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

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...

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

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...

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Ethiopia inaugurates Africa's biggest dam

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...

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

'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...

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

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...

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London arms show opens under Israel cloud

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...

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Teen arrested after two Turkish police officers shot dead

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...

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UK police say almost 900 arrests made at Palestine Action demo

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...

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UK police arrest hundreds in latest Palestine Action demo

UK police arrest hundreds in latest Palestine Action demo

More than 400 people were arrested in London on Saturday during a tense protest in support of the Palestine Action group, which has been banned under...

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UK police arrest 150 people in latest Palestine Action demo

UK police arrest 150 people in latest Palestine Action demo

More than 400 people were arrested in London on Saturday during a tense protest in support of the Palestine Action group, which has been banned under...

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Protests against Israeli team divide Vuelta and scare riders

Protests against Israeli team divide Vuelta and scare riders

The Israel-Premier Tech team insists it will ride on in the Vuelta a Espana, even though repeated roadside pro-Palestinian protests forced one stage...

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Israel army begins targeting Gaza City high-rises

Israel army begins targeting Gaza City high-rises

The Israeli military destroyed a high-rise in Gaza City on Friday, shortly after announcing it would target tall buildings identified as being used by...

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US sanctions Palestinian rights groups over ICC probe

US sanctions Palestinian rights groups over ICC probe

The United States has imposed sanctions on three leading Palestinian NGOs, accusing them of supporting International Criminal Court efforts to...

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Sudan rescuers pull 370 bodies from Darfur landslide

Sudan rescuers pull 370 bodies from Darfur landslide

Rescuers have recovered 370 bodies from a landslide that wiped out a remote mountain village in Sudan's Darfur region, a local civilian leader said on...

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Gaza civil defence says Israeli fire kills 44

Gaza civil defence says Israeli fire kills 44

Gaza's civil defence agency said Israeli forces killed at least 44 people on Thursday, including 25 in Gaza City where the military has increased...

05.09.2025 3

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Coffee and cash: how Hamas pays its civil servants in secret

Coffee and cash: how Hamas pays its civil servants in secret

One of thousands of public servants in Gaza's Hamas-run government, Karim, a public works ministry employee, received what seemed like an ordinary...

05.09.2025 4

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Colombia coal exports plummet after ban on Israel sales

Colombia coal exports plummet after ban on Israel sales

Colombia's coal exports fell by almost half in July compared to the same month last year, official figures showed Wednesday, amid a global price...

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Director Julian Schnabel hits out at boycott calls over Israel

Director Julian Schnabel hits out at boycott calls over Israel

US director Julian Schnabel has hit out at calls to boycott Scottish actor Gerard Butler who has been targeted by activists for his alleged previous...

04.09.2025 2

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New York's Met Opera unveils Saudi collaboration to boost finances

New York's Met Opera unveils Saudi collaboration to boost finances

The Metropolitan Opera in New York announced Wednesday an agreement to perform in Saudi Arabia and provide artistic training in the oil-rich kingdom...

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Syria Kurds say they thwarted escape bid from camp for IS families

Syria Kurds say they thwarted escape bid from camp for IS families

Syrian Kurdish forces said Wednesday they thwarted an escape attempt by more than 50 inmates of Al-Hol camp, which holds people suspected of ties to...

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Spy or jihadist? Court rules in case of Danish 'agent' in IS

Spy or jihadist? Court rules in case of Danish 'agent' in IS

Denmark's Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that a Dane of Syrian origin who was jailed for having spent time with the Islamic State (IS) group in Syria was...

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International media protest over journalist deaths in Gaza

International media protest over journalist deaths in Gaza

More than 250 media outlets in over 70 countries staged a front page protest Monday highlighting the deaths of scores of journalists in Israel's war...

02.09.2025 3

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Yemen's Huthis hold funeral for PM killed in Israeli strike

Yemen's Huthis hold funeral for PM killed in Israeli strike

Yemen's Huthi rebels held a funeral on Monday for their prime minister and 11 other senior officials killed in an Israeli air strike that decimated...

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Fierce winds force Gaza aid flotilla back to Barcelona

Fierce winds force Gaza aid flotilla back to Barcelona

Fierce Mediterranean winds forced a Gaza-bound flotilla carrying humanitarian aid and hundreds of pro-Palestinian activists, including environmental...

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Yemen's Huthi rebels detain at least 11 UN staff

Yemen's Huthi rebels detain at least 11 UN staff

The United Nations said Yemen's Huthis detained at least 11 workers on Sunday in raids on UN premises, after rebel authorities made numerous arrests...

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US would control Gaza, displace all its people under new plan: report

US would control Gaza, displace all its people under new plan: report

The entire population of Gaza would be relocated and the United States would take control of the Palestinian territory under a plan being considered...

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Yemen's Huthi rebels detain at least 11 UN staff: envoy

Yemen's Huthi rebels detain at least 11 UN staff: envoy

The United Nations said Yemen's Huthis detained at least 11 workers on Sunday in raids on UN premises, after rebel authorities made numerous arrests...

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Aid flotilla with Greta Thunberg sets sail for Gaza

Aid flotilla with Greta Thunberg sets sail for Gaza

A flotilla carrying humanitarian aid and activists, including Swedish climate campaigner Greta Thunberg, left Barcelona on Sunday vowing to try to...

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Aid flotilla with Greta Thunberg set to sail for Gaza

Aid flotilla with Greta Thunberg set to sail for Gaza

A flotilla carrying humanitarian aid and activists, including Swedish climate campaigner Greta Thunberg, left Barcelona on Sunday vowing to try to...

