Assad says will only meet Erdogan if ‘core’ issues addressed

Syria's President Bashar al-Assad has stated he would only meet Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan if the two countries could focus on the core issues of Ankara's support for "terrorism" and the pullout of Turkish troops from Syrian territory.

EU puts sanctions on far-right Israelis over rights abuses against Palestinians

The European Union has imposed sanctions against five extremist Israeli settlers and three entities for “serious and systematic human rights abuses” against Palestinians in the occupied West Bank.

Trump assassination attempt reflects ‘suicidal state’ of American democracy: Russia

The Russian government sought to blame the attempted assassination of former US President Donald Trump this weekend on the political environment under the Joe Biden administration and said it was an example of the failures of American democracy and “liberalism".

China says ready to work with new Iranian government

China's Foreign ministry spokesman Lin Jian has stated it appreciates president-elect Masoud Pezeshkian’s recently announced favorable stance on the countries’ relations, voicing Beijing's readiness to work with Iran’s incoming administration.

Pakistan seeking to ban Imran Khan’s party

The Pakistani government has announced it plans to ban Pakistan Terheek-e-Insaf (PTI), the party of jailed former Prime Minister, Imran Khan.

China, Russia launch joint military exercises

Chinese and Russian naval forces have started joint military drills in the Pacific, the Defense Ministry in Beijing has announced.

Syrians voting in parliamentary election

Syrians are heading to the polls to choose their representatives to the parliament in the fourth election of the legislative body since the 2011 war broke out.

Bodies of dozens likely Daesh victims recovered from mass grave in Iraq

Iraqi authorities have uncovered the remains of tens of people in a mass grave in northern Iraq, likely victims of the Daesh terror group.

Russia claims US financed Ukraine’s plot to assassinate Putin

Kiev’s plot to assassinate Russian President Vladimir Putin was financed by the United States, Moscow's Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova has claimed.

UN says clearing Gaza of war rubble will take 15 years

A fleet of more than one hundred lorries would take 15 years to clear the besieged Gaza Strip of almost 40m tonnes of rubble in an operation costing between $500m (£394m) and $600m, a United Nations assessment has shown.

Iran’s president-elect reaffirms support for Palestine

Iran's President-elect Masoud Pezeshkian has stated that the Palestinian issue would be at the top of his administration’s priorities, and that Tehran will not leave Palestinians alone at these difficult times.

Iran’s Pezeshkian lauds Yemen for ‘courageous’ support of Gaza

Iranian president-elect Masoud Pezeshkian has hailed Yemeni leaders and people for their courageous support of the Palestinian nation at a time when several countries have refused to take any action to back the Gaza Strip in the face of the Israeli military onslaught.

FBI says investigating Trump assassination attempt as ‘potential’ domestic terrorist act

A top official at the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has stated the agency is looking into the shooting that unfolded at former US President Trump’s campaign rally as an assassination attempt as well as a “potential” domestic terrorism act.

Gaza death toll tops 38,500

At least 141 more Palestinians were killed in Israeli attacks in the Gaza Strip, pushing up the overall death toll to 38,584 since early October last year, the Health Ministry in the battered territory reported on Sunday.

Moscow responds to Kiev’s threats to assassinate Putin

Russia is aware of the dangers coming from Ukraine, including its threats to assassinate President Vladimir Putin, Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov has stated.

Syria sets conditions for restoring ties with Turkey

The Syrian foreign ministry has reiterated that normalizing relations with Ankara hinges on returning to the status quo before 2011.

Moscow warns European cities prime targets for Russian missiles

Moscow has enough capabilities to counter such hostile moves by Washington as its just-announced deployment of new missiles to Europe, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov has stated.

Iran condemns Argentina accusations over bombing of Jewish center

Tehran has condemned as unfounded allegations leveled by Argentine officials that Iranian nationals had been involved in the bombing of a Jewish community center in Buenos Aires in the 1990s.

Egyptian sources say Gaza ceasefire talks on halt, Israel not serious

Gaza ceasefire talks have been halted after three days of intense negotiations failed to produce a viable outcome, two Egyptian security sources have stated, blaming Israel for lacking the genuine intent to reach an agreement.

Hamas says Deif mocking Netanyahu’s empty claims

Hamas has dismissed claims that Israel's deadly airstrikes against a refugee camp in the southern Gaza Strip were aimed at assassination of the Palestinian movement’s leaders, saying Tel Aviv uses such claims as a pretext to massacre civilians.

Iran strongly condemns Israel’s attacks on Gaza refugee camp

Iran’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesperson Nasser Kanaani strongly deplored the recent Israeli crimes in Khan Yunis, a city in the southern Gaza Strip, which resulted in the deaths and injuries of hundreds of Palestinian civilians.

Trump wounded in shooting at Pennsylvania rally

Former US President Donald Trump was injured Saturday evening during his rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, in what the FBI says was an assassination attempt.

Death toll in Israeli strike on Khan Younis rises to 90: health authorities

At least 90 Palestinians, half of them children and women, were killed in an Israeli air raid on tents for displaced people in the southern Gaza Strip city of Khan Younis on Saturday, the Gaza-based health authorities said on Sunday.

Dozens killed, nearly 300 wounded in Israeli strikes on displaced people in Khan Younis

Dozens have been killed and hundreds wounded in an Israeli attack on a displaced people's camp in Gaza's Khan Younis, according to the government media office.

Poll: Most Israelis want Netanyahu to resign over Hamas attack

Nearly three quarters of Israelis want Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to resign over his government’s failures during the October 7 Hamas incursion, according to a survey published by Channel 12 on Friday.

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