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US envoy says Israel's turn to 'comply' as Lebanon moves to disarm Hezbollah

US envoy says Israel's turn to 'comply' as Lebanon moves to disarm Hezbollah

US envoy Tom Barrack on Monday called on Israel to honour commitments under a ceasefire that ended its war with Hezbollah, after the Lebanese...

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Protests held across Israel calling for end to Gaza war, hostage deal

Protests held across Israel calling for end to Gaza war, hostage deal

Demonstrators took to the streets across Israel Sunday calling for an end to the war in Gaza and a deal to release hostages still held by militants,...

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Libyans vote in local elections snubbed by eastern government

Libyans vote in local elections snubbed by eastern government

Tens of thousands of Libyans voted in local elections on Saturday in areas controlled by the Tripoli government but opposition from a rival...

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US suspends visas for Gazans after far-right influencer posts

US suspends visas for Gazans after far-right influencer posts

The US government said Saturday it is suspending visitor visas for Gazans after a far-right influencer with the ear of President Donald Trump...

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Tight security for Libya local vote marred by incidents

Tight security for Libya local vote marred by incidents

Tens of thousands of Libyans voted in local elections on Saturday in areas controlled by the Tripoli government but opposition from a rival...

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Israeli far-right minister backs contentious West Bank settlement plan

Israeli far-right minister backs contentious West Bank settlement plan

Israel's finance minister backed plans on Thursday to build 3,400 homes in a particularly contentious area of the occupied West Bank, calling for the...

16.08.2025 5

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UN warns Russia, Israel of conflict sex crimes listing risk

UN warns Russia, Israel of conflict sex crimes listing risk

The United Nations warned Israel and Russia on Thursday that their militaries faced being listed as parties suspected of committing sexual violence in...

15.08.2025 10

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UN commission finds violence against Syria Alawites likely included 'war crimes'

UN commission finds violence against Syria Alawites likely included 'war crimes'

A UN commission investigating sectarian bloodshed in Syria's Alawite heartland documented systematic violence at the hands of government forces and...

15.08.2025 8

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Renowned Egyptian novelist Sonallah Ibrahim dies at 88

Renowned Egyptian novelist Sonallah Ibrahim dies at 88

Egyptian novelist Sonallah Ibrahim, famed for his critiques of political repression, neoliberalism and Western hegemony, has died at the age of 88,...

14.08.2025 5

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Ankara, Damascus top diplomats warn Israel over Syria action

Ankara, Damascus top diplomats warn Israel over Syria action

Turkey's foreign minister and his Syrian counterpart on Wednesday warned Israel not to stir up chaos in Syria and demanded an end to all external...

14.08.2025 10

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Gaza mediators 'working very hard' to revive truce plan: Egypt

Gaza mediators 'working very hard' to revive truce plan: Egypt

Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday revived calls to "allow" Palestinians to leave the Gaza Strip, as the military prepares a...

13.08.2025 3

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The Elders group of global leaders warns of Gaza 'genocide'

The Elders group of global leaders warns of Gaza 'genocide'

The Elders group of international stateswomen and statesmen for the first time on Tuesday called the situation in Gaza an "unfolding genocide", saying...

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Council of Europe cautions on weapon sales to Israel

Council of Europe cautions on weapon sales to Israel

The Council of Europe urged its member states on Tuesday to halt deliveries of weapons to Israel if they could be used for human rights violations....

13.08.2025 3

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Al Jazeera journalists hold vigil for staff slain in Gaza

Al Jazeera journalists hold vigil for staff slain in Gaza

Al Jazeera staff gathered at the news network's Doha headquarters on Monday for a televised memorial for five colleagues killed by Israel overnight in...

12.08.2025 4

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Al Jazeera says 5 journalists killed in Israeli strike in Gaza

Al Jazeera says 5 journalists killed in Israeli strike in Gaza

Al Jazeera said two of its correspondents, including a prominent reporter, and three cameramen were killed in an Israeli strike on their tent in Gaza...

12.08.2025 7

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Israel's Gaza plan risks 'another calamity,' UN official warns

Israel's Gaza plan risks 'another calamity,' UN official warns

A UN official on Sunday warned the Security Council that Israel's plans to control Gaza City risked "another calamity" with far-reaching consequences,...

11.08.2025 4

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Hundreds march in London against UK recognising a Palestinian state

Hundreds march in London against UK recognising a Palestinian state

Several hundred people marched on Sunday in London to demand Hamas release the Israeli hostages held by the Palestinian militant group in Gaza and...

