Israel's government on Sunday (5) reprimanded an ultranationalist junior minister who advocated in an interview dropping a nuclear bomb on war-torn Gaza, labelling his comments "disconnected from reality"
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Saudi Arabia has suspended talks on potentially normalizing ties with Israel, a source told AFP on Saturday (14), as the war raged between Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas
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Egypt’s president said Tuesday (10) that his country would not allow Palestinians to flee the bombardment of Gaza and seek refuge in his country, closing off the only evacuation route for civilians seeking to heed Israel’s warning and leave
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In mosques, football stadiums and towns across the Arab world, pro-Palestinian sentiment has surged after a shock Hamas attack on Israel, sparking a groundswell of solidarity for the Palestinians
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The Israeli army said it launched new drone strikes on the Gaza Strip Sunday (24) targeting "two military posts" of the Islamist group Hamas after a protest by Palestinians turned violent
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Libya was reeling Wednesday (13) from a massive flood that left nearly 4,000 dead and thousands more missing, wreaking havoc in the eastern city of Derna where bodies wrapped in blankets lined the ravaged streets
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Israel’s Supreme Court convened Tuesday (12) to begin considering whether to strike down a deeply contentious law that limits the court’s own power, in a hearing that sets the stage for a constitutional showdown between the country’s…
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Rare street protests have broken out in Bahrain as a mass hunger strike enters its fifth week, activists say, in a faint echo of the uprising that swept the Gulf kingdom starting in 2011, during the Arab Spring
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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday (3) called for the deportation of all immigrants in Israel without permission, a day after a riot in Tel Aviv between rival groups of Eritreans left more than 100 people injured
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Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian arrived Thursday (17) in Riyadh, his first official Saudi trip since a landmark rapprochement in March, state media reported
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