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Netanyahu snaps back against growing US criticism after being accused of losing his way on Gaza
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is sharply protesting against growing criticism from top ally the United States over his leadership amid the war with Hamas.
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The European Union announces an $8 billion aid package for Egypt as concerns mount over migration
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How should Israel bring to justice the perpetrators behind the worst attack in its history?
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A suspected attack by Yemen’s Houthi rebels has targeted a ship in the Gulf of Aden
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AP reporters aboard a US military plane watch small batches of aid airdropped on a destroyed Gaza
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India’s navy takes control of bulk carrier hijacked by Somali pirates and evacuates crew
The Indian navy says it has taken control of a bulk carrier that was hijacked by Somali pirates and evacuated the 17 crew members on the vessel.
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Israel strikes several sites in Syria, wounding a soldier, Syrian military says
Syrian state media say Israeli airstrikes have hit several sites in southern Syria wounding a soldier.
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Violence in Syria is on the rise while aid is flagging as the civil war enters its 14th year
Syria’s civil war has entered its 14th year, a somber anniversary in a long-frozen conflict. The country is effectively carved up into areas controlled by the Damascus government, various opposition groups and Kurdish forces.
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Proposed US resolution would back global efforts for an immediate and sustained cease-fire in Gaza
The U.S. circulated the final draft of a UN Security Council resolution late Thursday. No time has been set for a vote, and the draft, obtained by the AP, could still be changed.
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European charity ship rescues 135 migrants but is assigned to distant port in Italy with 359 aboard
The European charity ship Ocean Viking says it has rescued another 135 migrants, including a pregnant woman and eight children, from a double-decker boat in Maltese search-and-rescue waters.
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Ramadan prayers in Jerusalem pass without the violence feared amid the Gaza war
The first Friday prayers of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan passed without violence at the revered Al-Aqsa mosque under tight Israeli restrictions.
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Attack by Yemen’s Houthi rebels targets a ship in the Red Sea, though its crew is reportedly safe
The Houthis did not immediately claim the attack, though it typically takes the rebels hours to acknowledge their assaults.
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San Francisco protesters who blocked bridge to demand cease-fire will avoid criminal proceedings
Seventy-eight protesters have been ordered to do five hours of community service and pay restitution to avoid criminal proceedings for allegedly blocking traffic on the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge for hours in November to demand a cease-fire in Gaza.
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UN envoy warns Gaza war and Red Sea attacks by Houthi rebels risk propelling Yemen back into war
The longer the war in Gaza goes on and Yemen’s Houthi rebels keep attacking ships in the Red Sea the greater the risk that Yemen could be propelled back into war, the U.N. special envoy for the Arab world’s poorest country is warning.
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Middle East conflicts revive clash between the president and Congress over war powers
A major deadline under the half-century-old War Powers Resolution came this week for President Joe Biden to obtain Congress’ approval to keep waging his military campaign against Yemen’s Houthis.
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Palestinian leader appoints longtime adviser as prime minister in the face of calls for reform
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has appointed his longtime economic adviser to be the next prime minister.
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Turkey’s top diplomat visits Iraq and seeks support against Kurdish militant group
Turkey’s foreign minister is visiting Baghdad for high-level meetings, ahead of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s visit next month and a potential Turkish offensive against an outlawed Kurdish militant group that Ankara says maintains bases in Iraq.
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Yemen’s Houthis reported to have a hypersonic missile, possibly raising stakes in Red Sea crisis
Yemen’s Houthi rebels claim to have a new, hypersonic missile in their arsenal. That’s according to a Russian state media report Thursday.
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Families of hostages held in Gaza despair as Ramadan cease-fire deadline passes
With each passing day, the relatives of hostages held in Gaza since Oct. 7 face a deepening despair.
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An Israeli drone strikes a car in southern Lebanon and kills a member of Hamas’ military wing
An Israeli drone strike targeting a car in southern Lebanon near the coastal city of Tyre has killed a member of the Palestinian militant Hamas group and another person.
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Lebanese, French officials float a plan to rebuild Beirut port nearly 4 years after huge explosion
Three and a half years after hundreds of tons of improperly stored ammonium nitrate ignited at the Beirut port, setting off one of the world’s biggest non-nuclear explosions, Lebanese and French officials have put forward a plan for reconstruction and reorganization of the port.
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3 Egyptian Coptic church monks are killed in an attack at a monastery in South Africa
Police say three Egyptian monks belonging to the Coptic Orthodox Church were fatally stabbed in an attack at a monastery in South Africa, and a suspect has been arrested.
