Middle East

Mandla Mandela, the grandson of the late South African president Nelson Mandela, was one of the activists “abducted” after Israeli forces stormed a boat which is part of the Global Sumud Flotilla (GSF) on Thursday.
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NEW YORK - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says recognition of a Palestinian state is "sheer madness, it's insane and we won't do it", adding that recognition by several other countries like the UK and France is "disgraceful".
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President Donald Trump says the US has carried out a "successful" bombing attack on three nuclear sites in Iran and they have been "obliterated".
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TEHRAN - Iranian military commanders and top officials were blown up in their headquarters and homes after Israel launched a coordinated attack on Iran last night (Thursday) using over 200 fighter jets and explosive-laden drones.
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Hamas says talks with Israel about further steps in the Gaza ceasefire deal are conditional on Palestinian prisoners being freed as agreed.
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Ousted Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad has reportedly survived an assassination bid via poisoning which left him "struggling to breathe" despite been under Vladimir Putin’s protection in Moscow since December 8 last year.
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Syria's former President Bashar al-Assad says he never intended to flee to Russia - in what is purported to be his first statement since the fall of Damascus eight days ago.
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An 18-year-old British man who had a sexual relationship with a 17-year-old British girl in Dubai while the pair were on holiday with their families has been sentenced to one year in prison, a campaign group has said.
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Iran launched nearly 200 missiles towards Israel earlier this evening in a move that had been anticipated as retaliation for Israel's campaign against the Hezbollah group in Lebanon.
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Israel and its intelligence agency Mossad have been accused of orchestrating a series of explosions involving thousands of pagers in Lebanon that have now killed 14 people and injured nearly 3,000 after a second day of explosions in Beirut…
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