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Food deliveries into northern Gaza are halted because of the war’s chaos, increasing famine risk
The World Food Program has paused deliveries of food to isolated northern Gaza because of increasing chaos across the territory, hiking fears of potential starvation.
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Attacks on ships and US drones show Yemen’s Houthis can still fight despite US-led airstrikes
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The US vetoes an Arab-backed UN resolution demanding an immediate humanitarian cease-fire in Gaza
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South Africa tells top UN court that it’s accusing Israel of apartheid against Palestinians
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Italy again prosecutes Egypt officials for the 2016 torture and death of Italian student in Cairo
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Israel says Brazil’s president unwelcome until he apologizes for comparing Gaza war to Holocaust
Israel’s foreign minister says Brazil’s president will not be welcome in Israel until he apologizes for comments he made comparing Israel’s war in Gaza to the Holocaust, accusing him of a “very serious anti-Semitic attack.”
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Building collapse in Beirut suburb kills 4 and rescuers are searching for others
A building collapsed in a southern suburb of Beirut, killing four people, as rescuers searched for more people under the rubble.
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US circulates rival UN resolution for temporary Gaza cease-fire after rejecting Arab proposal
The United States has circulated a rival U.N. Security Council resolution that would support a temporary cease-fire in Gaza after rejecting an Arab-backed resolution.
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Palestinian diplomat accuses Israel of apartheid and asks UN court to declare its occupation illegal
The case at the court’s Great Hall of Justice comes against the backdrop of the Israel-Hamas war but it focuses instead on Israel’s open-ended control of the occupied West Bank, the Gaza Strip and annexed east Jerusalem.
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75th George Polk Awards honor coverage of Middle East and Ukraine wars, Supreme Court and Elon Musk
The New York Times is being honored with George Polk Awards for Foreign Reporting and Photojournalism for its coverage of the war between Israel and Hamas.
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EU launches mission to protect ships in Red Sea from Houthis. It won’t partake in military strikes
The European Union has launched a naval mission to help protect cargo ships in the Red Sea. Attacks on civilian maritime traffic by Houthi rebels in Yemen are hampering trade and driving up prices.
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Norway will transfer funds to the Palestinian Authority after a monthslong standoff with Israel
Norway says it will transfer tax funds to the Palestinian Authority that have been frozen for months because of a dispute with Israel.
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Dubai International Airport had 86.9 million passengers last year in a post-pandemic surge
The number of passengers flying through Dubai International Airport has surged in the last year beyond its total for 2019 — just before the coronavirus pandemic grounded global aviation.
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UN Security Council to vote Tuesday on resolution demanding Gaza ceasefire, US vows to use its veto
The U.N. Security Council is expected to vote Tuesday on an Arab-backed resolution demanding an immediate humanitarian ceasefire in Gaza, which the United States announced it will veto.
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Houthi rebels’ attack severely damages a Belize-flagged ship in key strait leading to the Red Sea
A missile attack by Yemen’s Houthi rebels damaged a Belize-flagged ship traveling through the Bab el-Mandeb Strait that connects the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden, forcing the crew to abandon the ship.
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Israel’s Netanyahu slams Brazilian president’s comparison of Gaza war to the Holocaust
Israel has condemned Brazil’s president for comparing the war in Gaza to the Holocaust, accusing him of being antisemitic and trivializing the Nazi genocide of European Jews during World War II.
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Jordan kills 5 drug smugglers on the Syrian border. The area is known for an addictive amphetamine
The Jordanian military says its forces have killed five smugglers who allegedly tried to bring drugs into the country from neighboring Syria.
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Republican opponent of US aid to Ukraine brings his case to an international conference
A Republican opponent of new U.S. funding for Ukraine has argued at an international security conference that the package stuck in Congress wouldn’t “fundamentally change the reality” on the ground and that Russia has an incentive to negotiate peace.
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Army Reserve soldiers, close friends killed in drone attack, mourned at funerals in Georgia
Two Army Reserve soldiers killed in a Middle East drone attack three weeks ago are being remembered at funerals in their home state of Georgia. Sgt.
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The head of the UN’s lead agency helping Palestinians accuses Israel of seeking to destroy it
The head of the main United Nations agency supporting people in Gaza alleges that Israel is intent on “destroying” the organization along with the idea that Palestinians are refugees who have a right to return home one day.
