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Syrians vote for their next parliament, which may consider allowing Assad to extend his rule
Syrians are voting for members of a new parliament in an election that is expected to hold few surprises.
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Cocked rifles and infrared cameras along Cyprus buffer zone stoke tensions that could spread farther
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Hamas says Gaza cease-fire talks haven’t paused and claims military chief survived Israeli strike
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UK Foreign Secretary visits Israel and West Bank and calls for an immediate cease-fire in Gaza
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Israel targets Hamas’ military leader in Gaza. Who is he and what does it mean for the war?
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UN chief urges funds for Palestinians, saying Israel is forcing Gazans ‘to move like human pinballs’
The United Nations chief is appealing for funding for the beleaguered U.N. agency helping Palestinian refugees in Gaza and elsewhere in the Middle East.
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Iran’s new president vows balance with all countries but warns US his country won’t be pressured
Iran’s newly elected president says his government will create “balance in relations with all countries” in line with national interests and the prerequisites for peace but has stressed to the United States that his country “will not respond to pressure.”
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Argentina designates Hamas a terrorist group in show of support for Israel
Argentina has designated Hamas a terrorist organization and ordered a freeze on the financial assets of the Palestinian group.
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Thousands of Islamists rally near the Pakistani capital to denounce Israeli strikes in Gaza
Thousands of supporters of a Pakistani radical political party have rallied near Islamabad, denouncing Israeli strikes in Gaza and urging the government to send more aid to the Palestinians.
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A Dutch court rejects a claim the government is evading export ban on F-35 parts to Israel
A Dutch court has rejected a claim from human rights organizations that the Netherlands is dodging a court order to stop sending F-35 fighter jet parts to Israel which could use them in Gaza.
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US Navy pilots come home after months of shooting down Houthi missiles and drones
U.S. Navy fighter pilots have come home in Virginia after months of shooting down Houthi-launched missiles and drones.
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The Latest | Israeli strike kills 4 aid workers in Gaza ‘safe zone,’ UK-based group says
A U.K.-based aid group said one of its employees in Gaza has been killed by an Israeli strike that hit its warehouse located inside an Israeli-declared humanitarian safe zone.
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Time is frozen in the empty bedrooms of Israelis kidnapped by Hamas
Around 120 hostages remain in Gaza, though Israel believes at least 40 of them are dead.
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The US says the end of its pier for Gaza aid is coming soon
Official say the U.S. now is considering abandoning efforts to reinstall the pier that’s been used to get badly needed humanitarian aid to starving Palestinians.
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A boy in Gaza was killed by an Israeli airstrike. His father held him and wouldn’t let go
He wouldn’t let go. Nael Al-Baghdadi held his 12-year-old son tight. But it was already too late. Omar, who was playing outside near his home, had been killed in the Gaza Strip by an Israeli airstrike.
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Yemen Houthi rebels fired an Iranian missile at Norwegian-flagged ship, debris analyzed by US shows
Yemen’s Houthi rebels likely fired an Iranian-made anti-ship cruise missile at a Norwegian-flagged tanker in the Red Sea in December, an assault that now provides a public, evidence-based link between the ongoing rebel campaign against shipping and Tehran.
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A look at heat records that have been broken around the world
Countries around the world are setting all-time heat records as summer deepens in the Northern Hemisphere.
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Dozens of people are sentenced to life in prison in the UAE in a mass trial criticized abroad
A mass trial in the United Arab Emirates of dissidents that was widely criticized abroad has sentenced 43 people to life in prison, while others received other prison terms.
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Iraqi court sentences wife of slain Islamic State leader to death for crimes against Yazidi women
An Iraqi court has issued a death sentence against one of the wives of the late brutal Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, alleging that she was complicit in crimes committed against Yazidi women captured by the militant group.
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Syria and Saudi Arabia resume regular commercial flights as part of a thaw in relations
Regular flights between the Syrian capital of Damascus and Saudi Arabia have resumed for the first time in more than a decade as part of a thaw in relations between the countries.
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University student who yelled ‘Free Palestine’ reportedly deported as UAE weighs Israel-Hamas war
At the graduation ceremony of New York University Abu Dhabi this May, a student wearing the traditional Palestinian black-and-white keffiyeh scarf shouted “Free Palestine!”
