Arab World
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WFP temporarily halts food aid in parts of Sudan as fighting spreads
The United Nations food agency has temporarily suspended food assistance in some parts of Sudan’s al-Jazirah state where it was…
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Amnesty calls for probe into Israel’s ‘enforced disappearance’ of Gaza detainees
Amnesty International on Wednesday called for an urgent probe into Israel’s “enforced disappearance” of Palestinian detainees from Gaza, following reports of deaths…
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US forces attacked yet again in Iraq
A rocket attack targeted US troops at Iraq’s Al-Asad Airbase on Wednesday, bringing the number of attacks on American forces in Iraq and Syria…
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Hopes rise for Israel-Hamas truce deal as Gaza toll hits 20,000
Hopes rose Wednesday that Israel and Hamas may be inching toward another truce and hostage-release deal in the Gaza war,…
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Hezbollah-Israel conflict: Rising toll and unwritten rules in weeks of hostilities
Hezbollah is paying a growing price in weeks of hostilities with Israel that have killed more than 100 of its fighters,…
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Blinken hopes for progress on Gaza at UN Security Council
Secretary of State Antony Blinken voiced guarded hope Wednesday that the United States would be able to support a new…
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Israel pounds shattered Gaza as Houthis vow more Red Sea attacks
Israel kept pounding the shattered Gaza Strip on Tuesday while Yemen’s pro-Palestinian Houthi movement vowed to defy a US-led naval mission and…
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Islamic Jihad releases video of two Israeli hostages pleading for release
The Al Quds Brigades, the armed wing of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad movement, released a video of two male Israeli…
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Hamas chief to hold crucial talks in Egypt for Gaza ceasefire, prisoner exchange
Hamas chief Ismail Haniyeh is set to visit Egypt Wednesday for talks on a ceasefire in Gaza and a prisoner exchange with Israel, a…
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Qatar prime minister, Mossad, CIA chiefs discuss steps to free Hamas hostages
A meeting of Qatar’s premier and the heads of the Israeli Mossad spy agency and US Central Intelligence Agency on…
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