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Ben & Jerry’s: Unilever fired CEO amid spat over social mission, anti-Israel activist’s detention

Ice cream maker says parent firm ousted chief this month without consulting directors, also blocked firm from honoring Black History Month and calling...

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US piles pressure on Yemen’s Houthis with new airstrikes

US piles pressure on Yemen’s Houthis with new airstrikes

Iran-backed terror group says Red Sea port city of Hodeidah and Al Jawf governorate north of capital Sanaa targeted; US official says campaign could...

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Rights group challenges legality of Trump deportations of anti-Israel activists

Rights group challenges legality of Trump deportations of anti-Israel activists

American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee files lawsuit to block White House’s orders; Rubio: Welcoming pro-Hamas students ‘runs counter...

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Rubio declares South African envoy ‘persona non grata’: He hates Trump and US

Rubio declares South African envoy ‘persona non grata’: He hates Trump and US

Ssecretary of state calls Ebrahim Rasool, a harsh critic of Israel who has backed his country’s ICC genocide case, a ‘race-baiting politician’

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Landmines imperil camel herders in Yemen

Landmines imperil camel herders in Yemen
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Turkiye could be a vital partner as Europe and Ukraine seek a new security framework

Turkiye could be a vital partner as Europe and Ukraine seek a new security framework
13.03.2025 20

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Iran’s top diplomat: Nuclear talks with US only possible on ‘equal terms’

Iran’s top diplomat: Nuclear talks with US only possible on ‘equal terms’

Iranian FM says Tehran will achieve ‘nothing’ if it negotiates while under ‘maximum pressure’ from US, after Khamenei spurns Trump’s letter...

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Iran’s Khamenei spurns Trump letter, delivered by UAE, offering nuclear talks

Iran’s Khamenei spurns Trump letter, delivered by UAE, offering nuclear talks

US president says he told Iranian leader there are two ways to stop Iran getting nuclear bomb: ‘militarily, or you make a deal’; Khamenei tells...

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UAE official delivered to Iran letter from Trump urging nuclear talks

UAE official delivered to Iran letter from Trump urging nuclear talks

Anwar Gargash, Emirati diplomatic adviser, meets with Iranian FM Araghchi, a day after Iranian president said Trump can ‘do whatever the hell you...

12.03.2025 30

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China to host Russia-Iran nuclear talks in Beijing this week

China to host Russia-Iran nuclear talks in Beijing this week

Meeting slated to follow a closed-door gathering of the United Nations Security Council in New York regarding Tehran’s expanded stock of highly...

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Trump’s hostage envoy visited Iraq to push for release of Israeli captive — sources

Trump’s hostage envoy visited Iraq to push for release of Israeli captive — sources

Israeli-Russian researcher Elizabeth Tsurkov believed to be held by Iran-backed militia; sister says Trump administration has done more in a few weeks...

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Deportation of Palestinian Columbia student to be challenged in US federal court

Deportation of Palestinian Columbia student to be challenged in US federal court

US District Judge temporarily blocks expulsion of anti-Israel activist Mahmoud Khalil, who was sent to a detention center in Louisiana

12.03.2025 10

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What is driving the bloodshed in Syria?

What is driving the bloodshed in Syria?
10.03.2025 10

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Kremlin says Iran making its own decisions on nuclear talks with US

Kremlin says Iran making its own decisions on nuclear talks with US

Asked about US president’s letter to Iranians offering negotiations on nuke program, Moscow says Tehran ‘independently formulates its position on...

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Israel hails cancellation of ‘biased’ Geneva Conventions meeting on Palestinians

Israel hails cancellation of ‘biased’ Geneva Conventions meeting on Palestinians

Swiss government invited signatories to talk on applying convention to West Bank and Gaza, but too few participants signed up; Foreign Ministry says...

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Mending ties, Putin fills empty US envoy slot – with diplomat who has decried the West

Mending ties, Putin fills empty US envoy slot – with diplomat who has decried the West

Alexander Darchiev, 64, said to have green light from Washington, where he served 2 spells in embassy; he’s known in recent years for strong public...

06.03.2025 20

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Israel's settler pressure on West Bank villages stirs annexation fear

Israel's settler pressure on West Bank villages stirs annexation fear
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Greek top court frees Israeli mining magnate Beny Steinmetz, overturning extradition

Greek top court frees Israeli mining magnate Beny Steinmetz, overturning extradition

Judges accept businessman’s appeal against being sent to Romania, where he is wanted to serve out five-year sentence for real estate fraud

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How a key ingredient in Coca-Cola, M&M’s is smuggled from war-torn Sudan

How a key ingredient in Coca-Cola, M&M’s is smuggled from war-torn Sudan
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Russian missile experts flew to Iran in proximity to direct attacks on Israel

Russian missile experts flew to Iran in proximity to direct attacks on Israel

Senior Russian officers have visited Iranian missile sites throughout the past year as military ties developed; unclear if they have specific...

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ICJ elects Japanese judge Yuji Iwasawa as new president, replacing Nawaf Salam

ICJ elects Japanese judge Yuji Iwasawa as new president, replacing Nawaf Salam

Iwasawa, a member of the court since 2018, was previously a professor of international law at the University of Tokyo and chair of the United...

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Egypt’s alternative to Trump plan sidelines Hamas, leaves key questions unanswered

Egypt’s alternative to Trump plan sidelines Hamas, leaves key questions unanswered

Draft proposal mum on how to disarm the terror group, contains no financial pledges to rebuild Gaza, and doesn’t give central role to PA, which...

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Lebanon seizes $2.5 million bound for Hezbollah, local officials say

Lebanon seizes $2.5 million bound for Hezbollah, local officials say

Sources say it is the first time such a seizure is made, as cash caught on man arriving from Turkey; Beirut has also halted all flights from Iran...

