverage of Gaza war part of fight against Israel

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A senior official of the Palestinian resistance movement Hamas has praised media’s role in defeating Israel’s narrative of the Gaza war, stressing that media coverage is part of the fight against the regime.
Americas

Pentagon says Yemen’s Houthis deployed underwater drone for the first time

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Houthi fighters have attempted to use a submersible drone for the first time, but it was destroyed in yet another wave of US-led coalition attacks on Yemeni soil over the weekend, the US Central Command has claimed.
Middle East

Netanyahu to lose office once Gaza war ends: Report

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will not be able to retain power once the Gaza war is over, Ynet media outlet wrote, citing anonymous sources within the prime minister's Likud party.
Europe

Ex-Russian president threatens to nuke US, UK, Germany, Ukraine if Russia loses occupied territories

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Dmitry Medvedev, the deputy chairman of Russia's Security Council and a former president of the Russian Federation, has threatened to use nuclear weapons against the US, the UK, Germany and Ukraine if Moscow loses all occupied Ukrainian territories.
Middle East

Gaza war may cost Israel billions of dollars: Report

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Israel’s attacks on Gaza are expected to cost its economy billions of dollars, according to studies on the financial aspect of the conflict.
Sport

Iranian athletes clinch gold, silver medals in Ice Climbing World Champion

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Iranian ice climber Mohammad Reza Safdarian won the gold medal in 2024 Ice Climbing World Championship in Edmonton, Canada on Saturday.
Middle East

Israeli military, intelligence believe Hamas will survive offensive

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Even if Hamas is dismantled as a military force, the movement will survive as "a guerrilla group", a document circulated from Israel's military leaders to government officials has warned, according to an Israeli Channel 12 report.
Middle East

Hamas says negotiations cannot be held while hunger ravaging Gazans

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A Hamas official has threatened to suspend ceasefire talks with Israel unless urgent aid is brought into the north of the besieged Gaza Strip, where aid agencies have warned of a looming famine.
Europe

Russia says key Donbass city “liberated”

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Russian soldiers have “completely captured” the city of Avdeevka, the Russian Defense Ministry has announced. Some 1,500 Ukrainian troops were killed as they retreated, leaving their weapons and equipment behind, the ministry added.
Europe

NATO is stronger than Russia despite shortcomings: Secretary General

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NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg has claimed that the North Atlantic Alliance is militarily stronger than Russia, although its full-scale invasion of Ukraine has revealed certain shortcomings.
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