Europe

Several killed in Ukrainian attack on Russia bakery

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Ukraine has targeted a bakery located in the Russian city of Lisichansk, Lugansk People’s Republic, trapping dozens of people under the rubble. The building was heavily damaged in the strike and partially collapsed, killing aroun two dozen.
Middle East

Israeli protesters demand early elections, release of hostages

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Hundreds of Israeli demonstrators took to the streets of Haifa, Rehovot and Tel Avivagainst the government of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, demanding early elections and the release of hostages held in the Gaza Strip.
Asia

Ex-Pakistan’s PM, wife get 7-year jail for marriage law violation

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A court in Pakistan has jailed former Prime Minister Imran Khan and his wife Bushra Bibi for seven years, ruling their 2018 marriage violated the Islamic law.
Middle East

Iraq says US attacks killed at least 16, including civilians

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US airstrikes on Iraq on Friday killed at least 16 people, including civilians, and injured 25 others, according to a statement by the Iraqi government spokesperson.
Sport

AFC Asian Cup 2023: Iran eliminate Japan after late penalty by Jahanbakhsh

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Iran knocked four-times champions Japan out of the 2023 Asian Cup with a 2-1 victory in their quarter-final clash after skipper Alireza Jahanbakhsh converted a penalty in stoppage time at Education City Stadium in Qatar on Saturday.
Middle East

Nearly half of Israelis favor elections immediately after Gaza war: Poll

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A recent Israeli public opinion poll showed that nearly half of Israelis want to go to elections immediately after a cease-fire enters into force in the Gaza Strip.
Middle East

Thousands of Israeli soldiers got mental health treatment since start of Gaza war

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Nearly 3,000 regular and reserve Israeli soldiers have been examined by mental health officers since the beginning of the war on Gaza in early October 2023, Israeli army data showed.
Middle East

Iraq condemns US air raids as ‘breach of sovereignty’

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Baghdad has condemned in the strongest terms the US military’s airstrikes against dozens of sites in Iraq and neighboring Syria as a “violation of the Iraqi sovereignty".
Middle East

UN Satellite Centre reveals 30% of Gaza destroyed or damaged

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Satellite imagery shows that 30 percent of the Gaza Strip has been destroyed or damaged during months-long Israeli raids, according to the United Nations Satellite Centre (UNOSAT).
Middle East

Almost all Gaza’s children need mental health support: UNICEF

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At least 17,000 children in the Gaza Strip have been left unaccompanied or separated from their families nearly four months into Israel’s military onslaught against the enclave, the United Nations children’s agency estimates. Nearly all children in the strip also require mental health support, UNICEF has announced.
Europe

Putin claims Russia has better weapons than NATO

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Moscow’s modern weapons are more effective than the arms used by NATO member states, which have provided extensive military assistance to Ukraine, Russian President Vladimir Putin has claimed.
Europe

ICC dismisses Russia’s objections to Ukraine’s lawsuit

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The International Criminal Court has rejected Russia's objections on the admissibility of Kiev's lawsuit against Moscow under the Genocide Convention.
Middle East

Turkey says detained 7 suspected of selling information to Israel’s Mossad

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Turkish authorities arrested seven people suspected of selling information to Israel's Mossad intelligence service in connection with tracking and monitoring local targets, a Turkish security official has stated.
Middle East

Israel plans ground operation in ‘last refuge’ for Gaza’s displaced

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The Israeli military plans to expand its ground assault into Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, where most Palestinians in the besieged enclave have been forced to seek shelter amid heavy bombardment of the rest of the enclave.
Middle East

Gaza death toll surges past 27,000

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The Palestinian death toll from Israel's ongoing offensive against the besieged Gaza Strip jumped to 27,019, the Health Ministry in the enclave announced on Thursday.
Europe

Putin says Russia to expand Ukraine’s ‘demilitarized zone’

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Moscow needs to create a large “demilitarized zone” in Ukraine, the one that is big enough to ensure no longe-range weapons can strike Russian cities, President Vladimir Putin has stated.
Middle East

Gaza economy needs decades to go back to pre-war levels: UN

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The United Nations has said it will take decades and substantial international aid to rebuild the socioeconomic conditions in the war-torn Gaza Strip to pre-conflict levels.
Middle East

PA president vows to resist Israeli plans to separate Gaza from Palestine

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Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas has stressed that Israel will not be allowed to separate the Gaza Strip from the rest of the Palestinian territory.
Middle East

Yemen’s Houthis say struck US commercial ship in Red Sea

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The Houthis in Yemen have targeted an American commercial vessel bound for Israel in their continued support for Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, subject to Israel’s onslaught.
Middle East

WHO warns Gazans starving to death

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The World Health Organization (WHO) has warned that the people in the besieged Gaza Strip are starving to death due to the constraints imposed by Israel on the delivery of humanitarian aid into the Palestinian territory.
Europe

Russia, Ukraine conduct major prisoner exchange

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Russia and Ukraine conducted the largest ever prisoner swap on Wednesday, with both Moscow and Kiev confirming hundreds to have been exchanged.
Economy

IMF says Iran’s economy registered 5.4% growth last year

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The International Monetary Fund (IMF) in its latest report put Iran’s economic growth in 2023 at 5.4 percent.
Middle East

Poll: Netanyahu’s public support drops further as war grinds on

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Public support for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu steadily dwindled as Israel’s war on the Gaza Strip has dragged on. Public support for the Israeli leader has been decreasing throughout the entirety of the conflict.
Asia

Ex-Pakistani PM Imran Khan, wife jailed in corruption case

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Former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan and his wife have been sentenced to 14 years in jail in a corruption case. This comes after another court ruling in which Khan was given ten years for leaking state secrets.
Energy

Iran’s oil exports increased 50% last year despite US sanctions: Report

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A new report shows that Iran’s oil exports rose by half in 2023 despite sanctions imposed on Tehran by Washington.
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