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UK government calls urgent meeting with BBC over Gaza documentary scandal

UK government calls urgent meeting with BBC over Gaza documentary scandal

Culture secretary says she wants ‘assurances no stone will be left unturned’ in review of decision to air film that featured son of Hamas minister

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Who is Abdullah Ocalan, the Kurdish militant leader urging peace with Turkiye?

Who is Abdullah Ocalan, the Kurdish militant leader urging peace with Turkiye?
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European Human Rights Court: Cyprus failed UK woman who claimed Israeli gang rape

European Human Rights Court: Cyprus failed UK woman who claimed Israeli gang rape

ECHR agrees with complainant that Cypriot authorities breached obligations to effectively investigate and prosecute her 2019 allegations against group...

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Belize to return Lev Tahor Jewish sect leader, 2 others to Guatemala

Belize to return Lev Tahor Jewish sect leader, 2 others to Guatemala

Canadian Avraham Dinkel and US citizen Chaim Malka were stopped at border, charged with attempting to help Moshe Yhida Alter, also US citizen, enter...

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Iran enriched uranium stock jumped since December, UN watchdog warns

Iran enriched uranium stock jumped since December, UN watchdog warns

IAEA raises alarm over production of close to weapons grade material, says time is running out for diplomatic recourse to impose new restrictions on...

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One-fifth of Israelis displaced by war have lost their jobs, survey shows

One-fifth of Israelis displaced by war have lost their jobs, survey shows

About 44% of evacuees from the north and south say that their incomes are lower than pre-war levels, compared to the national average of 35% Israel...

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EU lifts Assad-era sanctions on Syria’s banking, transport and energy sectors

Foreign ministers in Brussels say they’ll monitor developments to ensure move remains appropriate; bloc had conditioned relief on rebel leader...

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Hundreds of Iraqis, Iranians, including top leaders, head to Beirut for Nasrallah funeral

Lebanese terror group hoping to put on a show of strength to show it is still relevant in wake of devastating losses it suffered in conflict with...

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Arab plan for Gaza could involve up to $20 billion regional contribution

Officials hope financial support from Arab and Gulf states toward reconstruction of the war-torn enclave could bring Trump around to their alternative...

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Russia says talks with US will have no impact on cooperation with Iran

As the two Cold War foes meet in Riyadh, Moscow’s foreign ministry stresses the value it sees in ‘good relations’ with Tehran and says it will...

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In Israel, US senators dismiss Trump’s Gaza plan, expect alternative from Arab states

Trump ally Lindsey Graham says US president ‘started a discussion that was long overdue’ but sees little appetite for proposal, which...

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IAEA chief sees time running out to revive Iran nuclear deal

US President Trump yet to appoint pointman for Iran’s nuclear program, which has proliferated since his withdrawal from agreement during previous...

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US Navy aircraft carrier collides with merchant ship near Egypt, none injured

5,000-crewmember, nuclear-powered USS Harry Truman, one of US military’s 11 carriers, stable following rare collision with Besiktas-M near Port Said...

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Yemen’s Houthis say ready to launch attacks on Israel if Gaza ceasefire collapses

Iran-backed terror group’s leader says ‘our hands are on the trigger,’ in case if Israel resumes war against Hamas

11.02.2025 10

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EXPLAINER - Why Trump's proposal on Gaza is ringing alarm bells in the region

11.02.2025 10

Middle East Monitor

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United Nations says aid into Gaza has increased significantly since truce started

Officials specify that tents are being delivered, a day after Hamas threatened to halt hostage releases, claiming not enough shelters are arriving

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Swedish police detain one on suspicion of plotting terror attack

Cops say arrest in Stockholm area unrelated to any previously ongoing cases; detainee suspected of being a member of terror group in case linked to...

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Visiting US, top Egyptian diplomat says Arab world rejects Trump plan for Gaza

Secretary of State Marco Rubio tells counterpart Badr Abdelatty that Hamas cannot ever govern Strip again as Trump warns aid could be cut if Cairo,...

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Trump: US will own Gaza, Mideast states can help rebuild; US may let some Gazans in

US president reiterates plan to relocate all of Strip’s population, says his country may admit refugees on case-by-case basis; vows to ensure...

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Trump orders cut to funding for South Africa over land policy, ICJ case against Israel

US president pulls all aid, citing ‘genocide’ case against Israel and claims that Pretoria is taking land from white people; US aid to South...

08.02.2025 20

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ICC prosecutor is first court official to be targeted after Trump restores sanctions

Sources briefed on matter tell Reuters that Karim Khan’s name has been added to nonpublic annex, exposing him to US asset freeze and travel ban

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Countries vow ‘unwavering’ support for ICC as Trump hits it with sanctions

79 signatories to letter argue court ‘serves as a vital pillar of the international justice system by ensuring accountability for the most serious...

07.02.2025 20

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'No forgetting': Turks lament reconstruction delays two years after deadly earthquake

06.02.2025 20

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Australia passes tough hate crime laws in bid to stem wave of antisemitism

Legislation includes mandatory jail time for Nazi salutes, 6 years for those found guilty of terrorism; Prime Minister Albanese says perpetrators must...

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Private NYC college told it must face antisemitism lawsuit from Jewish students

Jewish students have accused Cooper Union of failing to come to their aid when they locked themselves in a library out of fear during an anti-Israel...

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‘I thought we voted for America first’: Trump’s Gaza plan divides fellow Republicans

Some GOP lawmakers reluctant to abandon two-state solution, send US troops to the region, while others see opportunity to ’cause some real change in...

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'No to Trump's plan!' Palestinians vow to stay in Gaza

05.02.2025 10

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