11.08.2025 4

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Israel's Gaza plan risks 'another calamity': UN official

Israel's Gaza plan risks 'another calamity': UN official

A UN official on Sunday warned the Security Council that Israel's plans to control Gaza City risked "another calamity" with far-reaching consequences,...

11.08.2025 3

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Thousands protest in Tel Aviv against Israeli govt move to expand Gaza war

Thousands protest in Tel Aviv against Israeli govt move to expand Gaza war

Thousands took to the streets in Tel Aviv on Saturday to call for an end to the war in Gaza, a day after the Israeli government vowed to expand the...

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Israel strike kills one in Lebanon: ministry

Israel strike kills one in Lebanon: ministry

An Israeli strike killed one person in southern Lebanon on Friday, the Lebanese health ministry said, with Israel accusing the slain man of being a...

09.08.2025 10

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Israel ultra-Orthodox vow to push back after students' arrest

Israel ultra-Orthodox vow to push back after students' arrest

Israel's ultra-Orthodox Jewish community pledged to resist government moves to call up seminary students for military service on Thursday, as...

08.08.2025 10

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Palestinians bury activist shot dead by West Bank settler

Palestinians bury activist shot dead by West Bank settler

Mourners attended on Thursday the funeral of Palestinian activist Awdah Hathaleen in the occupied West Bank whose body was handed over by Israel more...

08.08.2025 8

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Suspect in killing of Israeli embassy staffers could face death penalty

Suspect in killing of Israeli embassy staffers could face death penalty

A Chicago man arrested for the fatal shooting of two Israeli embassy staffers in the US capital Washington could potentially face the death penalty if...

08.08.2025 10

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Lebanon cabinet meets again on Hezbollah disarmament

Lebanon cabinet meets again on Hezbollah disarmament

Lebanon's cabinet met on Thursday for the second time in days to discuss disarming Hezbollah, after the Iran-backed group rejected the government's...

08.08.2025 5

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'How much worse could it get?' Gazans fear full occupation

'How much worse could it get?' Gazans fear full occupation

"When will this nightmare end?" wonders Amal Hamada, a 20-year-old displaced woman who, like most Gazans, feels powerless before the threat of full...

08.08.2025 3

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Sudan's PM in Egypt on first foreign visit

Sudan's PM in Egypt on first foreign visit

Sudan's Prime Minister Kamil Idris arrived in Cairo on Thursday morning for his first foreign visit since assuming office in May, as his country's...

08.08.2025 5

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Germany to extend border controls in migration crackdown

Germany to extend border controls in migration crackdown

Germany will push on with temporary border controls beyond a September deadline as it cracks down on irregular immigration, Interior Minister...

08.08.2025 3

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Egypt sets opening of $1 bn Pyramids museum for Nov 1

Egypt sets opening of $1 bn Pyramids museum for Nov 1

Egypt said on Wednesday that its much-anticipated new $1-billion archaeological museum near the Pyramids of Giza will officially open on November 1...

07.08.2025 3

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UK couple held in Iran speak to relatives by phone: family

UK couple held in Iran speak to relatives by phone: family

A British couple held in Iran on espionage charges spoke by phone Tuesday with relatives in the UK for the first time since they were detained in...

06.08.2025 6

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Death toll in Yemen migrant shipwreck tops 90

Death toll in Yemen migrant shipwreck tops 90

More than 90 people were killed when a migrant boat sank off Yemen's coast, Yemeni officials and a source at the International Organization for...

06.08.2025 4

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UN experts call for GHF to be dismantled

UN experts call for GHF to be dismantled

United Nations special rapporteurs called Tuesday for the Israel- and US-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation to be immediately dismantled, saying aid...

06.08.2025 3

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Saudi Aramco profit drops 22 percent on lower prices

Saudi Aramco profit drops 22 percent on lower prices

Saudi Aramco's profit slid 22 percent in the second quarter to 85 billion riyals ($22.67 billion) as a slump in prices hit revenues, the oil giant...

06.08.2025 3

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Five years after Beirut port blast, Lebanon president promises justice

Five years after Beirut port blast, Lebanon president promises justice

The loved ones of those killed in a catastrophic explosion at Beirut's port five years ago gathered to demand justice on the anniversary of the blast...

05.08.2025 6

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Pacific algae invade Algeria beaches, pushing humans and fish away

Pacific algae invade Algeria beaches, pushing humans and fish away

At a beach near Algiers, brown algae native to the Pacific Ocean cover the golden sand, posing a threat to ecosystems native to the area and their...

