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Israel president says antisemitism in Australia 'frightening'

Israel's President Isaac Herzog said Thursday antisemitism in Australia is "frightening" but most people want good relations, on the final day of a...

13.02.2026 1

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Agence France-Presse

UN says Israel's West Bank plans would accelerate 'dispossession of Palestinians'

Israel's plans to tighten control over the occupied West Bank, paving the way for further settlement expansion, are a step towards consolidating...

12.02.2026 1

Al Monitor

Agence France-Presse

Anti-Khamenei slogans in Tehran on eve of revolution anniversary: social media footage

Some residents of the Iranian capital Tehran on Tuesday chanted slogans against the Islamic republic and supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on the...

12.02.2026 8

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Agence France-Presse

Gaza girls take up boxing to heal war's scars

In a makeshift boxing ring etched into the sand between the tens of displaced Palestinians in southern Gaza, a dozen young girls warmed up before...

11.02.2026 2

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Agence France-Presse

Israel says killed four militants exiting Gaza tunnel

Israel's military said Monday it had killed four armed militants who emerged from a tunnel in southern Gaza and attacked its troops, accusing the...

10.02.2026 10

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Agence France-Presse

Lebanon building collapse toll rises to 9: civil defence

The death toll in a building collapse in the northern Lebanese city of Tripoli on Sunday climbed to nine, a civil defence official said -- the second...

10.02.2026 8

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Agence France-Presse

Morocco flood evacuees still shaken, waiting to return home

It was through a call from her local mosque's loudspeakers that Kasia El Selami learnt it was time to flee as floodwaters rose in her Moroccan village...

09.02.2026 9

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Agence France-Presse

Iran defies US threats to insist on right to enrich uranium

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi on Sunday ruled out Tehran ever giving up uranium enrichment in its negotiations with Washington, insisting it...

09.02.2026 4

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Agence France-Presse

Over 2,200 IS detainees transferred to Iraq from Syria: Iraqi official

Iraq has so far received 2,225 Islamic State group detainees, whom the US military began transferring from Syria last month, an Iraqi official told...

08.02.2026 20

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Agence France-Presse

Demonstrators in Berlin call for fall of Iran's Islamic republic

Several thousand demonstrators rallied in Berlin on Saturday calling for an end to Iran's clerical-led government and its bloody repression of...

08.02.2026 7

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Agence France-Presse

Iran FM looks to more nuclear talks, but warns US

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said on Saturday he hoped talks with the United States would resume soon, while reiterating Tehran's red lines...

08.02.2026 10

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Agence France-Presse

Morocco says evacuated 140,000 people due to severe weather

Authorities have evacuated more than 140,000 people from their homes since heavy rainfall flooded several provinces in northern Morocco last week, the...

06.02.2026 40

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Agence France-Presse

Witkoff and Araghchi: the men leading US-Iran talks

US special envoy Steve Witkoff has spearheaded talks on Gaza and Ukraine, while Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi is Iran's face abroad. On Friday, they...

06.02.2026 2

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Agence France-Presse

Famine spreading in Sudan's Darfur, warn UN-backed experts

Famine is spreading in Sudan's western Darfur region, UN-backed experts warned on Thursday, as a grinding war between the army and paramilitary forces...

06.02.2026 3

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Agence France-Presse

Australia dodges call for arrest of visiting Israel president

Australia's government sidestepped a call Thursday for Israeli President Isaac Herzog to be arrested when he visits the country to pay respect to...

06.02.2026 5

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Agence France-Presse

Who is behind the killing of late ruler Gaddafi's son, and why now?

Seif al-Islam, the son of Libya's slain longtime ruler Muammar Gaddafi and once seen by some as his likely heir, has been killed. Targeted by a...

05.02.2026 10

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Agence France-Presse

US-Iran talks 'still scheduled' after drone shot down: White House

The United States is still planning talks with Iranian officials this week, the White House said Tuesday, even after a US warplane shot down an...

