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 ‘Blatant aggression’: Reactions to US veto of Palestine’s UN membership bid
The United States vetoed a draft resolution at the UN Security Council (UNSC) which recommended granting the State of Palestine full membership in the United Nations. | The veto on Thursday by Israel... (photo: UN / Manuel Elas) Al Jazeera
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 Iran says it shot down drones as regional conflict escalates. How did we get here?
An unclaimed aerial attack in central Iran on Friday comes fresh on the heels of tit-for-tat Iranian and Israeli strikes earlier this month, marking a potentially dangerous escalation of the Middle Ea... (photo: AP / Eitan Hess-Ashkenazi) CNN
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 US veto stops UN from recognising a Palestinian state through membership
The US yesterday effectively stopped the United Nations from recognising a Palestinian state by casting a veto in the Security Council to deny the Palestinian Authority f... (photo: UN / Manuel Elas) GDN Online
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 Israel Retaliates Against Iran With Drones, According To Early Reports
A general view of Jerusalem, Israel | Israel has reportedly retaliated against Iran, six days after Tehran launched its first-ever direct attack on the country. | US offi... (photo: AP / Ariel Schalit, FILE) Huffington Post
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 Oil prices jump on escalating tensions in the Middle East
Oil prices jumped on Friday while Asian markets tumbled, with global investors worrying about an escalation in conflict in the Middle East after explosions were reported ... (photo: Creative Commons) CNN
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 Google fires 28 staff after protests against cloud contract with Israel
Google has fired 28 employees following a sit-down protest over the tech giant’s contract to provide cloud computing and artificial intelligence services to the Israeli... (photo: AP / Thibault Camus) Al Jazeera
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 Putin wants to get closer to the Taliban
Russia is currently considering taking the Taliban off its list of terrorist organisations, officials have indicated. | While no final decision has yet been taken, one si... (photo: AP / Alexander Zemlianichenko, Pool) Asiatimes
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 Slow recovery as Dubai airport, roads still plagued by floods
Dubai: Dubai's airport, one of the world's busiest, witnessed major disruption for the third day in a row on Thursday after the heaviest rains on record drenched ... (photo: AP / Christopher Pike) The Peninsula
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 Destroying Cultural Heritage
More recently, people in Ukraine and Yemen who documented cultural heritage destruction in their countries expressed similar sentiments. Volodymyr Yermolenko, president o... (photo: AP / Ukrainian Emergency Service via AP) Human Rights Watch
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 EU leaders call for ‘immediate ceasefire’ in Israel-Hamas war for first time
EU politicians at summit in Brussels go step further than previous pressure for ‘humanitarian pause’ in conflict | (L-R) Estonian prime minister Kaja Kallas, European... (photo: European Union) The Irish Times
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