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US President Donald Trump and New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani held their third meeting on Monday, discussing immigration, housing and affordability. At a news conference, Trump praised Mamdani and said he wanted him to succeed as mayor. The two also agreed to continue discussions on a proposed Queens housing project, while acknowledging their continuing differences over immigration policy. Read More…
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Israeli warplanes have carried out a series of air strikes across southern Lebanon. The state-run National News Agency reported areas hit included Nabatieh, Bint Jbeil, and Marjayoun districts. A large explosion was reported in the town of Ainata in the Nabatieh area. Read More…
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An Israeli air strike on the town of Shaqra, in the Bint Jbeil district in southern Lebanon, has resulted in injuries to two people, Lebanon’s National News Agency (NNA) reports. The two people have been transferred to the Tebnine Governmental Hospital, NNA said. The strikes happened earlier this morning, when artillery shelling was reportedly targeting Wadi Nahla on the outskirts of the town. Read More…
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Israeli forces in Syria are advancing with nine military vehicles into Wadi Raqqad in the southwest governorate of Daraa, according to the state-owned Syrian News Channel. The Israeli advance follows regular raids into Syria since the start of the US and Israeli war on Iran more than six months ago. Read More…
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Israeli settlers have launched attacks on an area called Abu al-Hamra in the town of Beita, south of Nablus, in the occupied West Bank, the Palestinian Wafa News Agency reports. Local sources told Wafa and our colleagues at Al Jazeera Arabic that a group of settlers attacked an industrial facility and a barn belonging to a farmer named Samer Abu Mazen, firing live ammunition in the area. No injuries have been reported yet. Read More…
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The Israeli military has conducted new air attacks near al-Dabsha Hill in southern Lebanon, according to NNA. The Lebanese news agency said Israeli forces hit the area on the outskirts of the Nabatieh district twice in fewer than 30 minutes. Read More…
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Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, in a news conference with Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud, said that they “regret” that the Arab states have been “dragged against their will” into a confrontation between the United States, Israel and Iran. He also said that both Moscow and Riyadh are pushing for compromise solutions in order to implement the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between Iran and the United States. Read More…
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An Israeli drone attack in Gaza City’s Tal al-Hawa neighbourhood has killed at least one Palestinian person and injured two others, according to the Wafa news agency. The casualties have been brought to al-Quds Field Hospital, the report said. The attack comes after our earlier report of a separate Israeli drone attack on a tent inside Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital complex in central Gaza’s Deir el-Balah, which caused three injuries. Read More…
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Israeli settlers blocked firefighters from reaching a fire that broke out northeast of Ramallah, the Wafa news agency is reporting. The report said settlers were in the area when the fire broke out and blocked fire trucks, preventing firefighters from containing the blaze in time. This incident comes amid escalating settler attacks in Ramallah and surrounding cities, including the burning of land and property. Read More…
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The Israeli army has used as much ammunition in less than three years of war as it did over the previous three decades, the Israeli newspaper Maariv reported, pointing to mounting strain on its personnel, equipment, and finances. Israeli Air Force activity during the period was also equivalent to roughly nine years of operations under normal conditions, whilst tanks and armoured personnel carriers have gone through thousands of engines, the newspaper said. Read More…
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