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Gazans resort to turtle meat in hunt for food

Gazans resort to turtle meat in hunt for food

With food scarce in the besieged and war-battered Gaza Strip, some desperate families have turned to eating sea turtles as a rare source of protein....

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80 killed in deadliest US attack on Yemen, Huthis say

80 killed in deadliest US attack on Yemen, Huthis say

US strikes on a Yemeni fuel port killed at least 80 people, Huthi rebels said Friday, in the deadliest attack of Washington's 15-month campaign...

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Lebanon says two killed in Israeli strikes in south

Lebanon says two killed in Israeli strikes in south

Lebanon's health ministry said Israeli air strikes killed two people in the south on Friday, with Israel announcing attacks in the same areas...

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Lebanon says one killed in Israeli strike near Sidon

Lebanon says one killed in Israeli strike near Sidon

Lebanon's health ministry said Israeli air strikes killed two people in the south on Friday, with Israel announcing attacks in the same areas...

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74 killed in deadliest US attack on Yemen, Huthis say

74 killed in deadliest US attack on Yemen, Huthis say

US strikes on a Yemeni fuel port killed at least 80 people, Huthi rebels said Friday, in the deadliest attack of Washington's 15-month campaign...

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New US envoy prays, delivers Trump 'peace' message at Western Wall

New US envoy prays, delivers Trump 'peace' message at Western Wall

The new US ambassador to Israel prayed at the Western Wall in Jerusalem on Friday, delivering a handwritten message from President Donald Trump...

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Iran stages nationwide Army Day parades

Iran stages nationwide Army Day parades

Iran staged military parades on Friday to mark its annual Army Day celebrations, showcasing a wide array of its latest domestically built drones,...

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Hamas calls for pressure to end Israel's aid block on Gaza

Hamas calls for pressure to end Israel's aid block on Gaza

Hamas on Friday urged the international community to exert immediate pressure to end Israel's complete blockade of the Gaza Strip that has been in...

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US strikes on Yemen fuel port kill 38, Huthis say

US strikes on Yemen fuel port kill 38, Huthis say

US strikes on a Yemeni fuel port killed at least 80 people, Huthi rebels said Friday, in the deadliest attack of Washington's 15-month campaign...

previous day 4

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Hamas signals rejection of Israel's latest truce proposal

Hamas signals rejection of Israel's latest truce proposal

Hamas on Thursday signalled its rejection of Israel's latest truce proposal and called for a "comprehensive" deal to end the 18-month-long war. The...

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Iran challenges four countries in UN court over jet it downed in 2020

Iran challenges four countries in UN court over jet it downed in 2020

Iran on Thursday filed a challenge at the International Court of Justice against Canada, Sweden, Ukraine and Britain over a UN aviation body's ruling...

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Libyans grapple with fresh currency devaluation

Libyans grapple with fresh currency devaluation

Already worn down by years of political turmoil and economic hardships, Libyans are now facing a sharp deterioration in their purchasing power after a...

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57 killed in Sudan's Darfur as trapped civilians fear bloodbath

57 killed in Sudan's Darfur as trapped civilians fear bloodbath

Clashes between Sudanese paramilitaries and the army have killed at least 57 civilians in the besieged Darfur city of El-Fasher, medical and activist...

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Gaza rescuers say 40 mostly displaced people killed in Israeli strikes

Gaza rescuers say 40 mostly displaced people killed in Israeli strikes

Gaza's civil defence rescue agency said Thursday that a rash of Israeli air strikes killed at least 40 people, most of them in encampments for...

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Members of UK Jewish group say can't 'turn blind eye' to Gaza war

Members of UK Jewish group say can't 'turn blind eye' to Gaza war

Members of the largest organisation representing British Jews have said Thursday they can no longer "turn a blind eye" to the Gaza war and that...

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'Help us,' says wife of Gaza medic missing since ambulance attack

'Help us,' says wife of Gaza medic missing since ambulance attack

More than three weeks after an Israeli military ambush killed 15 of her husband's fellow medics, Nafiza al-Nsasrah says she still has no idea where he...

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Putin meets Russian-Israeli hostage released by Hamas

Putin meets Russian-Israeli hostage released by Hamas

Russian President Vladimir Putin met a Russian-Israeli man freed by the Palestinian militant group Hamas after more than a year in captivity and...

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F1 on Jeddah's streets - talking points ahead of the Saudi Arabian GP

F1 on Jeddah's streets - talking points ahead of the Saudi Arabian GP

This weekend's Saudi Arabian Grand Prix is the final leg of the first 'triple header' of the season. From Suzuka in Japan, to the desert of Bahrain,...

