Israel weighs Hamas’ latest response to Gaza cease-fire proposal as diplomatic efforts are revived
JERUSALEM (news agencies) — Israel’s Cabinet was set to convene Thursday to discuss Hamas’ latest response to a U.S.-backed proposal ...
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Family killed as Israel evacuation order triggers panicked flight from Gaza’s second largest city
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (news agencies) — The Hamdan family — around a dozen people from three generations — fled ...
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Will Iran’s foreign policy change under a new president?
The two candidates offer different approches, but whoever wins won’t be the sole decision-maker in Iran’s system.The two remaining candidates ...
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The Latest | Israel releases 55 Palestinians it had detained from Gaza, including hospital director
A Palestinian health official says Israel released 55 Palestinians on Monday whom it had detained from Gaza, including the director ...
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Ultra-Orthodox protest against order to enlist in Israeli military turns violent in Jerusalem
JERUSALEM (news agencies) — Thousands of Jewish ultra-Orthodox men clashed with Israeli police in central Jerusalem on Sunday during a ...
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A Taliban delegation attends a UN-led meeting in Qatar on Afghanistan, with women excluded
ISLAMABAD (news agencies) — A Taliban delegation on Sunday attended a United Nations-led meeting in Qatar on Afghanistan after organizers ...
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Sudan’s RSF claims it has captured a key city in the southeast
The army does not dispute RSF’s statement, but says the fighting is ongoing in Singa, the capital of Sennar state.Paramilitary ...
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US and Europe warn Lebanon’s Hezbollah to ease strikes on Israel and back off from wider Mideast war
WASHINGTON (news agencies) — U.S., European and Arab mediators are pressing to keep stepped-up cross-border attacks between Israel and Lebanon’s ...
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Hard-liner Saeed Jalili leads in early Iran presidential election results, state TV reports
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (news agencies) — Early results in Iran’s presidential election put hard-liner Saeed Jalili slightly ahead Saturday, ...
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Remembering Syria’s Tadmur Prison Massacre, 44 years on
On June 27, 1980, in under an hour, the Assad regime killed some 1,000 political prisoners at the infamous desert ...
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