Europe

UK says to take action over Russia opposition figure death

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The United Kingdom will take action over the death in prison of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny and is calling on other countries to do likewise, British Foreign Secretary David Cameron stated on Saturday.
Middle East

UN warns food insecurity in Gaza reached ‘extremely critical state’ as death toll nears 29k

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The United Nations has warned that food insecurity in the Gaza Strip has reached an "extremely critical state", given significant restrictions on the delivery of humanitarian assistance.
Middle East

UN says displaced Palestinians fleeing Rafah after intensified Israeli airstrikes

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Displaced Palestinians in Gaza’s southernmost Rafah city are reportedly fleeing towards northern Deir al Balah as Israeli air attacks intensify amid the prospect of ground operations, according to a United Nations body.
Europe

Ukraine army chief announces troops withdrawal from front-line city of Avdiivka

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Ukrainian forces have withdrawn from the front-line city of Avdiivka, the new army chief has announced, after months of heavy fighting and little progress in repelling Russian troops in the country’s eastern front.
Middle East

Israel behind recent attacks on Iran gas pipelines: Report

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Israel has carried out covert attacks on two major natural gas pipelines inside Iran this week, according to a report by The New York Times.
Middle East

ICJ rejects South Africa’s request for ‘urgent measures’ to save Rafah amid looming Israeli offensive

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The top United Nations court has announced that it notes the “perilous” situation in the southern Gaza city of Rafah, but has declined South Africa’s request for urgent measures to safeguard Palestinians being threatened by an Israeli ground assault there.
Security

2 terrorists arrested over deadly attack on police headquarters in SE Iran

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The Iranian police spokesman announced that the force has detained two individuals for involvement in a terrorist attack last December on a police headquarters in the southeastern province of Sistan and Baluchestan.
Europe

EU bought almost €30bn worth of Russian energy in 2023: Report

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Russia supplied just over €29 billion ($31.2 billion) worth of energy to the EU last year, according to data from the bloc’s statistics office, Eurostat, as cited by the Russian business daily RBK.
Middle East

Hezbollah leader warns Israel will pay ‘in blood’ for killing Lebanese civilians

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Hezbollah’s leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah has stressed that Israel will pay a price “in blood” for killing Lebanese civilians, signalling the conflict across the Lebanon-Israel border could intensify.
Middle East

Israeli settlement expansion in West Bank hits record high: Report

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The Israeli settlement activity in the West Bank reached a record high during the first year under Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government, a report by an Israeli leftist non-governmental organization said.
Middle East

World media body says nearly 75% of journalists killed in 2023 died in Israel’s war on Gaza

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Seventy-two of the 99 journalists killed worldwide in 2023 were Palestinians reporting Israel’s war on the Gaza Strip, making those 12 months the deadliest for the media in almost a decade, according to the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ).
Europe

Russia prison service confirms opposition leader Alexey Navalny has died

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Jailed Russian opposition figure Alexey Navalny has died, the prison service of the Yamalo-Nenets Region, where he had been serving his sentence, reported on Friday.
Middle East

Israel PM rejects intl. pressure for Palestinian state

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Israel will continue to oppose international recognition of a Palestinian state, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said, adding that it could prevent the settlement of the conflict in the Gaza Strip.
Energy

VP warns Iran to take ‘reciprocal action’ if its ships are seized by US

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Iran’s Vice President for Legal Affairs Mohammad Dehqan has stressed that the country will reciprocate if its ships are seized illegally, as the United States acknowledges the confiscation of Iranian oil.
Middle East

Israeli PM defies calls to halt Rafah raid as Palestinian death toll approaches 29k

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Despite international calls on Israel's prime minister to not to go ahead with the raid on the densely-populated city of Rafah in southern Gaza, Benjamin Netanyahu has reiterated his intention to order Israel's military to go into Rafah, according to his new statement posted on X Wednesday.
Middle East

Families of Israeli captives denounce Netanyahu’s decision to stay away from Cairo negotiations

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The families of Israeli hostages held in Gaza have slammed a decision by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to stay away, for now, from indirect talks with Hamas in Cairo, Egypt, calling it “a death sentence".
Middle East

Israeli air raids killed 12 people in southern Lebanon

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A series of Israeli airstrikes across southern Lebanon killed 12 people, including children, Lebanon’s National News Agency reported on Thursday.
Middle East

Turkey, Egypt leaders call on Israel to halt Rafah offensive

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Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi have urged Israel to halt the looming offensive on Rafah in southern Gaza as the two leaders held bilateral talks in Cairo.
Judiciary

Iran calls for solid work on implementation of security pact with Iraq

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Tehran and Baghdad should work on a more consolidated approach toward the implementation of a high-profile security pact signed in March 2023, Iran’s Judiciary chief Gholamhossein Mohseni Ejei has stated.
Europe

Russia says close to ‘cancer vaccines’

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Russian medical scientists are working on vaccines against cancer and a new generation of medication, President Vladimir Putin has claimed.
Europe

Number of Western companies that left Russia after Ukraine war revealed

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Russian Deputy Prime Minister Denis Manturov has revealed that only about 20% of the large companies from Europe and 16% from the US have left Russia in light of Western sanctions pressure related to Ukraine war.
Middle East

Palestinian Authority president urges Hamas to quickly complete a hostage deal

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Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Wednesday called on Hamas to strike a hostage swap agreement with Israel to avoid the displacement of Palestinians in the Gaza Strip.
Economy

Official says Iran’s trade with SCO states climbed 5.5%

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Tehran’s international trade with the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) has increased to over $37 billion in the first 10 months of the current Iranian calendar year starting on March 21, 2023, an Iranian official has stated.
Middle East

Number of Palestinians detained in West Bank since start of Gaza war passes 7,000

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The number of Palestinians arrested by the Israeli army in the West Bank since October 7, 2023, has passed 7,000, Al Jazeera has reported, citing a report by the Palestinian Commission of Detainees’ Affairs and the Palestinian Prisoners Society.
Middle East

Yemen Houthi leader says no Israeli-linked ships passed  during last week

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The leader of Yemen's Houthis has stated that the armed group had been able to prevent Israeli-linked ships from passing through the Gulf of Aden over the last week.
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