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Israel kills senior Hamas-led police official in Gaza, medics say
An Israeli airstrike on Saturday killed the head of the Hamas-led police force in the northern Gaza Strip, Brigadier-General Abdel-Nasser Al-Maqadma, the Hamas-run interior minist...
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Israeli troops round up Palestinians in West Bank village after shootout involving settlers
Israeli forces arrested dozens of Palestinians in the occupied West Bank on Saturday, after at least four Palestinians and two Israeli soldiers were killed in a shootout when arme...
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At least 35 killed in bus collision on Syria's Deir al-Zor-Damascus road, health ministry says
Thirty-five people were killed and 30 injured in a collision between two passenger buses on the Deir al-Zor-Damascus road, a health ministry official told state news agency ...
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Palestinians hope UNESCO designation halts Israeli push at West Bank site
Palestinian officials welcomed UNESCO's designation of Sebastia in the occupied West Bank as a World Heritage site, hoping it will prevent Israel extending its control at the anci...
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Guterres set to be first UN chief to visit Syria since before 2011 war
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres will visit Syria on Saturday in the first trip by a serving U.N. chief since the start of a nearly 14-year war that killed hundre...
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Trump says Israeli PM Netanyahu will visit US next week
President Donald Trump said on Friday that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will visit the U.S. next week.
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Saudi-led coalition says it strikes Houthi targets in Yemen's Hodeidah
The Saudi-led coalition in Yemen said it carried out strikes on Houthi military sites in Yemen's Hodeidah governorate on Friday, saying the sites were used to threaten commercial ...
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Trump says he won't proceed with nuclear deal unless Saudis join Abraham Accords
President Donald Trump on Friday said he would not go forward with a civil nuclear deal with Saudi Arabia unless the Saudis agreed to a normalization in relations with Israel und...
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Saudi vessel sustains minor hull damage after Red Sea attack, state news agency says
A Saudi vessel, NCC MASA, sustained minor hull damage after it was attacked while sailing in the Red Sea on Friday, Saudi state news agency SPA reported, citing an officia...
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Trump says US and Iran are talking, but Tehran is not yet ready for deal
President Donald Trump said on Friday that the United States and Iran were in talks to negotiate an end to their conflict, but repeated that Tehran was not yet ready for a d...
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Mozambique-flagged LPG tanker attacked in Iranian waters, Indian embassy says
A Mozambique-flagged LPG tanker carrying 28 Indian crew members was attacked in Iranian territorial waters on Friday, the Indian embassy in Tehran said.
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Canada, UAE conclude trade talks as Ottawa seeks new markets
Canada and the United Arab Emirates concluded trade negotiations on Friday, paving the way for an agreement that would help Ottawa diversify trade beyond the United States and he...
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Yemen teeters towards renewed war in shadow of Iran conflict
Yemen is edging towards the resumption of a more than decade-old frozen conflict, Yemeni officials, Western diplomats and analysts say, as attacks on Saudi infrastructure and ship...
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US hits network of Iranian financier Zanjani with more sanctions
The United States on Friday imposed sanctions against nine firms and four people in the business network of sanctioned Iranian financier Babak Zanjani for evading sanctions, even ...
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Residents enter shattered south Lebanon town after Israeli withdrawal
Residents began entering the southern Lebanese town of Zawtar al-Gharbiyeh on Friday, some inspecting damaged homes and searching for belongings after Israeli troops withdrew and ...
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EU sanctions Iranian judges, leading cyber group figure
The European Union sanctioned five Iranian judges over alleged human rights violations, as well as a leading figure in a cyber group accused of helping the regime suppress info...
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UAE stocks slip amid escalating Middle East conflict
UAE stock markets closed lower on Friday, as the escalating conflict in the Middle East weighed on investor sentiment, with U.S. President Donald Trump promising "major military p...
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Tanker switches Asia voyage via Suez amid Houthi warnings, owner says
The Danish-flagged oil products tanker Torm Innovation will sail to Asia via the Suez Canal with its cargo, the vessel's owner Torm said on Friday, following Houthi threats to shi...
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