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Middle East
Trump says 'good chance' of deal with Iran on Monday
U.S. President Donald Trump said Sunday he believes there is a "good chance" of making a deal with Iran on Monday, ahead of his dea...
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Lebanon
4 dead, 39 hurt as Israel hits Jnah building without warning, bombs Dahieh
Israeli strikes on south Beirut and its suburbs killed at least four people on Sunday, a day after Israel threatened to hit Lebanon's main bo...
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Lebanon
'What have we benefited from your war?': Aoun says diplomacy is not surrender
President Joseph Aoun hit back Sunday at those who have criticized the Lebanese state for pursuing diplomacy and negotiations.
"Some have as...
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Middle East
Trump says US airman rescued in Iran in 'miraculous' operation
U.S. President Donald Trump said Sunday that U.S. forces had safely recovered a second airman downed in Iran, calling it "one of the most daring ...
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Iran said on Saturday that it was no longer bound by restrictions on its nuclear program as a landmark 10-year deal between it and world powers expired, though Tehran reiterated its "commitment to diplomacy".
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Gaza's civil defense agency said that Israeli forces killed nine people in an attack on a bus Friday, while the military stated it had fired at a vehicle that crossed the so-called "yellow line".
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A team of Turkish disaster response specialists is stationed at the Egyptian border, awaiting Israeli authorization to enter Gaza and help in search and recovery operations, a Turkish official told AFP on Friday.
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Israeli forces shot dead an 11-year-old boy in the occupied West Bank, his family and health officials said Friday, while the army said its troops opened fire at rock throwers.
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A United Nations special rapporteur told AFP on Friday that deadly Israeli strikes on ostensibly civilian vehicles in Lebanon since last year's ceasefire could amount to war crimes, despite Israel's assertion they targeted Hezbollah members.
Israel has repeatedly bombed Lebanon in spite of the November 2024 truce, which sought to end more than a year of hostilities with the Iran-backed group that culminated in two months of open war.
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The European Commission said Friday it welcomes a meeting in Budapest between U.S. President Donald Trump and Russia's Vladimir Putin if it can help end the Ukraine war.
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Hamas insisted it was committed to returning all the hostage remains still unaccounted for under Gaza's ruins, as a Turkish official said specialists dispatched to help find bodies were awaiting Israel's authorization to enter.
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Hungary's foreign minister said on Friday that his country would ensure that Russian President Vladimir Putin can enter and "hold successful talks" with the U.S. despite an ICC arrest warrant against him.
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A 48-hour ceasefire between Afghanistan and Pakistan expired on Friday evening, with no clear indication of what comes next.
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A Lebanese judge on Friday ordered the release of the son of Libya's late leader Moammar Gadhafi on condition that he pay $11 million bail.
Hannibal Gadhafi has been imprisoned in Lebanon for a decade without being charged.
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