Middle East

UN chief: 4 out of 5 hungriest people globally are in Gaza

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United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has once again sounded the alarm on the dire humanitarian crisis in the besieged Gaza Strip, lamenting that four out of “five of the hungriest people anywhere in the world are" in the coastal territory.
Middle East

UN agency says “no place is safe” in Gaza as Israel calls for new areas to evacuate

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Thomas White, a top official with the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees, has warned Israel's military call for the evacuation of new parts of central Gaza, will impact more than 150,000 people — many already displaced.
Middle East

100 journalists killed since start of war: Gaza media office

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At least 100 journalists have been killed since Israel’s war on the Gaza Strip began on October 7, according to new figures released by the government media office in Gaza.
Europe

Ukrainian troops say facing acute ammunition shortage

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The Ukrainian army is facing an acute shortage of ammunition, hampering its counteroffensive operations while Russia does not seem to have the same problem, the Washington Post has reported, citing forces deployed on the frontlines.
Middle East

Gazans facing starvation: WHO chief

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Residents in Gaza City are facing starvation and selling their possessions for food, the head of the World Health Organization (WHO) has cautioned.
Middle East

Saudis overwhelmingly say Arab countries should severe ties with Israel amid Gaza war

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A new poll has found that 96 percent of Saudi nationals believe that Arab nations should cut ties with Israel in response to the Israeli war in the Gaza Strip, and that the popularity of Hamas has grown significantly amid Israel's devastating military offensive on the embattled territory.
Middle East

Two-thirds of Israelis want Gaza ceasefire agreement: Poll

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Sixty-seven percent of Israelis are in favour of an exchange of Palestinian prisoners for Israeli captives of Hamas that would bring about a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip, according to a Lazar Institute poll published by Israeli daily Maariv.
Middle East

Analysis shows Israel has dropped hundreds of 2,000-pound bombs on Gaza

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In the first month of its war on Gaza, Israel dropped hundreds of massive bombs, many of them capable of killing or wounding people more than 1,000 feet away, analysis by CNN and artificial intelligence company Synthetaic have suggested.
Views

Iranian MP reacts strongly to Russia’s support for Arab states’ stance on three Iranian islands

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An Iranian lawmaker has shown a strong reaction to Russia’s alignment with Arab countries regarding the three Iranian islands of the Lesser Tunb, the Greater Tunb and Abu Musa in the Persian Gulf.
Middle East

335k kids in Gaza Strip at high risk of preventable death due to food insecurity: UNICEF

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Children in the Gaza Strip under the age of 5 — about 335,000 kids — are at high risk of severe malnutrition and preventable death, as the risk of famine conditions continues to increase, according to a UNICEF statement on Friday.
Middle East

Turkey captures hundreds for alleged Daesh links

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Turkish police and counterterrorism squads arrested 304 people suspected of ties to the Daesh terrorist group, Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya has announced.
Views

Ex-MP says Iran’s foreign policy on Russia ‘naïve’ 

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Ex-MP says Iran’s foreign policy on Russia ‘naïve’ 
Middle East

US intelligence analysis: Hamas’ influence and credibility has grown since its attack on Israel

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A flurry of new analysis by US intelligence agencies has revealed that Hamas’ credibility and influence has grown dramatically in the two months since the October 7 military operation in the Middle East and beyond
Middle East

Gaza residents face “toxic” combination of disease, hunger and lack of hygiene: WHO chief

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The head of the United Nations' health agency on Thursday warned of the “toxic mix of disease, hunger and lack of hygiene and sanitation” faced by people in Gaza as he called for an immediate ceasefire in Israel's war on the strip.
Foreign Policy

Iran president says Caucasus must not turn into battleground for outsiders

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Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi has warned of plots by trans-regional countries to gain foothold in the Caucasus, stressing the region must not turn into a battleground for other states.
Middle East

Support for US military aid to Israel drops amid Gaza war

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Voter support for the US military aid to Israel has dropped amid the Israeli war on the Gaza Strip that has killed about 20,000 people so far, according to a new poll from Quinnipiac University.
Middle East

Almost 66% of jobs lost in Gaza since start of war: Report

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Nearly 66 percent of jobs have been lost in the Gaza Strip since the start of the war between Israel and Hamas on October 7, new data from the International Labour Organization (ILO) and the Palestinian statistics office show.
Middle East

Houthi leader vows to hit US warships in Red Sea in case of strike on Yemen

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Yemen's Houthi leader has warned that the Yemeni forces would attack US ships in the Middle East if Washington waged war against the war-torn country.
Middle East

Gaza death toll tops 20,000

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At least 20,000 people have been killed in the besieged Gaza Strip since Israel began bombarding the enclave more than 10 weeks ago, according to the Palestinian officials.
Europe

Putin says western spy agencies supporting Ukraine’s ‘terrorism’

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Ukraine has been using “terrorist methods” with “direct support” from foreign intelligence agencies, Russian President Vladimir Putin has claimed.
Middle East

UNICEF warns children in Gaza have “barely a drop to drink”

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Children in the Gaza Strip are getting only about 10% of the water they would normally use, leaving them with “barely a drop to drink,” UNICEF has announced in a statement.
Middle East

Iraq’s governing Shia alliance leads in provincial elections

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Iraq’s governing Shia alliance has reportedly emerged as the biggest winner in the country’s provincial elections. The "Iran-aligned" coalition wins 101 out of 285 seats, and is boosted in advance of Iraq's parliamentary elections in 2025.
Middle East

90% of Gaza’s population displaced by Israeli offensive: UN

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Israeli onslaughts against the besieged Gaza Strip have displaced more than 90% of the territory’s population, the UN Palestinian refugee agency has announced.
Middle East

WHO says Gaza facing ‘massive risk’ of epidemics

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The World Health Organization has warned of a massive risk of epidemics in Gaza amid the ongoing Israeli onslaught, calling for a ceasefire in the besieged strip.
Middle East

More than 70% of Gaza residents facing extreme hunger: Report

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Seventy-one percent of the Gaza population faces extreme hunger as they continue to endure relentless Israeli bombardment, according to a study by the rights group Euro-Med Monitor.
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