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Young Palestinian Girl Killed When Israeli Police Fire at Suspected Attackers in West Bank
Jerusalem — Israeli police on Sunday opened fire at a pair of suspected attackers who rammed their car into a West Bank checkpoint, fatally shooting a young Palestinian girl in an adjacent vehicle, according to police and medical officials.
The two suspects were also shot, while a young police officer was lightly hurt. The Sunday evening incident came hours after nine people were killed in other unrest in the occupied territory, which has experienced a surge of violence since Israel's...
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Israel Cabinet to Vote on 2024 War Budget This Week
Jerusalem — Israel's cabinet is set to approve a 2024 wartime budget Thursday, Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich said Sunday, after ministers approved 9 billion shekels ($2.5 billion) in financial support for military reservists.
"The state of Israel puts the reservists and their families at the center, and this is the anchor of the budget for 2024 that we will deliver this weekend," Smotrich said in a joint statement with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense...
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Erdogan Names Ex-Minister as His Party's Istanbul Mayor Candidate
ISTANBUL — Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Sunday named former environment minister Murat Kurum as the ruling AK Party's candidate in Istanbul's mayoral election in March, bidding to win back control of Turkey's largest city.
Kurum will stand against incumbent Ekrem Imamoglu from the main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP), whose election as mayor in 2019 ended 25 years of rule in Istanbul by the AKP and its Islamist predecessors.
Last May, Erdogan...
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Blinken Meets With Arab Leaders, Aiming to Curb Spread of Israeli-Hamas War
Washington — U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken was in Jordan and Qatar on Sunday to meet with Arab leaders in a new push to tamp down fears that the Israeli war with Hamas could spiral out of control across the Middle East.
In meetings with Jordan King Abdullah II and Qatari Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, the top U.S. diplomat spoke of the need for Israel to curb civilian casualties during the Israeli-Hamas war in Gaza and significantly increase the amount of humanitarian aid...
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French Minister Urges Iran to Stop 'Destabilizing Acts'
Paris — France's foreign minister told her Iranian counterpart Saturday that "Iran and its affiliates" must stop "destabilizing acts" that could spark a broader conflict in the Middle East amid the war in Gaza.
During a telephone call with Iran's Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian, Catherine Colonna "delivered a very clear message: the risk of regional conflagration has never been so great; Iran and its affiliates must immediately cease their...
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Turkey Detains 15 Suspects Accused of Spying for Israel
ISTANBUL — A court in Istanbul has ordered 15 of 34 people detained on suspicion of spying for Israel be held in prison awaiting trial, Turkey’s justice minister said late Friday.
The suspects were arrested Tuesday for allegedly planning to carry out activities that included “reconnaissance” and “pursuing, assaulting and kidnapping” foreign nationals living in Turkey.
Justice Minister Yilmaz Tunc said in a social media post that 26 suspects were referred to the court on a charge of...
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Pro-Palestinian Protesters Block Bridge Outside UK Parliament
LONDON — Pro-Palestinian protesters blocked roads outside the British parliament in London on Saturday, demanding an immediate cease-fire in the Israel-Hamas war and clashing with police who prevented them from marching across Westminster Bridge.
London, like other Western cities, has seen regular and sometimes large demonstrations calling for Israel to halt the bombardment of Gaza triggered by a surprise October 7 attack by Hamas militants that Israeli officials say killed more than 1,200...
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War, Weather Put Ocean Shippers on Notice for Rough Seas in 2024
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA — Recent hostilities in the Red Sea have thrown global shippers of vital goods for a loop — but it is hardly the only issue that big carriers are facing as 2024 kicks off.
Giants like Maersk say the industry, which handles 90% of global trade, faces the possibility of significant disruptions, from ongoing wars to droughts affecting key routes such as the Panama Canal. Complex vessel schedules are likely to be knocked out of sync for giant container ships, fuel...
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Death Toll in Islamic State-Claimed Suicide Blasts Rises to 91
TEHRAN, IRAN — The death toll from a suicide bombing in Iran claimed by the Islamic State group has risen to at least 91, state TV reported Saturday.
The TV quoted Babak Yektaparast, a spokesperson for the country’s emergency services, as saying an 8-year-old boy and a 67-year-old man who were wounded in the attack have died.
Yektaparast said that there are 102 people still being treated in hospitals, of whom 11 are in critical condition.
In Wednesday’s attack, one suicide bomber...
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Blinken Visits Middle East as Risk of Broader Conflict Grows
washington — U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken is in Jordan on Sunday, where he met with Jordan’s King Abdullah II and Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi. Blinken also visited a World Food Program warehouse where trucks are loaded with aid for Gaza.
Jordan is the latest stop on Blinken’s tour of the region, which has been rocked by the Israel-Hamas fighting. Jordan and other Arab countries have demanded an immediate cease-fire since the conflict erupted in October, but Israel has resisted...
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Iran Arrests 11 Suspects in Blasts That Killed Nearly 90
DUBAI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES — Iranian authorities said on Friday that security forces had arrested 11 people suspected of involvement in two bomb blasts that killed nearly 90 people at a memorial service for a slain military commander.
The Islamic State militant group has claimed responsibility for the attacks in Kerman, southeastern Iran, on Wednesday.
Iran's intelligence ministry said in a statement that security forces detained two people for providing support to the two suicide...
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UN Aid Chief: Gaza War Must End
new york — United Nations humanitarian chief Martin Griffiths said Friday that three months into Israel's war in the Gaza Strip, the territory has become uninhabitable and aid workers are left with the "impossible mission" of supporting more than 2 million people.
"This war should never have started. But it's long past time for it to end," Griffiths said in a statement on the conflict's three-month mark.
"We continue to demand an immediate end to the...
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Iraq Takes Step to Close Down US-Led Coalition's Mission
BAGHDAD — The Iraqi government is forming a committee to prepare the closing down of the U.S.-led international coalition's mission in the country, Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani's office said Friday.
Sudani's statement came a day after a U.S. strike killed a militia leader in Baghdad, prompting anger among Iran-aligned groups that demanded the government end the presence of the coalition in Iraq.
"Government is setting the date for the start of the bilateral...
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Gaza Families Face Desperate Conditions
MUWASI, Gaza Strip — Stranded in a corner of southern Gaza, members of the Abu Jarad family are clinging to a strict survival routine.
They fled their comfortable three-bedroom home in northern Gaza after the Israel-Hamas war broke out nearly three months ago. The 10-person family now squeezes into a 16-square meter tent on a garbage-strewn sandy plot, part of a sprawling encampment of displaced Palestinians.
Every family member is assigned daily tasks, from collecting twigs to build a...
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Jordan Strikes Iran-linked Drug Dealers in Syria, Intelligence Sources Say
AMMAN, JORDAN — Jordan on Thursday launched airstrikes inside Syria against suspected warehouses and hideouts of Iranian-backed drug smugglers, Jordanian and regional intelligence sources said.
The army has stepped up a campaign against drug dealers after protracted clashes last month with dozens of infiltrators from Syria linked to pro-Iranian militias who crossed its border with weapons and explosives.
The sources told Reuters that jets bombed the suspected home of a leading drug dealer...
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