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Iran FM says uranium enrichment 'non-negotiable' after Trump envoy urged halt

Iran FM says uranium enrichment 'non-negotiable' after Trump envoy urged halt

Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said Wednesday that Iran's enrichment of uranium as part of its nuclear programme was "non-negotiable" after US...

17.04.2025 4

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Paramilitaries declare rival government as Sudan war hits two-year mark

Paramilitaries declare rival government as Sudan war hits two-year mark

Two years into a war that has left tens of thousands dead, Sudan's RSF paramilitary force on Tuesday announced its own government to rival the...

17.04.2025 3

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Paramilitaries declare rival government as Sudan war enters third year

Paramilitaries declare rival government as Sudan war enters third year

Two years into a war that has left tens of thousands dead, Sudan's RSF paramilitary force on Tuesday announced its own government to rival the...

17.04.2025 3

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Sudan paramilitary chief declares rival government two years into war

Sudan paramilitary chief declares rival government two years into war

Two years into a war that has left tens of thousands dead, Sudan's RSF paramilitary force on Tuesday announced its own government to rival the...

17.04.2025 4

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Syria, Lebanon leaders in Qatar for first official visits

Syria, Lebanon leaders in Qatar for first official visits

The presidents of Syria and Lebanon arrived in Qatar on separate visits Tuesday, the first official trips by both leaders to the wealthy Gulf state...

16.04.2025 4

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Iraq sandstorm closes airports, puts 3,700 people in hospital

Iraq sandstorm closes airports, puts 3,700 people in hospital

A sandstorm swept through Iraq, filling the air with choking dust that closed airports and put more than 3,700 people in hospital with breathing...

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Sudan war drains life from once-thriving island in capital's heart

Sudan war drains life from once-thriving island in capital's heart

An island in the middle of Sudan's capital that used to draw crowds to its Nile River farms now stands nearly deserted after two years of war, its...

16.04.2025 4

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Palestinian student detained at US citizenship interview

Palestinian student detained at US citizenship interview

US immigration authorities on Monday arrested another Columbia University student who participated in pro-Palestinian campus protests, detaining him...

16.04.2025 4

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Lebanon PM meets Syria's leader on trip seeking 'new page' in ties

Lebanon PM meets Syria's leader on trip seeking 'new page' in ties

Lebanese Prime Minister Nawaf Salam met with Syrian leader Ahmed al-Sharaa in Damascus on Monday, inviting him to visit Beirut during a trip aimed at...

15.04.2025 7

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13 million displaced as Sudan war enters third year: UN

13 million displaced as Sudan war enters third year: UN

Sudan's civil war has displaced 13 million people, the United Nations reported Monday, as the conflict between the army and paramilitary Rapid Support...

15.04.2025 5

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US-funded Arabic network ends broadcasts after Trump cuts

US-funded Arabic network ends broadcasts after Trump cuts

Alhurra, the Arabic-language network created by the US government after the Iraq invasion, said Saturday it would cease broadcasts and lay off most...

14.04.2025 8

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Hamas releases video showing Israeli-American hostage alive

Hamas releases video showing Israeli-American hostage alive

Hamas's armed wing released a video on Saturday showing an Israeli-American hostage alive, in which he criticises the Israeli government for failing...

13.04.2025 10

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Syrian forces deploy at key dam under deal with Kurds: media

Syrian forces deploy at key dam under deal with Kurds: media

Security forces from the new Islamist government in Damascus deployed Saturday around a strategic dam in northern Syria, under a deal with the...

13.04.2025 2

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Asian football chief fears 'chaos' if 2030 World Cup expands to 64 teams

Asian football chief fears 'chaos' if 2030 World Cup expands to 64 teams

Asian Football Confederation (AFC) president Sheikh Salman bin Ibrahim Al Khalifa, on Saturday opposed a South American request to expand the 2030...

13.04.2025 2

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Trial of Tunisian opposition figures resumes, 6 on hunger strike

Trial of Tunisian opposition figures resumes, 6 on hunger strike

The trial of dozens of Tunisian opposition figures resumed on Tuesday under tight security, with six detained defendants on hunger strike after they...

12.04.2025 10

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Gaza rescuers say Israeli air strike kills 10, including 7 children

Gaza rescuers say Israeli air strike kills 10, including 7 children

Dozens of Israeli air strikes on Gaza have killed "only women and children" after a ceasefire collapsed last month, the United Nations said, as an...