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Interior ministers from 4 Arab countries agree in Jordan that illegal drug trade needs to be tackled
The interior ministers of four Arab countries have held talks in Jordan to discuss ways of combatting the illegal drug trade in the region.
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African leaders condemn Israel’s offensive in Gaza
Leaders at an African Union summit in the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa have condemned Israel’s offensive in Gaza and called for its immediate end.
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Macron says recognizing a Palestinian state is not a taboo for France
French President Emmanuel Macron says recognizing a Palestinian state is not a ‘’taboo’’ for France.
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Top UN court rejects South African request for urgent measures to safeguard Rafah
The top UN court has rejected a South African request to impose urgent measures to safeguard Rafah in the Gaza Strip.
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A small business in war-time Gaza sews padded cloth diapers, creating jobs and helping weary parents
A small sewing workshop making cloth diapers with cotton padding in Gaza’s crowded city of Rafah is helping desperate parents with babies afford a basic necessity.
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Sudan’s army is investigating a video purportedly showing troops carrying severed heads
Sudan’s armed forces have ordered an investigation into a video that purportedly depicted some of its troops carrying severed heads belonging to members of a rival paramilitary faction.
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Israel’s defense chief says military ‘thoroughly planning’ offensive in crowded Gaza border town
Israel’s defense minister says Israel is “thoroughly planning” its promised military offensive in the southern Gaza town of Rafah.
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Kuwait dissolves its parliament again amid years of political gridlock in oil-rich nation
Kuwait’s emir has dissolved parliament, the latest dissolution to strike the oil-rich nation’s legislature amid years of political gridlock.
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‘Neutral’ Swiss plan to boost defense spending in a world destabilized by Ukraine, Mideast wars
Switzerland’s government plans to boost its defense spending by up to 19% over the next four years. It cites rising global instability, including wars in Ukraine and the Middle East.
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Israel complains after Vatican denounces ‘carnage’ and disproportionate response in Gaza
Israel has formally complained after a senior Vatican official spoke of “carnage” in Gaza. The Israeli Embassy to the Holy See called the comments by Cardinal Pietro Parolin, the Vatican secretary of state, “regrettable.”
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On the USS Eisenhower, 4 months of combat at sea facing Houthi missiles and a new sea threat
Sailors aboard the U.S. aircraft carrier Dwight D. Eisenhower and its accompanying warships have spent four months straight at sea defending against ballistic missiles and flying attack drones fired by Iranian-backed Houthis.
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Leaders of Turkey and Egypt unite in efforts to stop Israel’s looming offensive in Gaza’s Rafah
Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Edrogan held talks in Cairo with his Egyptian counterpart in efforts to rally support for growing demands that Israel halt its war against Hamas in Gaza.
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Families of hostages visit international court to urge the arrest of Hamas leaders
Former captives and relatives of hostages held since the Oct. 7 attack by Hamas in southern Israel are visiting the International Criminal Court to urge prosecutors to charge and seek the arrest of leaders of the militant group.
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Islamic State militants attack Syrian military barracks and kill 9 troops, war monitors say
An opposition war monitor says militants from the Islamic State group attacked military barracks in central Syria this week, killing nine soldiers.
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Blasts hit a natural gas pipeline in Iran and an official says it was an act of sabotage
Explosions have struck a natural gas pipeline in Iran. An Iranian official on Wednesday blamed the blasts on a “sabotage and terrorist action” in the country as tensions remain high in the Middle East with Israel’s war on Hamas in the Gaza Strip.
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Truck crashes into passenger vehicles in Egypt’s Alexandria leaving 15 dead, officials say
Egyptian authorities say a truck slammed into passenger vehicles in Egypt’s Mediterranean province of Alexandria, killing at least 15 people.
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UN chief warns climate chaos and food crises threaten global peace: ‘Empty bellies fuel unrest’
The United Nations chief is warning that climate chaos and food crises are increasing threats to global peace.
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Jared Kushner, former Trump adviser, defends business dealings with Saudi Arabia
Jared Kushner, Donald Trump’s former White House adviser and his son-in-law, is defending his business dealings with the Saudi crown prince after leaving the U.S. government.
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Family of Palestinian-American detained by Israel seeks her release. ‘I want my mother back’
The family of a Palestinian-American woman arrested by Israeli forces in the occupied West Bank say they still haven’t had contact with her, more than a week after she was seized from her home in an overnight raid.
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