05.08.2025 3

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Jordan sees tourism slump over Gaza war

Jordan sees tourism slump over Gaza war

Jordan has seen a decrease in the number of tourists visiting its famed ancient city of Petra and other sites since the Gaza war began in October...

05.08.2025 3

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Lebanon president promises justice 5 years after Beirut port blast

Lebanon president promises justice 5 years after Beirut port blast

Lebanese President Joseph Aoun on Monday vowed that "justice is coming", five years after a catastrophic explosion at Beirut's port for which nobody...

05.08.2025 5

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Palestinians across West Bank protest Gaza war

Palestinians across West Bank protest Gaza war

Thousands of Palestinians protested in the occupied West Bank's major cities Sunday against the war in Gaza and in support of Palestinians held in...

04.08.2025 3

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Turkey starts supplying Azerbaijani gas to boost Syria's power output

Turkey starts supplying Azerbaijani gas to boost Syria's power output

Turkey on Saturday turned on a supply of natural gas from Azerbaijan to Syria, whose infrastructure was ravaged by civil war, with annual deliveries...

03.08.2025 3

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US promises Gaza food plan after envoy visit

US promises Gaza food plan after envoy visit

President Donald Trump's special envoy promised a plan to deliver more food to Gaza after inspecting a US-backed distribution centre on Friday, as the...

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US envoy visits Gaza sites as UN says hundreds of aid-seekers killed

US envoy visits Gaza sites as UN says hundreds of aid-seekers killed

President Donald Trump's special envoy promised a plan to deliver more food to Gaza after inspecting a US-backed distribution centre on Friday, as the...

02.08.2025 10

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France to halt Gaza arrivals pending probe into student's antisemitic posts

France to halt Gaza arrivals pending probe into student's antisemitic posts

France will suspend its programme to receive Palestinians from conflict-torn Gaza pending the outcome of an investigation into how a student accused...

02.08.2025 10

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President says Lebanon determined to disarm Hezbollah

President says Lebanon determined to disarm Hezbollah

Lebanese President Joseph Aoun said Thursday that he was determined to disarm Hezbollah, a step it has come under heavy US pressure to take, despite...

01.08.2025 7

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Thousands of Afghans scramble for chance to work in Qatar

Thousands of Afghans scramble for chance to work in Qatar

When Mohammad Hanif heard Qatar was opening jobs to Afghans, he joined thousands of others to put his name down for a shot to make a living in the...

01.08.2025 5

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US imposes sanctions on shipping empire tied to Iranian leaders

US imposes sanctions on shipping empire tied to Iranian leaders

The United States on Wednesday slapped sanctions on a shipping empire controlled by the son of a top political advisor to Iran's supreme leader,...

01.08.2025 10

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Gaza civil defence says 30 killed in food queue by Israeli fire

Gaza civil defence says 30 killed in food queue by Israeli fire

Gaza's civil defence agency said Israeli forces killed at least 30 people when they opened fire Wednesday on a crowd waiting for humanitarian aid in...

01.08.2025 7

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From skies over Gaza, Jordanian crew drops lifeline to civilians

From skies over Gaza, Jordanian crew drops lifeline to civilians

Aboard a Jordanian military plane, aid crates are parachuted into Gaza, where war and blockade have pushed more than two million Palestinians to the...

31.07.2025 5

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WHO chief says continuous medical aid into Gaza 'critical'

WHO chief says continuous medical aid into Gaza 'critical'

The World Health Organization's chief said getting a continuous flow of medical supplies into Gaza was "critical", as WHO trucks carrying aid headed...

31.07.2025 9

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Gaza civil defence says 14 killed by Israeli fire

Gaza civil defence says 14 killed by Israeli fire

Gaza's civil defence agency said 14 Palestinians were killed by Israeli fire in four separate incidents on Wednesday, three of them near aid...

31.07.2025 5

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Dubai airport logs record travellers in first half

Dubai airport logs record travellers in first half

Dubai International Airport welcomed a record 46 million passengers in the first half of this year, authorities said on Tuesday, despite disruptions...

30.07.2025 7

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Netherlands bars two hardline Israeli ministers

Netherlands bars two hardline Israeli ministers

The Netherlands has declared Israel's finance and national security ministers persona non grata for inciting violence and urging ethnic cleansing in...

30.07.2025 5

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