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Middle East
US says Iran-backed militia commander planned Jewish site attacks
U.S. authorities on Friday detailed charges against a commander of an Iran-backed Iraqi militia who was allegedly involved in plotting ...
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World
Taiwan says is an 'independent' nation, after Trump's warning
Taiwan said Saturday it is an "independent" nation, hours after U.S. President Donald Trump warned the democratic island against declaring fo...
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Lebanon
Israel strikes south Lebanon day after ceasefire extension
Israel launched new airstrikes in southern Lebanon on Saturday, a day after the two states agreed to extend a truce following talks in Wa...
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Lebanon Lebanon, Israel ceasefire extended by 45 days Lebanon and Israel on Friday extended a ceasefire for 45 days, despite a new flareup in violence, the U.S. State Department said after mediating ta...
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban on Monday downplayed his country's alleged violation of Ukrainian airspace with drones, saying "no-one" would attack the war-torn nation from Hungary's direction.
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Global stock markets mostly rose on Monday, shrugging off concerns about a looming U.S. government shutdown.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday called up 135,000 men for routine military service, the country's biggest autumn conscription drive since 2016.
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U.S. President Donald Trump will push Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to agree to an elusive Gaza peace plan on Monday in high-stakes talks at the White House.
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An Israeli drone targeted Monday the southern border town of Aitaroun, a day after a series of strikes that the Israeli military said targeted weapons depots belonging to Hezbollah in southern Lebanon.
"A short while ago, the IDF (Israeli military) struck Hezbollah weapon storage facilities in southern Lebanon. These weapon depots were used by the terrorist organization to advance and carry out terror attacks against the State of Israel," the Israeli military said in a statement Sunday.
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Israel welcomed Sunday the reinstatement of broad U.N. sanctions against Iran, saying they were a direct response to what it called violations committed by the Islamic republic in its nuclear program.
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Iran on Sunday condemned as "unjustifiable" the reinstatement of United Nations sanctions over its nuclear program, after the collapse of talks with Western powers and Israeli and U.S. strikes on its nuclear sites.
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Russia launched hundreds of drones and missiles at Ukraine overnight, wounding dozens across the country and killing at least four people, including a 12-year-old girl, in the capital alone, Kyiv said Sunday.
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Hezbollah chief Sheikh Naim Qassem said the group would not allow itself to be disarmed on Saturday as he addressed supporters marking one year since the killing by Israel of his predecessor Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah.
The charismatic leader was killed in an Israeli air strike on the southern suburbs of Beirut on September 27, 2024.
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Thousands of Hezbollah supporters gathered Saturday at the tomb of the group's former chief, Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, to mark the first anniversary of Israel's assassination of their longtime leader.
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