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Israel’s Foreign Minister Demands UN Designate Hamas a Terror Organization
United Nations — Israel’s foreign minister demanded Monday that the U.N. Security Council designate Hamas as a terrorist organization and impose “heavy sanctions.”
“I am demanding from the Security Council of the United Nations to put as much pressure as possible on the Hamas organization to release immediately and unconditionally all the kidnapped hostages,” Israel Katz said.
The council would have to agree in a resolution to take such a step. Currently, several council members, including...
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China, Iran, Russia Host Naval Drills
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'Mothers Don't Have Milk to Feed Their Babies,' Say Gaza Doctors
Rafah, Gaza/Istanbul — Children in Gaza haven’t been to school since the Israel-Hamas war began, but parents here say, right now, this is the least of their problems.
The United Nations says more than 12,000 children have died in the war, and 20 of starvation in recent weeks. Another 17,000 children have lost or been separated from their parents.
Most children in Gaza have been forced to flee their homes, and parents say even the best cared-for are traumatized.
“[My son] is constantly...
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Gaza Doctors: 'Mothers Don't Have Milk to Feed Their Babies'
The United Nations says at least 20 children in Gaza have died of starvation and doctors say many more are increasingly suffering from grave physical and mental illnesses. VOA’s Heather Murdock reports from Istanbul with Nedal Hamdouna and Amjed Tantesh in Rafah, Gaza. Camera: Ihab Abu Riyash, Yan Beochat.
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Israel Targets Senior Hamas Military Leader
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'Sacred Job' Iraq Kurds Digitize Books to Save Threatened Culture
Dohuk, Iraq — Huddled in the back of a van, Rebin Pishtiwan carefully scans one yellowed page after another, as part of his mission to digitize historic Kurdish books at risk of disappearing.
Seen as the world's largest stateless people, the Kurds are an ethnic group of between 25 million and 35 million mostly spread across modern-day Iraq, Iran, Syria and Turkey.
In Iraq, the Kurds are a sizeable minority who have been persecuted, with thousands killed under the rule of late dictator...
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10 Jihadists Killed in Iraq Anti-IS Operation, Army Says
Al Miqdadiyah, Iraq — Iraqi forces have killed 10 jihadists during an operation against Islamic State group remnants in a vast desert area northwest of Baghdad, authorities said Sunday.
An Iraqi security source told AFP the operation was "a pre-emptive measure" to thwart attacks allegedly planned for the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan, which starts in the coming days.
The army said in a statement that troops have killed "10 terrorists in the past 24 hours."
The...
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US Ship Deployed to Build Aid Pier Near Gaza
The United States Army deployed a massive ship from Virginia to the eastern Mediterranean. It’s loaded with gear to begin construction of a floating pier to deliver aid to Gaza amid the ongoing Israel-Hamas conflict. VOA’s Arash Arabasadi has more.
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Muslims Spot Ramadan Crescent Moon in Saudi Arabia
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Officials saw the crescent moon Sunday night in Saudi Arabia, home to the holiest sites in Islam, marking the start of the holy fasting month of Ramadan for many of the world's 1.8 billion Muslims.
The sacred month, which sees those observing abstain from food and water from sunrise to sunset, marks a period of religious reflection, family get-togethers and giving across the Muslim world. Seeing the moon Sunday night means Monday is the first day of the...
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US Dispatches Ship to Start Building Gaza Pier
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US Ship With Equipment for Building a Pier Is on Its Way to Gaza
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip — A U.S. Army vessel carrying equipment for building a temporary pier in Gaza was on its way to the Mediterranean on Sunday, three days after U.S. President Joe Biden announced plans to ramp up aid deliveries by sea to the besieged enclave where hundreds of thousands of Palestinians have been going hungry.
The opening of the sea corridor, along with airdrops by the U.S., Jordan and others, showed increasing alarm over Gaza's humanitarian crisis and a new...
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Will Angry Arab American Voters Swing Michigan Away from Biden?
Michigan has the largest Arab American community in the country, and they’re furious with the president’s handling of Israel’s war in Gaza
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Israeli Strike on Lebanese House Kills 5, State Media Says
Beirut, Lebanon — At least five people were killed Saturday, four from the same family, and nine wounded in an Israeli strike on a house in southern Lebanon, the country's official National News Agency reported.
Lebanon's Iran-backed Hezbollah movement and Israel have traded deadly cross-border fire on a near-daily basis since war broke out in October between Israel and the Gaza militant group Hamas, a Hezbollah ally.
"The attack against a house in the Khirbet Selm area...
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