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Russian missile and drone barrage kills four in Kyiv
Russia launched hundreds of drones and missiles at Ukraine overnight, wounding dozens across the country and killing at least four people, incl...
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Lebanon
Qassem says Hezbollah won't disarm, 'ready for martyrdom'
Hezbollah chief Sheikh Naim Qassem said the group would not allow itself to be disarmed on Saturday as he addressed supporters marking one year sin...
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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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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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Lebanon's former central bank governor Riad Salameh walked free from a year in custody over embezzlement allegations Friday after posting more than $14 million in bail, a judicial official told AFP.
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Former UK prime minister Tony Blair could take a leading role in a transitional authority for Gaza under US-led peace plans, various British media reported on Friday.
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Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian on Saturday slammed as "unacceptable" what he described as U.S. demands that Tehran hand over its enriched uranium, as sweeping U.N. sanctions loomed after nuclear talks collapsed.
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U.S. President Donald Trump said Friday he believed that a deal had been struck to end the war on Gaza, following recent talks with Israel and Arab states.
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed Friday in an angry U.N. address to block a Palestinian state, accusing European leaders of pushing his country into "national suicide" and rewarding Hamas.
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Lebanon's former central bank governor Riad Salameh posted more than $14 million in bail Friday after a year in detention over embezzlement allegations, paving the way for his release, a judicial official told AFP.
Salameh, 75, who headed the central bank for three decades, has faced numerous accusations including embezzlement, money laundering and tax evasion in separate probes in Lebanon and abroad.
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A UK court on Friday threw out a terrorism charge against a Northern Irish singer from the punk rap group Kneecap which had provoked an outcry among their fans.
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