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UN chief says it’s time to ‘truly flood’ Gaza with aid and calls starvation there an outrage
U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres says it’s time to “truly flood Gaza with lifesaving aid” and calls the starvation inside the enclave a “moral outrage.”
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The UN Security Council is set to vote on a resolution demanding a Ramadan cease-fire
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What we know after the Islamic State group claims responsibility for Moscow massacre
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US-backed Syrian force that defeated IS 5 years ago warns group still poses international threat
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Lebanon’s displaced celebrate Ramadan amid fears that border conflict might become the ‘new normal’
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US fighter jets strike storage facilities in Houthi-controlled areas of Yemen
U.S. fighter jets from the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower aircraft carrier struck three underground storage facilities in Houthi-controlled areas of Yemen late Friday.
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Blinken says an Israeli assault on Gaza’s Rafah would be a mistake and isn’t needed to defeat Hamas
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken says that a major Israeli ground assault on the southern Gaza town of Rafah would be “a mistake” and unnecessary to defeating Hamas.
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Drought, heat and mismanagement make getting fresh water an increasingly tough task
As the world warms from human-caused climate change, fresh water for drinking, cooking and cleaning is becoming harder to get for many people.
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UN seeks $4B for aid in Syria as civilians face growing humanitarian crisis
A U.N. humanitarian official is appealing for more than $4 billion in life-saving aid for more than 10 million Syrians, saying that the country’s largely forgotten crisis remains “one of the most deadly to civilians in the world.”
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Israel’s Netanyahu rebuffs US plea to halt Rafah offensive. Tensions rise ahead of Washington talks
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken has once again left the Middle East empty-handed. Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has rejected American appeals to call off plans for a promised ground invasion of the southern Gaza city of Rafah.
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Lebanese authorities detain suspected French drug dealer days after releasing him on bail
Judicial officials say Lebanese authorities have detained a suspected French drug dealer a few days after releasing him on bail.
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A Moroccan town protests water management plans
Regional and local leaders in Morocco met this week with residents of an oasis where many have staged protests over a water management plan.
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Russia and China veto US resolution calling for immediate cease-fire in Gaza
Russia and China have vetoed a U.S.-sponsored U.N. resolution calling for “an immediate and sustained cease-fire” in the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza to protect civilians and enable humanitarian aid to be delivered to more than 2 million hungry Palestinians.
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US calls for vote Friday on UN resolution declaring that immediate Gaza cease-fire is `imperative’
The United States is calling for a vote Friday on a newly revised and tougher U.N. resolution declaring that “an immediate and sustained cease-fire” in the Israel-Hamas war is “imperative” to protect civilians and enable humanitarian aid to be delivered to more than 2 million hungry Palestinians.
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Senior Hezbollah security official makes rare visit to UAE to discuss detained Lebanese
A senior official with Lebanon’s militant Hezbollah group has made a rare visit to the United Arab Emirates to discuss the case of a dozen Lebanese citizens detained in the oil-rich nation over alleged links to the Lebanese group.
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US announces over $47 million in humanitarian aid for war-torn Sudan
The U.S. has announced more than $47 million in humanitarian aid for war-torn Sudan and two neighboring countries, to where at least a million people have fled the nearly 1-year-old conflict.
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Blinken adds Israel stop to latest Mideast tour as tensions rise over Gaza war
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken will travel to Israel this week as part of his sixth urgent mission to the Middle East since Israel’s war with Hamas began in October.
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German woman loses appeal of 14-year sentence for letting enslaved Yazidi girl die in Iraq
A German federal court has rejected a woman’s appeal of her 14-year sentence for allowing a Yazidi girl she and her husband enslaved when they were members of the Islamic State group in Iraq to die of thirst.
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Borse Dubai plans to sell part of stake in the Nasdaq in a deal potentially worth some $1.6 billion
A Dubai sovereign wealth fund that’s the single-largest shareholder in the Nasdaq stock index plans to sell a third of its shares in the exchange.
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Houthis in Yemen blow up a resident’s house, killing at least 9 from the same family, residents say
Officials and residents of a town southeast of Yemen’s capital say nine members of one family were killed when Iranian-backed Houthi rebels blew up a house.
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Iraq’s former defense minister wanted in Sweden for fraud is arrested at the Stockholm airport
Authorities say that Iraq’s former defense minister, who holds dual Iraqi-Swedish citizenship, has been arrested in Sweden.
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Incoming Palestinian prime minister lays out plans for reform but faces major obstacles
The incoming Palestinian prime minister says he will appoint a technocratic government and establish an independent trust fund to oversee Gaza’s reconstruction.
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The European Union announces an $8 billion aid package for Egypt as concerns mount over migration
The European Union has announced a 7.4 billion-euro or $8 billion aid package for cash-strapped Egypt as concerns mount that economic pressure and conflicts in neighboring countries could drive more migrants to European shores.
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How should Israel bring to justice the perpetrators behind the worst attack in its history?
Israel is holding hundreds of Palestinians from Gaza who allegedly took part in the Oct. 7 attack that sparked its war with Hamas.
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A suspected attack by Yemen’s Houthi rebels has targeted a ship in the Gulf of Aden
A suspected attack by Yemen’s Houthi rebels saw an explosion detonated near a ship in the Gulf of Aden, potentially marking their latest assault on shipping through the crucial waterway leading to the Red Sea.
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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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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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AP reporters aboard a US military plane watch small batches of aid airdropped on a destroyed Gaza
Two Associated Press journalists aboard an American aid flight to Gaza observed the wreckage to the strip’s north as the plane delivered much-needed food aid to Palestinians below.
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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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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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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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