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Thousands protest Israeli siege of Gaza near Venice Film Festival

Thousands protest Israeli siege of Gaza near Venice Film Festival

Thousands protested Saturday against Israel's siege of Gaza on the sidelines of the Venice Film Festival, seeking to move the spotlight from movie...

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Gaza aid flotilla 'should not have to exist' says Thunberg

Gaza aid flotilla 'should not have to exist' says Thunberg

Aid flotillas like the one preparing to leave for Gaza would not be necessary if governments upheld international law, rights activist Greta Thunberg...

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Thousands protest Israeli siege of Gaza near Venice Film Festival

Thousands protest Israeli siege of Gaza near Venice Film Festival

Thousands of people protested Saturday against Israel's siege of Gaza on the sidelines of the Venice Film Festival, seeking to move the spotlight from...

31.08.2025 4

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UN chief condemns 'endless' Gaza horrors as Israel presses offensive

UN chief condemns 'endless' Gaza horrors as Israel presses offensive

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Thursday condemned the "endless catalogue of horrors" in Gaza after nearly two years of war, while the...

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UK couple held in Iran appear in Tehran court: family

UK couple held in Iran appear in Tehran court: family

A British couple held in Iran on espionage charges have appeared in a Tehran court represented by a state-appointed lawyer, their family said on...

29.08.2025 3

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Europe powers move to reimpose UN sanctions on Iran over nuclear drive

Europe powers move to reimpose UN sanctions on Iran over nuclear drive

France, Britain and Germany on Thursday triggered a mechanism to reimpose United Nations sanctions on Iran for failing to comply with commitments over...

29.08.2025 3

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NGO says starving Gaza children too weak to cry

NGO says starving Gaza children too weak to cry

The head of Save the Children described in horrific detail Wednesday the slow agony of starving children in Gaza, saying they are so weak they do not...

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Israel demands UN-backed monitor retract Gaza famine report

Israel demands UN-backed monitor retract Gaza famine report

Israel on Wednesday called on UN-backed hunger monitor the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification Initiative (IPC) to immediately retract a...

28.08.2025 3

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Israel army launches operation in West Bank's Nablus

Israel army launches operation in West Bank's Nablus

Dozens of Israeli soldiers stormed the occupied West Bank city of Nablus on Wednesday, witnesses and Palestinian officials said, with the Red Crescent...

28.08.2025 3

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Almodovar urges Spain cut ties with Israel over Gaza

Almodovar urges Spain cut ties with Israel over Gaza

Oscar-winning Spanish director Pedro Almodovar urged Madrid to cut all diplomatic and commercial ties with Israel Wednesday over the war in Gaza,...

28.08.2025 3

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US envoy cuts short south Lebanon visit amid protests: state media

US envoy cuts short south Lebanon visit amid protests: state media

Lebanese state media said US envoy Tom Barrack cut short a visit to the south on Wednesday, amid protests in two planned stops against US pressure to...

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Norway wealth fund divests from Caterpillar over Gaza 'rights violations'

Norway wealth fund divests from Caterpillar over Gaza 'rights violations'

Norway's sovereign wealth fund said Monday that it had divested from US construction equipment firm Caterpillar over purported involvement in rights...

27.08.2025 3

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Five journalists among 20 killed in Israeli strikes on Gaza hospital: civil defence

Five journalists among 20 killed in Israeli strikes on Gaza hospital: civil defence

Gaza's civil defence agency said five journalists were among at least 20 people killed Monday when Israeli strikes hit a hospital in the south, with...

26.08.2025 3

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Olympic Council of Asia says Saudi Winter Games 'on schedule'

Olympic Council of Asia says Saudi Winter Games 'on schedule'

The Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) says that preparations for the 2029 Asian Winter Games in Saudi Arabia are "on schedule" after South Korea and China...

26.08.2025 3

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Israeli strikes in Yemen's capital kill six, Huthis say

Israeli strikes in Yemen's capital kill six, Huthis say

Israeli strikes in Yemen's capital Sanaa on Sunday killed at least six people, according to the country's Iran-backed Huthi rebels, who have...

26.08.2025 5

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Row breaks out as US diplomat criticises France on antisemitism

Row breaks out as US diplomat criticises France on antisemitism

France's foreign ministry said Sunday it would summon the US ambassador after he criticised the government for what he said was its insufficient...

26.08.2025 2

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Israeli strikes in Yemen's capital kill four, Huthis say

Israeli strikes in Yemen's capital kill four, Huthis say

Israeli strikes in Yemen's capital Sanaa on Sunday killed at least six people, according to the country's Iran-backed Huthi rebels, who have...

26.08.2025 5

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US envoy criticises France's lack of action over antisemitism

US envoy criticises France's lack of action over antisemitism

The US ambassador to Paris has upped the pressure on President Emmanuel Macron over antisemitism in France with a letter calling the government's...

26.08.2025 2

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Israeli bulldozers uproot hundreds of trees in West Bank village

Israeli bulldozers uproot hundreds of trees in West Bank village

Israeli bulldozers uprooted hundreds of trees in the West Bank village of al-Mughayyir on Sunday in the presence of the Israeli military, according to...

26.08.2025 2

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Israeli strikes in Yemen's capital kill two, Huthis say

Israeli strikes in Yemen's capital kill two, Huthis say

Israeli strikes in Yemen's capital Sanaa on Sunday killed at least four people, according to the country's Iran-backed Huthi rebels, who have...

25.08.2025 4

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'Far too late': Palestinians despair after UN declares famine in Gaza

'Far too late': Palestinians despair after UN declares famine in Gaza

Desperate Palestinians clutching pots and plastic buckets scrambled for rice at a charity kitchen in Gaza City on Saturday, a day after the United...

24.08.2025 4

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