04.02.2026 9

Al Monitor

Agence France-Presse

Tearful Gazans finally reunite after limited Rafah reopening

Gazans long-separated from their loved ones shed tears of joy after the limited reopening of the Rafah crossing with Egypt allowed a handful to...

04.02.2026 4

Al Monitor

Agence France-Presse

Iran president confirms talks with US after Trump's threats

A US fighter jet shot down an Iranian drone that approached an American aircraft carrier in the Middle East on Tuesday, Washington said, as renewed...

04.02.2026 6

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Agence France-Presse

Iran president orders talks with US as Trump hopeful of deal

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian has ordered the start of nuclear talks with the United States, local media said, as his counterpart Donald Trump...

03.02.2026 7

Al Monitor

Agence France-Presse

Trump hopeful of Iran deal after Tehran warns of regional war

US President Donald Trump on Sunday said he was hopeful of agreeing a deal with Iran after the country's supreme leader warned that any US attack on...

02.02.2026 10

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Agence France-Presse

Iran's Khamenei likens protests to 'coup', warns of regional war

US President Donald Trump on Sunday said he was hopeful of agreeing a deal with Iran after the country's supreme leader warned that any US attack on...

02.02.2026 10

Al Monitor

Agence France-Presse

Iran declares European armies 'terrorist groups' after IRGC designation

US President Donald Trump on Sunday said he was hopeful of agreeing a deal with Iran after the country's supreme leader warned that any US attack on...

02.02.2026 10

Al Monitor

Agence France-Presse

Iran says progress made towards US talks despite attack jitters

Iran's top security official said Saturday that progress had been made towards negotiations with the United States, even as the Islamic republic's...

01.02.2026 8

Al Monitor

Agence France-Presse

Gaza civil defence says Israeli strikes kill 32

Israeli air strikes killed 32 people including children in Gaza on Saturday, according to the Palestinian territory's civil defence agency, as the...

01.02.2026 4

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Agence France-Presse

Gaza civil defence says Israeli strikes kill 28

Israeli air strikes killed 32 people including children in Gaza on Saturday, according to the Palestinian territory's civil defence agency, as the...

01.02.2026 6

Al Monitor

Agence France-Presse

Israel says killed 'three terrorists' in Gaza

Israel announced it would reopen the crucial Rafah crossing between Gaza and Egypt on Sunday after months of urging from the UN, humanitarian...

31.01.2026 6

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Agence France-Presse

Israeli settler leader lauds Jewish prayer at contested West Bank tomb

Around 1,500 Israeli Jews prayed at a contested tomb in the occupied West Bank city of Nablus on Thursday morning, and a settler leader hailed an...

30.01.2026 2

Al Monitor

Agence France-Presse

US jails man over plot to kill Iranian-American journalist

A man was sentenced Wednesday to 15 years in prison at a US court for his involvement in a plot to assassinate Masih Alinejad, an Iranian-American...

30.01.2026 1

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Agence France-Presse

Holocaust survivor urges German MPs to tackle resurgent antisemitism

Tova Friedman, one of the dwindling band of Holocaust survivors, took to the floor of the German parliament Wednesday to urge lawmakers to get...

29.01.2026 5

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Agence France-Presse

Iraq PM candidate Maliki denounces Trump's 'blatant' interference

Iraq's main candidate for the premiership Nouri al-Maliki on Wednesday denounced Washington's "blatant interference", after President Donald Trump...

29.01.2026 8

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Agence France-Presse

Syrian leader to meet Putin, Russia seeks deal on military bases

Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa met Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin for talks in Moscow on Wednesday, as the Kremlin seeks to secure the future of...

29.01.2026 10

Al Monitor

Agence France-Presse

Gazans long for reopening of 'lifeline' Rafah crossing

With Gaza's vital Rafah border crossing expected to soon reopen, residents of the war-shattered territory are hoping to reunite with family members,...

28.01.2026 6

Al Monitor

Agence France-Presse

Rights group says confirmed Iran protest toll over 6,000

A US-based rights group said Tuesday it had confirmed the deaths of over 6,000 people in protests in Iran suppressed by security forces, adding it was...

