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A mural depicting the Statue of Liberty with the torch-bearing arm broken, in Tehran. Photo: AFP

Iran says world waiting for Trump government to stop wars in Gaza and Lebanon

While Trump has promised peace in the Middle East, he has said Biden should let Israel ‘finish the job’ against Hamas in Gaza.

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Asian Angle | Why India-Pakistan relations need a new era of engagement

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26 killed in Pakistan rail station suicide bombing, BLA claims responsibility

US writes off over US$1 billion of Somalia debt

The announcement is the result of a deal between the two countries signed by Somalia’s finance minister and the US ambassador to Mogadishu.

Somalia is one of the poorest countries on the planet, enduring decades of civil war, a bloody insurgency by the al-Qaeda linked jihadist group al-Shabaab, and frequent climate disasters. Photo: AP

Israel issues 7,000 new draft orders for ultra-Orthodox members

Orders come at a time when Israel is struggling to bolster troop numbers as it fights a multi-front war.

US voices alarm to Israel over settler violence in West Bank

US State Department spokesman pointed to West Bank settlers’ torching of cars, attacks on homes and the killing of Palestinians’ livestock.

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Latest Thai deaths prompt rebuke over migrant workers in Israel conflict zone

Foreign minister calls for all Thai nationals to be evacuated from the border area, after four workers were killed by rocket fires from Lebanon.

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Agriculture workers are seen near the town of Metula, northern Israel, on October 31. Photo: Xinhua

Israel fights seemingly endless war in Gaza’s most devastated region

In northern Gaza, the war seems stuck in a loop of devastating Israeli offensives, followed by Hamas fighters regrouping.

Iran preparing to strike Israel from Iraq within days, US report says

Attacking through pro-Iran militias in Iraq could be a bid by Tehran to avoid Israeli retaliation on its own soil, the article says.

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UK teen accused of killing 3 girls also had ricin, al-Qaeda manual, police say

Axel Rudakubana, 18, is allegedly behind murders at a Taylor Swift dance event in Southport that shocked Britain and provoked days of riots.

Axel Rudakubana covers his face as he appears in the dock at Liverpool Crown Court, England, in August. Courtroom sketch: Elizabeth Cook/PA via AP

Hezbollah picks Naim Qassem to succeed slain leader Hassan Nasrallah

He has been Hezbollah’s deputy chief since 1991 and has long been one of Hezbollah’s leading spokesmen.

Hezbollah’s Naim Qassem speaks during an interview in Beirut’s southern suburbs. Photo: AP

8 killed in Pakistan suicide bombing

A suicide bomber detonated at a checkpoint in western Pakistan on Saturday, killing eight people and wounding five more, officials said.

‘Wishful thinking’: will Hamas chief Yahya Sinwar’s death end Israel-Gaza war?

Israel and Hamas have not shown any intent to end the war while the Israeli siege in Gaza is set to fuel further militancy, analysts say.

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Israeli forces kill 38 people in Khan Younis, storm north Gaza hospital

The escalation came amid new US push for a ceasefire deal, with negotiators meeting in Doha in the coming days to try and restart talks.

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Displaced Palestinians crowd for bread at the only bakery left in the city of Khan Younis. Photo: dpa

Israel and Hamas signal openness to talks on Gaza war

The war in Gaza has raged for more than a year, since Hamas fighters raided southern Israel.

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A Palestinian boy sits on the rubble of the destroyed Maghazi Camp Services Club building following an Israeli strike in the Gaza Strip. Photo: AFP

Blinken expects Gaza truce negotiators to meet ‘in coming days’

Blinken, on his 11th trip to the region since the war, also announced another US$135 million in aid for Palestinians.

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Israel and Hezbollah exchange heavy fire as Blinken pushes for peace

Israeli pounded Beirut and hit the historic city of Tyre, while the militants turned to precision guided missiles for the first time.

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Hezbollah finance chief killed in Syria, Israel army says

Commander was the head of Hezbollah’s Unit 4400, which was responsible for funding through Iranian oil sales.

On Monday, Syria’s defence ministry announced the death of two people in a strike attributed to Israel and targeting a car in Damascus. Photo: EPA-EFE

Israel strikes 300 Hezbollah targets, including underground cash vault

Strikes on Hezbollah’s financial arm mark an expansion of the nearly month-long war in Lebanon.

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US’ Antony Blinken returns to Middle East in another push to defuse conflicts

The US is trying to defuse conflicts after Israel raised the stakes by assassinating the leaders of Hezbollah in Lebanon and Hamas in Gaza.

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Asia at risk of oil supply disruption as Middle East tensions rise: analysts

Asian economies, especially China and India, face ‘tall order’ to reshuffle oil import flows should tensions destabilise markets, analysts say.

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An oil platform in Israel’s offshore Leviathan gas field is seen while an Israeli navy vessel patrols the Mediterranean Sea, Israel. Photo: AP

Philippines jails Abu Sayyaf kidnappers for life over Malaysia resort abductions

The hostages, including nationals of the Philippines, Malaysia, France, Lebanon and South Africa, endured months of captivity in 2000.

Malaysian hostages are seen being guarded by armed militants at a shack on Jolo Island, southern Philippines, in May 2000. Photo: Reuters

Blasts hit Beirut as Israel warns of strikes on Hezbollah finance arm

Israel says it will attack ‘infrastructure’ of US-sanctioned Al-Qard Al-Hassan, calling on people to move away from its facilities.

Libyan suspected of planning attack on Israel embassy arrested in Germany

The man, 28, thought to have links to Islamic State, is accused of planning a high-profile attack with firearms.

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Malaysia joins Hamas in mourning Yahya Sinwar’s death, PM Anwar says

‘Malaysia mourns the loss of a warrior and defender of the Palestinian people’, the Malaysian prime minister said of the late Hamas chief.

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Malaysia’s Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim delivers a speech at a ‘Malaysia Stands with Palestine’ solidarity rally in Kuala Lumpur last year. Photo: EPA-EFE

Netanyahu’s house attacked as Iran’s Ayatollah vows ‘Hamas will remain alive’

Ayatollah Ali Khamenei paid tribute to Yahya Sinwar, amid the intensifying war in the Middle East.

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Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Photo: Khamenei.ir/AFP

Pro-Iran groups ransack Saudi television channel’s Iraq office

It followed a report by Saudi broadcaster MBC that referred to the leaders of Hamas, Hezbollah and other Iran-backed groups as ‘terrorists’.

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Israel kills Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar in Gaza

The militant leader has been at the top of Israel’s most wanted list since he masterminded the October 7 attack that sparked the Gaza war.

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last updated:
9 September, 2024
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