Middle East

Saudi Arabia pours cold water on claims of normalizing ties with Israel without Gaza ceasefire

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Saudi Arabia’s foreign ministry has poured cold water on claims it was prepared to normalise relations with Israel before a ceasefire is brokered in the Gaza Strip and without progress toward Palestinian statehood.
Middle East

Syrian president receives UAE’s first envoy to Damascus after over a decade

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Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has received the first ambassador to have been sent by the United Arab Emirates to Damascus in more than a decade since the breakout of the war in the country.
Middle East

Pro-Palestine judge elected as ICJ president

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A Lebanese judge known for his past criticisms of Israel has been elected as the new president of the International Court of Justice (ICJ), and will now oversee a genocide case brought against Tel Aviv over its military campaign in the besieged Gaza Strip.
Middle East

Hamas response to proposed truce deal ‘generally positive’: Qatar

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Mediator Qatar says Hamas has given a “generally positive” response to a proposed truce agreement with Israel, as the Palestinian group reiterated its demand for an end to the Israeli assault on Gaza.
Middle East

Houthi leader says US, UK, Israel cannot break will of Yemenis to continue supporting Gaza

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The leader of Yemen’s Houthi movement has stated the rising aggression by the “evil trio” of the United States, the United Kingdom and Israel against the Arab country will not affect the determination of Yemeni people to support Palestinians in the besieged Gaza Strip.
Europe

Ukraine promises to destroy Crimean Bridge, the longest in Europe

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The Crimean Bridge connecting the Russian peninsula of Crimea to the Krasnodar Region will be destroyed in 2024, the commander of the Ukrainian Navy, Vice Admiral Aleksey Neizhpapa, has threatened.
Americas

Biden threatens to veto Republican-proposed standalone aid package for Israel

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US President Joe Biden has vowed to veto a Republican-proposed standalone aid package for Israel, if it manages to pass through the Congress. The idea to pass a “clean” aid package, not tied to border security or Ukraine, was floated by speaker of the US House of Representatives Mike Johnson last week.
Middle East

McDonald’s and Starbucks say Gaza war hurting business

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Giant fast food chain McDonald's and multinational chain of coffeehouses Starbucks have seen their profits take a hit as a result of the war in the Gaza Strip, with the companies pointing to boycotts over their perceived pro-Israel stances.
Middle East

Houthis say struck US, UK vessels off Yemen’s coast

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A Houthi military spokesman has said the Yemeni group fighters have conducted two operations against US and British vessels off the nation's coast, stressing their support for Palestinians in the Gaza Strip amidst intensified Israeli attacks.
Middle East

Israel army investigates reported killing of Israeli citizens by troops in October attack

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The Israeli army has begun probing the reported killing of 12 Israeli citizens by the army forces on 7 October, according to a report.
Int'l Relations

UN Security Council members slam US over airstrikes in Syria, Iraq

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Some member states of the United Nations Security Council have criticized the US over last week’s air raids on several targets in Syria and Iraq to avenge the killing of three of its service personnel in Jordan.
Middle East

Netanyahu says Gaza war “must not end” before Israel kills Hamas leadership

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has stated that the  Gaza war "must not end" before Israel kills Hamas leadership in the besieged enclave. More than 27,350 people have been killed by Israel since early October last year.
Foreign Policy

Tehran’s core policy supports distancing of states from Israel: Iran president

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Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi has stated that Tehran's core policy is to support countries' distancing from the Zionist regime.
Middle East

US admits it did not give Iraq notice of attacks despite earlier claims

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Washington has admitted it did not notify the Iraqi government before its recent airstrikes in the country after a top White House official claimed Baghdad had been informed in advance.
Middle East

Amnesty says Israel used unlawful lethal force against Palestinians in West Bank

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Israel has unleashed unlawful lethal force against Palestinians in the occupied West Bank, carrying out unlawful killings and displaying “a chilling disregard for Palestinian lives”, Amnesty International has announced.
Security

Iran says to hold joint naval drill with Russia, China in near future

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Military forces from Iran, Russia and China are going to stage a joint naval drill in the coming weeks, Iranian Navy Commander Rear Admiral Shahram Irani stated on Monday.
Middle East

Nearly 9,800 aid trucks have entered Gaza since start of war: Red Crescent

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Only slightly over 9,800 aid trucks have entered the Gaza Strip, where Israel has been carrying out relentless attacks for four months, the Palestine Red Crescent Society has announced in a statement.
Europe

Zelensky says planning a “serious” overhaul of Ukraine’s leadership team

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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is planning a “serious” overhaul of the country’s leadership team, he told Italy’s RAI TG1 news channel, when asked about his reported plan to fire Ukrainian military commander General Valery Zaluzhny.
Middle East

Israeli war leaves 110k Gazans killed, injured or missing: Report

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"Approximately 110,000 Palestinians are reported killed, missing and injured, leaving many suffering long-term disabilities four months into Israel’s genocide in the Gaza Strip," Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor said in a statement issued on Sunday.
Europe

Russia says EU threats against Moscow serving own interests

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The recent statements by the European Union politicians about the possibility of a war with Russia serve their own domestic interests aimed at distractinh the population from internal issues like tanking economies, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov has stated. At the same time, claims of an allegedly imminent conflict with Moscow also help to justify continued funding for Kiev, he stressed.
Middle East

US, UK carry out more air raids on Yemen

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The United States and the United Kingdom have launched more airstrikes against Hudaydah and Sa’ada provinces in Yemen.
Americas

US refuses to rule out “attacks on Iran”

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US National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan has refused to rule out striking targets inside Iran in the wake of repeated strikes on what Washington calls Tehran-linked groups across the Middle East. Iran has warned any attack by the US will be met by crushing response.
Europe

Russia says EU citizens’ taxes going to terrorists

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The West is complicit in the Ukrainian military’s killing of civilians in Donbass, Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova has claimed. She was referring to the recent Ukrainian attack on a bakery in the city of Lisichansk, apparently involving weaponry provided by Kiev’s allies, which claimed the lives of at least 28 civilians.
Middle East

US, UK hit dozens of “Houthi targets” in Yemen in new wave of attacks

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The US and UK say they have launched strikes against 36 targets linked to the Houthis in Yemen, targeting buried weapons storage facilities, missile systems, launchers and other capabilities.
Middle East

Hamas says Gaza ceasefire must entail full withdrawal of Israeli soldiers, end of blockade

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A senior official of the Palestinian movement Hamas has stated any ceasefire deal in the Gaza Strip must entail complete withdrawal of Israeli soldiers and the lifting of Tel Aviv's siege of the territory.
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