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Will dispatch negotiators to resume Gaza cease-fire talks, an Israeli official says

Jerusalem: An Israeli official says Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will dispatch negotiators to resume Gaza cease-fire talks. The decision on Thursday comes a day after Hamas submitted a new response a a

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Israel approves plans for nearly 5,300 new homes in West Bank settlements

Jerusalem: An Israeli anti-settlement monitoring group says the government has approved plans to build nearly 5,300 new homes in settlements in the occupied West Bank. It is the latest move by Israel’s

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Palestinian death toll from Israel-Hamas war surges past 38,000, Gaza Health Ministry says

Deir Al-Balah: The Health Ministry in Hamas-run Gaza said Thursday that the Palestinian death toll from nearly nine months of war has surged past 38,000. The ministry said that in the last

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Strike kills family as Israeli evacuation order sparks panicked flight from southern Gaza city

Deir Al-Balah (Gaza Strip): An Israeli airstrike killed a prominent Palestinian doctor and eight members of his extended family after they complied with military orders to evacuate their home and moved into

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Anti-settlement group says Israel has made largest West Bank land seizure in 3 decades

Jerusalem: An anti-settlement watchdog says Israel has approved the largest seizure of land in the occupied West Bank in over three decades. The Israeli group Peace Now said Wednesday that authorities recently

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India calls for caution on actions rooted in authorisation from a UNSC not representative of current realities

United Nations: Underlining the need to strengthen the existing mechanisms in UN peacekeeping operations, India has urged caution against actions rooted in authorisation from a Security Council that does not represent current

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UN adopts Chinese resolution with US support on closing the gap in access to artificial intelligence

United Nations: The United Nations General Assembly adopted a Chinese-sponsored resolution with US support urging wealthy developed nations to close the widening gap with poorer developing countries and ensure that they have

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UN-led meeting in Qatar with Afghan Taliban is not recognition of their govt, official says

Islamabad: A United Nations-led meeting held in Qatar with the Taliban on increasing engagement with Afghanistan does not translate into a recognition of their government, a UN official said Monday. The gathering

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Israel releases director of hospital it says was used as a Hamas base; he alleges abuse in custody

Khan Younis (Gaza Strip): Israel released the director of Gaza’s main hospital on Monday after holding him for seven months without charge or trial over allegations the facility had been used as

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India, Pak exchange lists of civilian prisoners, fishermen in each other’s custody: MEA

New Delhi: India and Pakistan on Monday exchanged the lists of civilian prisoners and fishermen in each other’s custody, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said and added that 2,639 Indian fishermen

NATO appoints outgoing Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte as its next secretary-general

Brussels: NATO appointed Mark Rutte as its next secretary-general on Wednesday, putting the outgoing Dutch prime minister in charge of the world’s biggest security organisation at a critical time for European security

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Israeli supreme court says ultra-Orthodox men must serve in military

Jerusalem: Israel’s Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled unanimously that the military must begin drafting ultra-Orthodox men for military service, a decision that could lead to the collapse of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s

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Israeli strikes kill at least 21 people in Gaza City

Cairo: Israeli strikes on Gaza City early Tuesday killed at least 21 people, including nine women and seven children, officials in the Hamas-run Gaza Strip said. The strikes hit two schools-turned-shelters and

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Experts say Gaza is at ‘high risk’ of famine despite increased aid to the north

Juba (South Sudan): An influx of aid appears to have eased a hunger crisis in northern Gaza for now, but the entire territory remains at “high risk” of famine after Israel’s offensive

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Netanyahu says he won’t agree to a deal that ends the war in Gaza, testing the latest truce proposal

Tel Aviv: The viability of a US-backed proposal to wind down the 8-month-long war in Gaza was cast into doubt on Monday after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he would only

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Thousands of Iran-backed fighters offer to join Hezbollah in its fight against Israel

Beirut: Thousands of fighters from Iran-backed groups in the Middle East are ready to come to Lebanon to join with the militant Hezbollah group in its battle with Israel if the simmering

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Netanyahu again claims the US is withholding arms shipments, days after Washington denies it

Tel Aviv: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told his Cabinet on Sunday that there had been a “dramatic drop” in US weapons deliveries for Israel’s war effort in Gaza, doubling down on

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Three dead in Kharkiv attack, Russia launches new barrage of missiles on Ukrainian energy facilities

Kyiv: At least three people were killed in a Russian bomb attack on Ukraine’s second city, Kharkiv, on Saturday afternoon, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said. Another 19 people were wounded in the

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An Israeli found dead after being shot in the West Bank as deadly strikes hit northern Gaza

Ramallah: An Israeli was shot dead in a Palestinian town in the northern West Bank Saturday morning, Israel’s army said, while deadly strikes rocked northern Gaza. The army said the Israeli man

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Armenia recognises a Palestinian state

Yerevan: Armenia’s foreign ministry said Friday that the former Soviet republic would recognize a Palestinian state, prompting Israel to summon its ambassador for a “severe reprimand.” A short statement from Israel’s Foreign

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