12.04.2025 2

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Iran, US raise stakes ahead of key talks in Oman

Iran, US raise stakes ahead of key talks in Oman

Washington and Tehran waged a war of words Thursday ahead of key talks in Oman after US President Donald Trump said military action was "absolutely"...

12.04.2025 3

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Iran hands directors suspended jail terms over acclaimed film

Iran hands directors suspended jail terms over acclaimed film

An Iranian court has handed two Iranian film directors suspended jail terms over a film that angered authorities in the Islamic republic but was...

11.04.2025 10

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Hamas says France plan to recognise Palestinian state 'important step'

Hamas says France plan to recognise Palestinian state 'important step'

Hamas said on Thursday the announcement by President Emmanuel Macron that France could recognise a Palestinian state by June was an "important step",...

11.04.2025 4

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Witkoff and Araghchi: the men leading US-Iran nuclear talks

Witkoff and Araghchi: the men leading US-Iran nuclear talks

US special envoy Steve Witkoff and Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi will be in Oman for breakthrough talks on Tehran's nuclear programme this...

11.04.2025 4

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US, Saudis urge Sudan peace talks as top Riyadh diplomat visits Washington

US, Saudis urge Sudan peace talks as top Riyadh diplomat visits Washington

Saudi Arabia's top diplomat held talks in Washington on Wednesday, laying the groundwork for a visit by US President Donald Trump, which would be the...

11.04.2025 2

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Saudi top diplomat in US to prepare for Trump visit

Saudi top diplomat in US to prepare for Trump visit

Saudi Arabia's top diplomat held talks in Washington on Wednesday, laying the groundwork for a visit by US President Donald Trump, which would be the...

11.04.2025 3

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Gaza rescuers say 23 killed in Israel strike on residential block

Gaza rescuers say 23 killed in Israel strike on residential block

Israel said Wednesday its troops were seizing "large areas" in Gaza and making the Palestinian territory "smaller and more isolated", as an air strike...

10.04.2025 9

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Gaza rescuer risks life to save victim of Israel strike

Gaza rescuer risks life to save victim of Israel strike

Arriving in the deadly aftermath of an Israeli strike in northern Gaza last week, rescuer Nooh Al-Shaghnobi risked his life to aid the wounded despite...

10.04.2025 40

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Indonesia president says ready to temporarily shelter Gazans

Indonesia president says ready to temporarily shelter Gazans

Indonesia President Prabowo Subianto on Wednesday said he was prepared to grant temporary shelter to Palestinians affected by the war in Gaza between...

10.04.2025 5

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Lebanon judge refers ex-central bank chief for trial: judicial official

Lebanon judge refers ex-central bank chief for trial: judicial official

A Lebanese judge on Tuesday referred former central bank governor Riad Salameh to court for trial over the alleged embezzlement of $44 million of the...

09.04.2025 10

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Kabul slams Pakistan's 'violence' against Afghans pressured to leave

Kabul slams Pakistan's 'violence' against Afghans pressured to leave

The Taliban government accused Pakistan on Tuesday of violently expelling Afghans after Islamabad cancelled hundreds of thousands of residence...

09.04.2025 7

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Pro-Turkey Syria groups reduce presence in Kurdish area: official

Pro-Turkey Syria groups reduce presence in Kurdish area: official

Pro-Turkey Syrian groups have scaled down their military presence in a historically Kurdish-majority area of the country's north which they have...

09.04.2025 3

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Protests as Israel court hears petitions against security chief sacking

Protests as Israel court hears petitions against security chief sacking

Israel's supreme court on Tuesday gave the cabinet and attorney general's office a deadline to find a solution to the government's hotly-contested...

09.04.2025 4

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UN chief says Gaza transformed into 'killing field'

UN chief says Gaza transformed into 'killing field'

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said Tuesday that Gaza had become "a killing field" because Israel has continued to block aid, an...

09.04.2025 20

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Iran says deal can be reached if US shows goodwill

Iran says deal can be reached if US shows goodwill

Iran said Tuesday a new nuclear deal could be agreed with the United States provided Tehran's longtime adversary shows sufficient goodwill in upcoming...

09.04.2025 4

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$20 mn blue diamond goes on show in Abu Dhabi

$20 mn blue diamond goes on show in Abu Dhabi

A rare blue diamond valued at $20 million went on pre-auction display on Tuesday in Abu Dhabi, capital of the oil-rich United Arab Emirates. The...

09.04.2025 10

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