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UN Security Council to vote Monday on Trump Gaza plan

UN Security Council to vote Monday on Trump Gaza plan

The UN Security Council will vote Monday on a resolution endorsing US President Donald Trump's Gaza peace plan, diplomats said. Last week the...

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Iran likely seized oil tanker off UAE: security firms

Iran likely seized an oil tanker that suddenly changed course towards the country's waters Friday, two security companies said, stoking concern that...

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Saudi prince, eyeing defence pledge, to meet Trump after long US absence

Saudi prince, eyeing defence pledge, to meet Trump after long US absence

Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman will press for security guarantees while US President Donald Trump will urge him to normalise ties with Israel when...

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Water shortage pushes Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan into energy crisis

Water shortage pushes Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan into energy crisis

Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan are facing an energy crisis as water levels have plummeted at the reservoirs powering their largests hydropower stations,...

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'Like a horror movie': 770 km of fear for those fleeing Sudan's El-Fasher

'Like a horror movie': 770 km of fear for those fleeing Sudan's El-Fasher

Survivors of the bloody takeover of El-Fasher walked for days through the desert, past bodies and armed men who humiliated them, desperate to escape...

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Israeli troops kill two West Bank Palestinians, settlers set mosque ablaze

Israeli troops kill two West Bank Palestinians, settlers set mosque ablaze

The Palestinian Authority said Thursday that Israeli soldiers had killed two 15-year-olds in the occupied West Bank, while Israel called them...

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Study flags 'complicity' of oil-supplying states in Gaza war

Study flags 'complicity' of oil-supplying states in Gaza war

Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan and the United States shipped vast amounts of oil to Israel during its two-year Gaza offensive, according to a report by Oil...

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Gazans begin to restore historic fort damaged in war

Gazans begin to restore historic fort damaged in war

One bucket at a time, Palestinian workers cleared sand and crumbling mortar from the remains of an former medieval fortress turned museum in Gaza...

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Royal ransoms, a top money-maker for Mali's jihadist kidnappers

Royal ransoms, a top money-maker for Mali's jihadist kidnappers

At least $50 million for the freedom of an Emirati sheikh: that is the king's ransom paid two weeks ago to jihadists linked to Al-Qaeda who are...

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Algeria pardons writer Boualem Sansal

Algeria pardons writer Boualem Sansal

Jailed French-Algerian writer Boualem Sansal arrived in Germany for medical treatment on Wednesday after Algiers agreed to a German request that he be...

13.11.2025 2

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Denmark tries two for grenade attack at Israeli embassy

Denmark tries two for grenade attack at Israeli embassy

A Danish court put two Swedish teenagers on trial on terrorism charges for having thrown two hand grenades at the Israeli embassy in Copenhagen last...

13.11.2025 2

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Syria opens probe into robbery at national museum

Syria opens probe into robbery at national museum

Syrian authorities have temporarily closed the national museum in Damascus and launched an investigation after thieves made off with several pieces,...

13.11.2025 3

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Monumental art displayed in shade of Egypt's pyramids

Monumental art displayed in shade of Egypt's pyramids

Installations by renowned international artists including Italy's Michelangelo Pistoletto and Portugal's Alexandre Farto have been erected in the sand...

12.11.2025 10

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UN aid chief hails talks with Sudan army leader

UN aid chief hails talks with Sudan army leader

UN humanitarian chief Tom Fletcher held Tuesday what he called "constructive" talks with Sudan's army chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan to ensure...

12.11.2025 2

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Agence France-Presse

Macron warns any planned West Bank annexation a 'red line'

Macron warns any planned West Bank annexation a 'red line'

French President Emmanuel Macron warned on Tuesday that any Israeli plans for annexation in the West Bank would be a "red line" and would provoke a...

12.11.2025 10

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Agence France-Presse

Thieves steal ancient gold from Syria's national museum, sources say

Thieves steal ancient gold from Syria's national museum, sources say

Thieves made off with several ancient gold ingots from Syria's national museum in Damascus, a security source and another close to the institution's...