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US-mandated religious freedom group ends Saudi trip early after rabbi ordered to remove his kippah
A U.S. Congress-mandated group cut short a fact-finding mission to Saudi Arabia after officials in the kingdom ordered a Jewish rabbi to remove his kippah in public.
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Hur transcript reveals Biden presidency’s profound and mundane moments
The release of a transcript of President Joe Biden’s interview with prosecutors investigating his handling of classified documents is not likely to alter preconceived notions about Biden.
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A pair of Israeli airstrikes deep into northeastern Lebanon kills at least two people, officials say
A Lebanese security official and an official from the militant Hezbollah group say two Israeli airstrikes over northeastern Lebanon have killed at least two people and destroyed a warehouse.
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Swiss refer Syrian president’s uncle to trial for alleged war crimes over 4 decades ago
Swiss federal prosecutors say they have referred former Syrian Vice President Rifaat Assad, the uncle of the war-battered country’s current president, for trial on charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity for allegedly ordering murder and torture more than four decades ago.
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UN envoy: Finding that some hostages were victims of sexual violence doesn’t justify Israeli attacks
The U.N. envoy focusing on sexual violence in conflict is warning Israel that the finding of “clear and convincing information” that some hostages taken by Hamas during its Oct. 7 attack in southern Israel were subjected to sexual violence “does not in any way legitimize further hostilities.”
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A meeting of the UN body promoting equality for women starts with 5 male speakers
The U.N.’s preeminent body promoting equality for women and girls has opened its annual meeting with five male speakers in a row.
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Sen. Bob Menendez enters not guilty plea to latest criminal indictment
Sen. Bob Menendez and his wife have pleaded not guilty to new obstruction of justice charges in a New York court.
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UN-backed commission says 30,000 children are suffering rights abuses in northeastern Syria
A U.N.-backed commission says five years after the Islamic State group lost the last sliver of land it once controlled in Syria, nearly 30,000 children of militants and their supporters from various nationalities are suffering abuses in camps, prisons and rehabilitation centers in the war-torn count
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Yemen Houthi rebels target a Liberian-flagged ship in Red Sea with missiles; no damage reported
Yemen’s Houthi rebels have targeted a Liberian-flagged container ship in the Red Sea with missiles on Monday, producing an explosion near the vessel but causing no damage.
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Ramadan begins in Gaza with hunger worsening and no end to the war in sight
Palestinians have begun fasting for Ramadan. The Muslim holy month arrived with cease-fire talks at a standstill, hunger worsening across the Gaza Strip and no end in sight to the Israel-Hamas war.
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Biden cajoles Netanyahu with tough talk, humanitarian concerns but Israeli PM remains dug in
President Joe Biden has stepped up public pressure on Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government, warning he’s “hurting Israel” and speaking candidly about “come to Jesus” conversations with the leader over the growing humanitarian crisis in Gaza.
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Muslims spot Ramadan crescent moon in Saudi Arabia, meaning month of fasting starts Monday for many
Officials in Saudi Arabia have declared the start of the fasting month of Ramadan after sighting the crescent moon Sunday night.
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An effort to get aid to Gaza by sea is moving ahead. But the first ship is still waiting in Cyprus
The voyage began just two days after U.S. President Joe Biden announced plans to ramp up aid deliveries by sea to the besieged enclave where hundreds of thousands of Palestinians have been going hungry.
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US Treasury official pushes Lebanon to halt the flow of funding to Hamas
A top U.S. Treasury official has pressed Lebanese authorities to prevent funds from being funneled to Hamas by way of Lebanon during a visit to Beirut.
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Peru arrests an Iranian man accused of planning an attack on an Israeli citizen
Police in Peru have announced the arrest of an Iranian citizen who was purportedly a member of Iran’s Quds Force and had allegedly planned to kill an Israeli citizen in the South American country.
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Canada will restore funding to UNRWA, the embattled UN agency in Gaza
Canada will restore funding to the United Nations relief agency for Palestinians, weeks after the agency lost hundreds of millions of dollars in support following Israeli allegations against some of its staffers in Gaza.
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Yemen’s rebels target Singapore-flagged ship in Gulf of Aden as US and allies down Houthi drones
Officials say an attack by Yemen’s Houthi rebels set off explosions ahead of a Singapore-flagged vessel in the Gulf of Aden.
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