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Pentagon chief arrives in Ukraine, vows to continue Washington’s support for Kiev

US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin on Monday arrived in Kiev, stating that Washington will continue to support Ukraine.

Iran says not involved in seizure of Israeli ship off Yemen coast

Iran has denied any involvement in the capturing of an Israeli ship in the Red Sea by Yemen’s Ansarullah movement on Sunday.

Time running short for US military aid to Ukraine: Report

If the US Congress fails to pass a bill which includes funding for Ukraine this year, the chances of it doing so at a later point will fall significantly, NBC News has reported, citing sources on Capitol Hill. A clash on supplemental spending is expected after the Thanksgiving recess.

Iran FM to Lavrov: US intensifying Israel’s war on Gaza

Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian has told his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov the United States is intensifying the Israeli regime's war on Gaza.

Hamas: Gaza death toll surges past 13,000

The death toll from the ongoing Israeli attacks against the Gaza Strip has surged past 13,000, the government media office in the besieged enclave confirmed on Monday.

US to clamp down on Israeli settler violence: Report

US President Joe Biden has ordered his administration to draw up a schedule of sanctions against Israelis who attack or harass Palestinians in the West Bank, Politico has reported, citing a confidential document. US is the biggest supporter of Israel, politically and militarily.

Israel-Palestine conflict LIVE: Israeli tanks besiege Gaza’s Indonesian Hospital

Palestinian group, Hamas, which runs the Gaza Strip, has announced the start of military the operation Al-Aqsa Flood against Israel. Thousands of rockets have been fired from the blockaded enclave towards the occupied territories as far away as Tel Aviv, killing over 1,200 Israelis, including both military and settlers. More than 12,500 Palestinians have been so far killed in an exchange of fire between the two sides.

Ayatollah Khamenei urges Islamic states to cut ties with Israel

Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei, the Leader of Iran’s Islamic Revolution called on certain Muslim states with political ties with Israel to cut them.

Russia says west ‘struggling’ with sanctions

Moscow has managed to turn the tables on the west when it comes to sanctions placed on Moscow, the Kremlin has announced, arguing that a myriad of restrictions failed to crash the Russian economy.

Israel-Palestine conflict LIVE: Abbas calls on Biden to press Israel to end Gaza war

Palestinian group, Hamas, which runs the Gaza Strip, has announced the start of military the operation Al-Aqsa Flood against Israel. Thousands of rockets have been fired from the blockaded enclave towards the occupied territories as far away as Tel Aviv, killing over 1,200 Israelis, including both military and settlers. More than 12,000 Palestinians have been so far killed in an exchange of fire between the two sides.

Gaza war creating shell hunger for Ukraine: Zelensky

Ukraine has received fewer artillery rounds since Israel launched its military operation against the Gaza Strip, President Volodymyr Zelensky has said. He added that competition for munitions between countries has intensified, particularly for 155mm shells.

Gazans facing imminent starvation risk: WFP

Residents in the Gaza Strip, which is under an Israeli full siege, are facing potential starvation, a World Food Programme (WFP) official has warned.

IRGC Quds force commander: Iran, allies stay united with Gaza fighters

The head of the Quds Force of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) has assured the military wing of Hamas in the besieged Gaza Strip of the solidarity of the “Axis of Resistance” with Palestinian fighters.

“50K Palestinian pregnant women teetering on verge of death in Gaza”

The head of gynecology  and maternity department at Al-Tahrir Hospital in Khan Younis, situated in the south of the Gaza Strip, says tens of thousands of pregnant women are dicing with death in Gaza amidst severe shortages of medicine and medical equipment due to Israeli strikes.

IRGC chief cmdr.: War on infants in Gaza signals Israeli’s collapse

The chief commander of Iran's Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) Major General Hossein Salami, says the Israeli war on infants in Gaza signals a collapse of the regime.

Russia says Moscow, Washington relations hanging by a thread

The Relations between Russia and the United States are hanging by a thread, with Washington to blame, the Russian Foreign Ministry announced in a statement on the occasion of the 90th anniversary of the re-establishment of diplomatic ties between the two countries.

Hamas denies “false” Reuters report regarding Haniyeh meeting with Iran Leader

A member of Hamas's political bureau said the news published by Reuters claiming that the Iranian supreme leader has announced that Iran will not enter into a war for Hamas is false and pure slander.

Court orders Dutch company to compensate 5 Iranian chemical victims of Iraq war

A court in The Hague issued a verdict on Wednesday that obliges a Dutch company to pay compensation to five Iranian victims of chemical weapons attacks by Iraq in the 1980s for supplying the former Iraqi Baathis regime with raw materials for poison gas.

Biden to Netanyahu: Occupying Gaza a ‘big mistake’

US President Joe Biden says he has made it clear to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that occupying the Gaza Strip would be “a big mistake” and that the two-state solution is the only way to bring an end to the Israel-Palestinian conflict.

US lawmakers urge Biden to call for ceasefire in Gaza

More than two dozen Democratic members of the US Congress have signed a letter, urging the administration of President Joe Biden to agree to a ceasefire and an end to Israel's attack against Gaza. A growing number of Democrats now support a complete halt to the fighting between Israel and Palestinian armed groups.

UN Security Council adopts resolution calling for humanitarian pauses in Gaza Strip

The United Nations Security Council has adopted a resolution calling for a series of humanitarian pauses in the besieged Gaza strip to allow for aid delivery and medical evacuations.

Polling shows US public support for Israel’s war on Gaza at new low

American public support for Israel's war in Gaza has reached a new low, with a fresh survey showing that less than a third of respondents support the war, and the majority of those polled think that Israel should call for a ceasefire to the conflict.

Israel-Palestine conflict LIVE: Israel raids al-Shifa Hospital for second day

Palestinian group, Hamas, which runs the Gaza Strip, has announced the start of military the operation Al-Aqsa Flood against Israel. Thousands of rockets have been fired from the blockaded enclave towards the occupied territories as far away as Tel Aviv, killing over 1,200 Israelis, including both military and settlers. More than 11,500 Palestinians have been so far killed in an exchange of fire between the two sides.

Iran FM says Palestinian groups ready to stop attacking Israel, urges UN involvement to help Gaza

The Iranian foreign minister says Gaza-based Palestinian groups are ready to stop retaliatory attacks against Israel and do something regarding the civilian hostages being held in the Gaza Strip if the Israeli regime stops the genocide in enclave.

France issues int’l arrest warrant for Syria’s Assad

France has issued an international arrest warrant for Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, accused of complicity in crimes against humanity over the chemical attacks in 2013 near Damascus, a judicial source and plaintiffs in the case announced Wednesday. Damascus has rejected any involvement in the gas attack.

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