12.11.2025 5

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France's Macron to meet Palestinian president Abbas

France's Macron to meet Palestinian president Abbas

French President Emmanuel Macron will meet Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas in Paris on Tuesday to discuss the "full implementation" of the Gaza...

12.11.2025 3

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Agence France-Presse

Egypt begins voting in parliamentary elections

Egypt begins voting in parliamentary elections

Egyptians head to the polls on Monday to elect a new parliament, which critics say will only further cement President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi's grip on...

11.11.2025 4

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Agence France-Presse

Syrian president arrives in US for landmark visit

Syrian president arrives in US for landmark visit

Syria's President Ahmed al-Sharaa arrived in the United States on Saturday for a landmark official visit, his country's state news agency reported, a...

10.11.2025 3

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Agence France-Presse

Syrian president arrives in US for landmark visit

Syrian president arrives in US for landmark visit

Syria's President Ahmed al-Sharaa arrived in the United States on Saturday for a landmark official visit, his country's state news agency reported, a...

10.11.2025 2

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Agence France-Presse

Tunisian opponents go on collective hunger strike to support jailed figure

Tunisian opponents go on collective hunger strike to support jailed figure

Prominent Tunisian opposition figures including Rached Ghannouchi said Friday they would go on hunger strike in solidarity with a jailed politician...

09.11.2025 10

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Agence France-Presse

Turkey issues genocide arrest warrant against Netanyahu

Turkey issues genocide arrest warrant against Netanyahu

Turkey announced Friday that it had issued arrest warrants for genocide against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and senior officials in his...

09.11.2025 3

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Agence France-Presse

France arrests four over protest at Israeli orchestra concert

France arrests four over protest at Israeli orchestra concert

French police have arrested four people after a Paris concert by Israel's national orchestra was disrupted, a prosecutor said Friday, with organisers...

08.11.2025 3

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Fleetwood in tie for lead at halfway stage in Abu Dhabi

Fleetwood in tie for lead at halfway stage in Abu Dhabi

Tommy Fleetwood produced another strong round on Friday to head into the weekend at the Abu Dhabi Championship tied for the lead with fellow...

08.11.2025 3

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Agence France-Presse

No end to Sudan fighting despite RSF paramilitaries backing truce plan

No end to Sudan fighting despite RSF paramilitaries backing truce plan

The United Nations warned on Friday of "intensified hostilities" ahead in Sudan, despite paramilitary forces endorsing a truce proposal from mediators...

08.11.2025 2

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Agence France-Presse

Fleetwod and Lowry lift each other into Abu Dhabi lead

Fleetwod and Lowry lift each other into Abu Dhabi lead

Friends Tommy Fleetwood and Shane Lowry shared the lead in the Abu Dhabi Championship after they were paired together on Thursday and both shot...

07.11.2025 4

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Attack on funeral in Sudan's Kordofan region kills 40: UN

Attack on funeral in Sudan's Kordofan region kills 40: UN

An attack on a funeral in the strategic city of El-Obeid in Sudan's central Kordofan region killed 40 people, the UN said Wednesday, as paramilitaries...

06.11.2025 1

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Pro-Palestinian protestors invading Vuelta course 'unacceptable': organisers

Pro-Palestinian protestors invading the Vuelta a Espana course to force the final stage of the cycling Grand Tour to be abandoned was "absolutely...

16.09.2025 3

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Gaza aid flotilla carrying Greta Thunberg departs Tunisia

A flotilla bound for Gaza carrying aid and pro-Palestinian activists set sail Monday from Tunisia after repeated delays, aiming to break Israel's...

16.09.2025 4

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Agence France-Presse

Spain's political class spars over chaotic Vuelta finale

Spain's political class clashed over chaotic pro-Palestinian protests in Madrid that brought the Vuelta to a premature end Sunday, with the opposition...

16.09.2025 2

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Agence France-Presse

Palestinians flee Gaza City under Israeli bombardment

Palestinian families streamed out of Gaza City on Sunday, some crammed into pick-up trucks, others on foot, as Israeli forces pressed their assault on...

15.09.2025 3

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Agence France-Presse

Rubio says Qatar strike 'not going to change' US-Israel ties

The United States is "not happy" about Israeli strikes targeting Hamas in Qatar, but the attack will not change Washington's allied status with...