28.01.2026 5

Al Monitor

Agence France-Presse

Qatar announces $430 mn in support for Lebanon

A visiting Qatari official on Monday announced a multi-million dollar aid package for Lebanon, primarily to support the country's crumbling...

27.01.2026 10

Al Monitor

Agence France-Presse

Rights group says confirmed Iran protest toll nears 6,000

A US-based rights group said Monday it had confirmed the deaths of 5,848 people in a wave of protests in Iran suppressed by security forces, warning...

27.01.2026 30

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Agence France-Presse

Israel agrees to reopen Rafah crossing only for Gaza pedestrians

Israel said Monday it would only allow pedestrians to travel through the Rafah crossing between Gaza and Egypt as part of its "limited reopening" once...

27.01.2026 10

Al Monitor

Agence France-Presse

Israel agrees to 'limited reopening' of Rafah crossing

Israel said Monday it would only allow pedestrians to travel through the Rafah crossing between Gaza and Egypt as part of its "limited reopening" once...

27.01.2026 10

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Agence France-Presse

Life-saving aid reaches Kurdish-majority town: UN

A UN humanitarian convoy arrived Sunday in the Kurdish-majority town of Kobane, which has been filled recently with people displaced by clashes in...

27.01.2026 30

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Agence France-Presse

Pakistani court jails rights activist and husband for 10 years

A Pakistani court on Saturday jailed a prominent rights activist and her husband for 10 years over "anti-state" social media posts. Imaan Mazari, a...

26.01.2026 8

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Agence France-Presse

Turkey pro-Kurd party urges end to Kobane siege

Turkey's pro-Kurdish DEM party on Saturday called for the blockade on the Kurdish-majority city of Kobane in northern Syria to be lifted immediately,...

25.01.2026 10

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Agence France-Presse

'One in a Million': Syrian refugee tale wows Sundance

As a million Syrians fled their country's devastating civil war in 2015, directors Itab Azzam and Jack MacInnes headed to Turkey where they would meet...

25.01.2026 8

Al Monitor

Agence France-Presse

Iran lambasts Zelensky after Davos 'bully' warning

Iran's foreign minister on Friday launched a furious tirade against Volodymyr Zelensky after the Ukrainian president commented in Davos that the...

24.01.2026 10

Al Monitor

Agence France-Presse

Gazans pay homage to Palestinian journalists killed by Israel

Hundreds of red-eyed and exhausted people, including many journalists, crowded into the grounds of Nasser Hospital in Khan Yunis in Gaza on Thursday...

24.01.2026 10

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Agence France-Presse

Iran Guards chief says 'finger on trigger', warns US against 'miscalculations'

The commander of Iran's Revolutionary Guards on Thursday warned Israel and the US against "miscalculations" in the wake of mass protests, saying the...

23.01.2026 30

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Agence France-Presse

Israel says struck Syria-Lebanon border crossings used by Hezbollah

The Israeli military said it struck four crossings along the Syria-Lebanon border on Wednesday that were used by Hezbollah to smuggle weapons, after...

23.01.2026 10

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Agence France-Presse

Israeli strike kills three Gaza journalists including AFP freelancer

An Israeli air strike killed an AFP freelancer and two other journalists in Gaza on Wednesday, the territory's civil defence agency said, while the...

22.01.2026 10

Al Monitor

Agence France-Presse

Israel launches wave of fresh strikes on Lebanon

The Israeli military said it struck four crossings along the Syria-Lebanon border on Wednesday that were used by Hezbollah to smuggle weapons, after...

22.01.2026 10

Al Monitor

Agence France-Presse

UN report declares global state of 'water bankruptcy'

The world is entering an era of "global water bankruptcy" with rivers, lakes and aquifers depleting faster than nature can replenish them, a United...

22.01.2026 10

Al Monitor

Agence France-Presse

Iran protest crackdown latest developments

Iran has been pressing ahead with arrests following a wave of protests, according to local media and monitors, as the country faces international...

22.01.2026 10

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Agence France-Presse