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A vast majority of Americans back Israel's planned military operation against Rafah, the densely-populated city in besieged Gaza Strip, according to a new survey. At least 34,500 people, mainly children and women, have been killed in the blockaded territory since October 2023.

Several European member states are expected to recognize Palestinian statehood by the end of May, the EU’s foreign policy chief Josep Borrell stated on Monday at the sidelines of a World Economic Forum special meeting in Riyadh.

The cultural and artistic conference of Persian Gulf National Day was held at the Azadi Tower cultural complex in Tehran on Monday morning (April 29, 2024) with Iran’s Minister of Culture and Islamic Guidance Mohammed Mahdi Esmaeili and a group of artists in attendance.

The number and frequency of Ukrainian troops receiving training in US bases in Western Europe has dropped to almost zero in the last months, suggesting that Kiev is running out of men to fight Russian forces, US officials have told the Washington Post.

Tel Aviv has launched a major campaign to prevent the International Criminal Court (ICC) from issuing arrest warrants for top Israeli officials over war crimes in the Gaza Strip.

Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesman Nasser Kanaani said that if the US had the will to secure a truce in the Gaza Strip, it could have stopped the shipment of weapons and ammunition to Israel and cut off its financial and political support for the regime.

EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell has insisted that member states of the bloc don’t want their citizens to die in the Russia-Ukraine conflict, but that the bloc will keep supporting Kiev with military and financial aid.

The Russian Army has continued their push further westward from Donetsk, forcing Ukrainian units to pull back from three more villages under heavy attacks by multiple brigades, Kiev’s top general has conceded.

At least 900 protesters have been detained since the launch of pro-Palestinian demonstrations on university campuses across the US, where students are raging against the Israeli regime’s US-backed genocidal war on the Gaza Strip.

The latest US aid package for Kiev, which was only approved by the US Congress after more than six months of partisan feuding, might be small potatoes compared to what Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has in mind for his biggest benefactor.

The Suez Canal revenue has fallen 50% amid growing tension in the Red Sea, Egypt’s planning minister has announced.

At least 17,000 children in the besieged coastal enclave are unaccompanied or separated from their families, according to the United Nations agency for the Palestinian refugees.

More than 70% of Americans do not approve of President Joe Biden’s policy on the Israeli war on the Gaza Strip which has so far killed almost 34,500.

Iranians held ceremonies on Sunday to mark the National Persian Gulf Day to assert Iran's sovereignty over the body of water in south of the country and once again remind that any misnomer by any county including the Arab neighbors on the waterway or ownership claim is condemned.

Moscow will give a harsh response if the West opts to seize its frozen assets, Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova has stated.

US President Joe Biden has pressured the Israeli government against a full invasion of Rafah in the Gaza Strip during a telephone conversation with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday, the White House announced.

An Israeli ground invasion of Rafah in the Gaza Strip would force most of the Palestinian population to flee Gaza, Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas has stated.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky statement about the military death count had to be presented as lower in order not to scare off mobilized citizens amid recruitment issues, The Washington Post has reported, citing a Ukrainian lawmaker who spoke on condition of anonymity.

Some senior US officials have advised Secretary of State Antony Blinken that they do not find "credible or reliable" Israel's assurances that it is using US-supplied weapons in accordance with international humanitarian law, according to an internal State Department memo reviewed by Reuters.

Arrest warrants or any other actions by the International Criminal Court (ICC) against Israeli officials will not affect Tel Aviv’s military operation in the Gaza Strip, but will set “a dangerous precedent”, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has stated. The Palestinian death toll from Israel's onslaught against Gaza is nearing 35,000.

The Israel army troops have been bombing areas in southern Gaza, previously designated as safe zones, according to an NBC News investigation.

A report has revealed that UK forces may be deployed on the ground in the besieged Gaza Strip under the guise of supporting aid deliveries once a new sea route opens next month.

Palestinian group Hamas on Saturday published a video of two hostages, American-Israeli Keith Siegel and Israeli Omri Miran held in the Gaza Strip, showing footage of them urging the Israeli government to make a deal to secure their release.

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken will travel to Saudi Arabia next week to discuss a cease-fire in the Gaza Strip, the State Department announced on Saturday.

Tens of thousands of people on Saturday held protests across the occupied Palestinian territories, demanding the release of hostages held in the Gaza Strip and calling for early elections.