14.09.2025 5

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Eurovision will 'respect' any boycott decisions over Israel

The Eurovision Song Contest will respect countries' decisions on participating in next year's competition, its chief said Friday, after several...

13.09.2025 3

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Agence France-Presse

Belgian festival axes German orchestra over Israeli conductor

A Belgian festival said Thursday it stood by its decision to axe a leading German orchestra's performance over concerns about its Israeli conductor --...

12.09.2025 4

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Funeral begins for six killed in Israel Qatar strike

The funeral for six people killed in an Israeli strike targeting Hamas in Qatar began in a Doha mosque Thursday amid tight security as the Gulf...

12.09.2025 5

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Agence France-Presse

Israeli strikes on rebel-held Yemen kill 35

Israeli air strikes on Huthi-held Yemen killed 35 people and wounded more than 130 on Wednesday, the Iran-backed rebels said, days after their prime...

11.09.2025 4

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Agence France-Presse

UK's Starmer hosts Israeli president for tense visit

UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer hosted Israeli President Isaac Herzog for a contentious meeting Wednesday, with the visiting head of state vowing to...

11.09.2025 3

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Agence France-Presse

What we know about Israel's attack on Hamas in Qatar

In a stunning development, Israel launched a surprise air raid targeting Hamas leaders in Qatar's capital Doha Tuesday, killing six people including...

11.09.2025 4

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Agence France-Presse

Israel launches deadly strike on Yemen rebel media arm

Israeli air strikes hit the media operation of Yemen's Huthi rebels on Wednesday, killing and wounding an unspecified number of people, the group...

11.09.2025 4

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Agence France-Presse

Syrian jailed for life over deadly knife attack at German festival

A Syrian man was sentenced to life in prison on Wednesday for killing three people in an Islamist-motivated knife attack at a summer festival in the...

11.09.2025 5

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Agence France-Presse

Kidnapped Israeli-Russian academic Tsurkov released in Iraq

Israeli-Russian academic Elizabeth Tsurkov arrived in Israel on Monday, a day after she was released more than two years after her kidnapping in...

11.09.2025 3

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Kidnapped academic Elizabeth Tsurkov released in Iraq

Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani and US President Donald Trump announced Tuesday the release of Israeli-Russian academic Elizabeth Tsurkov...

11.09.2025 5

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Egypt's Sisi orders study of pardon for activist Alaa Abdel Fattah

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi ordered authorities on Tuesday to study a petition for a presidential pardon for prominent rights activist...

10.09.2025 5

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Agence France-Presse

Aid flotilla activists say determined to reach Gaza despite 'drone attack'

Activists on a Gaza aid flotilla that alleged it was targeted by a "drone attack" off Tunisia overnight said Tuesday they remained "determined" to...

10.09.2025 7

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Ethiopia inaugurates Africa's biggest dam

Ethiopia inaugurated the continent's largest hydroelectric project on Tuesday in what Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed called a "great achievement for all...

10.09.2025 4

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Agence France-Presse

'World watches our slaughter': Gazans flee Israeli assault on urban hub

A constant stream of Palestinians fled in tractors, carts and overloaded vans down a coastal road in the central Gaza Strip, the latest mass...

10.09.2025 4

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Agence France-Presse

Gaza aid flotilla says hit by drone, Tunisia says none detected

Organisers of a Gaza-bound flotilla carrying aid and pro-Palestinian activists said late Monday that one of their boats was hit by a suspected UAV off...

10.09.2025 3

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London arms show opens under Israel cloud

Pro-Palestinian protesters gathered Tuesday outside a major arms fair in London as it opened without the presence of Israeli government officials...

10.09.2025 5

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Teen arrested after two Turkish police officers shot dead

Two officers were killed and two others wounded in a shooting attack on a police station near the Turkish city of Izmir on Monday, with a 16-year-old...

09.09.2025 3

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UK police say almost 900 arrests made at Palestine Action demo

A total of 890 people were arrested in London during a protest this weekend in support of the banned group Palestine Action, the capital's...

08.09.2025 4

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