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A suspected attack by Yemen’s Houthi rebels targets a ship transiting the Bab el-Mandeb Strait
A suspected attack by Yemen’s Houthi rebels has targeted a Liberian-flagged tanker in the narrow Bab el-Mandeb Strait.
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US-built pier will be put back in Gaza for several days to move aid, then permanently removed
Several U.S. officials say the pier built by the American military to bring humanitarian aid to Gaza will be reinstalled on the beach to be used for several days, but then the plan is to pull it out permanently.
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Tehran police close Turkish Airlines office after its employees defy Iran’s headscarf law
Police have shut down the Turkish Airlines office in the Iranian capital after female employees there apparently refused to wear the mandatory headscarf, or hijab, in an act of defiance of the country’s laws.
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Iran’s Revolutionary Guard has dismantled an armed group, says state TV
Iran’s state TV says the powerful Revolutionary Guard forces have dismantled a group of armed bandits in the northwest of the country.
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The Latest | US-built aid pier in Gaza will reopen for a few days, then be removed permanently
Several U.S. officials say the pier built by the American military to bring humanitarian aid to Gaza will be reinstalled on the beach to be used for several days, but then the plan is to pull it out permanently.
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An Israeli strike in Syria kills a former bodyguard of Lebanon’s Hezbollah leader, official says
An official with the Lebanese militant Hezbollah group says an Israeli strike in Syria killed a former bodyguard of the group’s leader.
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Yemen’s Houthi rebels could free a rival political leader held incommunicado since 2015, UN says
Yemen’s Houthi rebels could free a political leader with ties to the internationally recognized government who has been detained for nearly a decade, under a preliminary prisoner swap deal announced by the United Nations.
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Elections in Europe and Iran show authoritarian march may have slowed, not halted
At first glance, elections in France and Britain were a triumph for leftists and reformers over authoritarians and the right.
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Israel’s Holocaust memorial opens a conservation facility to store artifacts, photos and more
Israel’s Holocaust museum is opening a conservation facility in Jerusalem that will preserve, restore and store its more than 45,000 artifacts and artworks.
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Israeli forces push deeper into Gaza City as Hamas warns that escalation threatens cease-fire talks
Israeli forces are advancing deeper into the Gaza Strip’s largest city in pursuit of militants who have regrouped there.
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The Latest | Hamas says Israel’s offensive in north Gaza could sink cease-fire efforts
Hamas has warned that Israel’s expanding military operations in Gaza City and the displacement of thousands of residents could have “disastrous repercussions” for talks aimed at a cease-fire and the release of Israeli hostages.
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Gaza destruction likely helped push Hamas to soften cease-fire demands, several officials say
Several officials in the Middle East and the U.S. believe the level of devastation in the Gaza Strip caused by a nine-month Israeli offensive likely has helped push Hamas to soften its demands for a cease-fire agreement.
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Iran’s naval destroyer has sunk, state media says
Iran’s state media say a naval destroyer has sunk while it was being repaired in a port near the Strait of Hormuz.
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Iran detains an outspoken lawyer who criticized 2022 crackdown following Mahsa Amini’s death
An outspoken Iranian lawyer who has publicly criticized how the government handled the 2022 protests has been arrested.
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Masoud Pezeshkian, a heart surgeon who rose to power in parliament, now Iran’s president-elect
The stances of Iran’s President-elect Masoud Pezeshkian reflect the dualities of being a reformist politician within Iran’s Shiite theocracy.
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Special adviser to Syrian President Assad dies following car crash under unclear circumstances
Syrian President Bashar Assad’s office says a close adviser to Assad has died following a car accident that left her hospitalized for four days.
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The Latest | Hamas says ‘positive response’ from mediators to its cease-fire amendments
A spokesperson for Hamas says the group’s proposed amendments to the most recent U.S. plan for a cease-fire in Gaza “have been met with a positive response by the mediators.”
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The Latest | Iran holds runoff election to replace a president killed in a helicopter crash
Iranians have voted in a runoff election to replace the late President Ebrahim Raisi, who was killed in a May helicopter crash in the country’s northwest along with the foreign minister and several other officials.
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Sweden protests against death penalties given to 3 Swedes in Iraq, says a 4th case isn’t confirmed
Sweden’s Foreign Ministry says it will summon the Iraqi chargé d’affaires in Stockholm to protest against death sentences received by Swedes in Iraq.
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