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Qatari Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani has expressed concerns over the current state of international mediation efforts led by Doha to help reach an agreement on the release of hostages and a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas in the Gaza Strip.

The Lebanese armed group Hezbollah has claimed responsibility for an attack on a military facility in northern Israel that wounded at least 14 soldiers. The group has stated the raid was carried out in retaliation for Israeli strikes that killed Hezbollah members.

Ukraine’s backers should prioritize donating weapons to Kiev over their own defense capabilities, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg has stated.

The Institute for the Study of War (ISW) has warned Russia is gaining the initiative on the battlefield and that Ukraine “cannot hold the present lines now without the rapid resumption” of US aid, highlighting the dire situation Kyiv is in while the US Congress debates sending more weapons.

Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian has stated Tehran’s retaliatory attacks against Israel presented a new definition of the balance of power in the West Asia region.

No option has been taken off the table as the G-7 countries continue to discuss the possibility of using the Russian assets frozen by the West to aid Ukraine, Reuters has reported, citing a senior US Treasury official.

The death toll from severe flooding that hit the United Arab Emirates, Oman and other Persian Gulf countries rose to almost 20, with homes and businesses across the Persian Gulf damaged by the heavy rains, and flights delayed or cancelled.

A report from the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) on the treatment of Palestinian detainees found that in “most” reported incidents, the Israeli army forced males, both men and boys, to “strip down” to their underwear.

EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell has stated Brussels is starting work on expanding sanctions against Iran after Tehran’s drone and missile attack on Israel.

More than 10,000 women have been killed in the Gaza Strip since Israel's war on the besieged enclave began in October, according to estimates by UN Women in a report published Tuesday.

Washington is planning to impose new sanctions targeting Tehran after its attack on Israel over the weekend, according to US National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan.

The United Nations human rights office has urged Israel to halt its support of attacks by settlers in the occupied West Bank.

Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi has warned the Zionists will only come to know the true scale and intensity of Tehran’s military response if they decide to launch a new attack on Iran.

Israeli strikes in southern Lebanon have killed three people including a Hezbollah field commander, Lebanese security sources said, an uptick in violence after at least a week of relative calm in more than half a year of hostilities.

US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen has said the Treasury would use its sanctions authority and work with allies to continue disrupting what she called "the Iranian regime's malign and destabilizing activity".

A human rights group says Israeli soldiers have kidnapped 3,000 Palestinians from Gaza since the start of the aggression on the besieged strip last October, including women and children

The United States will restrict the movements of Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian and his delegation while they are in New York this week, a source familiar with the matter told CNN.

Israel has launched an anti-Iran “diplomatic offensive”, calling for sanctions against Tehran. The move follows Iran's retaliatory attacks against Israel involving drones and missiles.

The Iranian beach volleyball national team were given a drubbing on Tuesday in the men’s final match of the AVC Beach Tour 23rd Samila Open to stand second in the event.

The Palestinian group Hamas has insisted that it will not agree to the release of any hostages without the Israeli army's complete withdrawal from the Gaza Strip and the return of displaced Palestinians to their homes across the besieged enclave.

Iran's Deputy Foreign Minister Ali Bagheri Kani has warned that Tehran would respond to any fresh Israeli "mistake" against the country “within seconds".

Italy has warned that any retaliation by Israel for Iran’s missile and drone attacks over the weekend could lead to a spiral of violence, local media has reported.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has urged the collective West to become involved in the conflict with Russia and protect Kiev similar to how it aided Israel during the Iranian missile and drone attacks over the weekend.

Two mass graves have been discovered by Gaza’s Health Ministry and the Civil Defence Forces in north of the Gaza Strip.

Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian says Tehran has warned Washington about potential consequences of repeated Israeli military adventurism against Iran.