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Netanyahu rails against US criticism, says Israel won’t stop until ”total victory” is achieved

Netanyahu rails against US criticism, says Israel won’t stop until ”total victory” is achieved

Tel Aviv:  Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu railed  on Sunday against growing criticism from the United States against his leadership amid the devasting war with Hamas, saying the pressure won’t stop Israel from achieving “total victory.” In recent days, top officials from the US, Israel’s staunchest ally which has provided key military and diplomatic support […]

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A suspected attack by Yemen’s Houthi rebels has targeted a ship in the Gulf of Aden

Dubai:  A suspected attack by Yemen’s Houthi rebels targeted a ship early Sunday in the Gulf of Aden, potentially marking their latest assault on shipping through the crucial waterway leading to the Red Sea. The British military’s United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations centre offered few details in an announcement about the attack, saying only it […]

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Israel strikes several sites in Syria, wounding a soldier, Syrian military says

Beirut: Israeli airstrikes hit several sites in southern Syria early Sunday wounding a soldier, Syrian state media reported. State news agency SANA, citing an unnamed military official, said air defences shot down some of the missiles, which came from the direction of the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights at around 12:42 a.m. local time. The strikes led […]

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Cease-fire talks with Israel and Hamas expected to restart

Cease-fire talks with Israel and Hamas expected to restart

Cairo:  Stalled talks aimed at securing a cease-fire in the war between Israel and Hamas are expected to restart in earnest in Qatar as soon as Sunday, according to Egyptian officials. The talks would mark the first time both Israeli officials and Hamas leaders joined the indirect negotiations since the start of the Muslim holy […]

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Schumer’s rebuke of Netanyahu exemplifies US leaders skirting an unwritten rule on allies’ elections

Washington:  Republicans and Israeli officials were quick to express outrage after Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer sharply criticized Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s handling of the war in Gaza and called for Israel to hold new elections. They accused the Democratic leader of breaking the unwritten rule against interfering in a close ally’s electoral politics. Senate […]

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Israel denies Palestinian claim its forces killed 20 near Gaza aid distribution centre

Israel denies Palestinian claim its forces killed 20 near Gaza aid distribution centre

Jerusalem: The Palestinian Health Ministry accused Israeli forces of launching an attack near an aid distribution point in war-wrecked northern Gaza, killing 20 people and wounding 155. The Israeli military said Friday that Palestinian gunmen opened fire in that attack and that none of its forces fired toward the waiting crowd or the aid convoy. […]

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First ship to use a new sea route approaches Gaza with 200 tons of aid

Wadi Gaza:  A ship carrying 200 tons of aid approached the coast of Gaza on Friday in a mission to inaugurate a sea route from Cyprus to help alleviate the humanitarian crisis in the enclave five months into the war between Israel and Hamas. The ship, operated by the Spanish aid group Open Arms, left […]

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Migrant boat sinks off Turkiye’s coast, killing at least 16 people

Ankara:  A rubber dinghy carrying migrants sank off Turkiye’s northern Aegean coast on Friday, killing at least 16 people, officials said. Turkish coast guard personnel rescued two migrants from the sea off the town of Eceabat in Canakkale province, while two others were able to reach the shore by themselves, Gov. Ilhami Aktas said. It […]

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Report claims Yemen’s Houthis have a hypersonic missile, possibly raising stakes in Red Sea crisis

Dubai:  Yemen’s Houthi rebels claim to have a new, hypersonic missile in their arsenal, Russia’s state media reported on Thursday, potentially raising the stakes in their ongoing attacks on shipping in the Red Sea and surrounding waterways against the backdrop of Israel’s war on Hamas in the Gaza Strip. The report by the state-run RIA […]

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US has its first presidential rematch since 1956, and other facts about the Biden-Trump sequel

Washington:  Just when Americans thought they were out, Joe Biden and Donald Trump pulled them back in. The sequel to the 2020 election is officially set as the president and his immediate predecessor secured their parties’ nominations. Biden and Trump have set up a political movie the country has seen before — even if the […]

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