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Election panel orders Netanyahu to remove 'election propaganda' videos

Election panel orders Netanyahu to remove 'election propaganda' videos The chairman of Israel's Central Elections Committee chairman ordered that prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu remove online videos where military and public resources were used without authorisation, according to Haaretz. With election season in Israel set to begin on 27 October, Noam Sohlberg ruled that the videos constituted campaigning and included remarks that could only be seen as "boasting" over the government and the…

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Israeli troops kill man in southern Syria

Israeli troops kill man in southern Syria The Israeli army early on Monday killed a man in southern Syria, as it continues to carry out raids in the country. The army made claims that the individual attempted to enter one of its military posts, when troops opened fire and killed him. It added that it military operations in the area remain ongoing to "remove any threat" to Israeli citizens and troops. Israel has repeatedly violated Syrian territory since the fall of the Assad regime in late 20…

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Watch: Saudi air strike hits foam factory in Yemen’s Sanaa

Watch: Saudi air strike hits foam factory in Yemen’s Sanaa Smoke rises as people attempt to extinguish a fire inside a foam factory in Yemen’s Houthi-held capital, Sanaa, following a strike that Houthi-run broadcaster Al Masirah attributed to Saudi Arabia. Yemen’s Saudi-backed government forces said they carried out strikes on Houthi targets in Sanaa and elsewhere on Sunday. Smoke rises as people attempt to extinguish a fire inside a foam factory in Yemen’s Houthi-held capital, Sanaa, followi…

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No military solution to US-Iran war, Iranian foreign minister says

No military solution to US-Iran war, Iranian foreign minister says Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said on Sunday that there would be no military solution to the United States’ war against the Islamic Republic, with talks on ending the war between the two countries apparently at an impasse. “If our enemies again choose the path of military confrontation, our response will be stronger than before, and we will defend ourselves with even more force,” Araghchi said at a gathering of forei…

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Lebanon seeks 'new chapter' with Iran, prime minister says

Lebanon seeks 'new chapter' with Iran, prime minister says Lebanese Prime Minister Nawaf Salam said on Sunday that Lebanon wants a new chapter in relations with Iran based on mutual respect and non-interference. In an interview with Lebanese broadcaster NBN, Salam stated that he had accepted a meeting requested by Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian, saying: "We do not interfere in Iran's affairs." He said Lebanon would prefer Iran to appoint a new ambassador, noting that the current envoy's…

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Israel slams Green Party after members vote to define Zionism as racism

Israel slams Green Party after members vote to define Zionism as racism Israel has accused the Green Party of England and Wales of giving "legitimacy to terrorism" after its members voted on Sunday to recognise Zionism as a form of racism. The vote makes the Greens the first major UK party to define Zionism as racism and to back a single democratic Palestinian state with equal rights for all ethnic and religious groups, rather than a two-state solution. Israel's Ministry of Foreign Affairs sa…

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Explosions reported near tanker off southern Yemen: UKMTO

Explosions reported near tanker off southern Yemen: UKMTO A tanker reported seeing several explosions nearby about 60 nautical miles south of the Yemeni port city of Mocha in the Gulf of Aden on Sunday, the United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO) agency said. The agency added that the tanker's crew was safe and there was no environmental damage reported.

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Israel shells Syria's Quneitra while Qatar and Jordan condemn its excavation near occupied Golan

Israel shells Syria's Quneitra while Qatar and Jordan condemn its excavation near occupied Golan Israeli forces shelled farmland between Buraiqa and Kodana in southern Quneitra, Syria' s Al-Ikhbariah TV reported on Sunday. Meanwhile, Syria, Qatar and Jordan denounced Israel 's resumed construction on the "Sofa 53" project in Syria's Quneitra province. The project, also called the "Great Storm", is a military road that Israel began building in 2022 within the buffer zone established under the…

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Israeli strikes and detonations hit several towns in southern Lebanon

Israeli strikes and detonations hit several towns in southern Lebanon Israeli forces carried out a large detonation in the Wadi Hassan area, on the outskirts of Majdal Zoun in southern Lebanon, the National News Agency (NNA) reported. Israeli warplanes also struck the town of Haddatha in the Bint Jbeil district, the agency said. Elsewhere in the south, a munition left over from earlier Israeli attacks exploded on the outskirts of the town of Srifa. No injuries were reported.

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Israeli opposition leader calls for Jordanian-Israeli control over West Bank

Israeli opposition leader calls for Jordanian-Israeli control over West Bank Israeli opposition leader Avigdor Lieberman on Sunday called for the Palestinian Authority (PA) to be dismantled and for an Israeli-Jordanian confederation to control parts of the West Bank currently under the PA's control, according to Haaretz. Lieberman, chairman of the right-wing Yisrael Beiteinu party, presented a plan titled "Israel's Endgame in the West Bank and Gaza". Under it, Israel would apply sovereignty o…

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One killed, over 15 wounded by Israeli forces and settlers in West Bank

One killed, over 15 wounded by Israeli forces and settlers in West Bank Israeli violence continued to escalate across the occupied West Bank on Sunday. More than 15 people were wounded and one person was killed in attacks by Israeli forces and settlers on Palestinian towns and villages, the Wafa news agency reported. Earlier in the day, a Palestinian man had been killed by Israeli soldiers while being detained at the Anab checkpoint, east of Tulkarm. In Beit Imrin, northwest of Nablus, Israel…

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Netanyahu orders security review of international flights to Israel after Flydubai incident

Netanyahu orders security review of international flights to Israel after Flydubai incident Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday ordered a security review of international flights to Israel after a co-pilot allegedly attempted to crash an Israel-bound flight from Dubai. Netanyahu "has instructed the Head of the National Security Council, Shmuel Ben Ezra, to appoint an examiner to conduct a thorough review of all security aspects of foreign civil aviation to Israel", a statement…

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Over 70 dead in fighting around Yemen's Taiz in 24 hours

Over 70 dead in fighting around Yemen's Taiz in 24 hours More than 70 people have been killed over the past day in fighting in and around the southwestern Yemeni province of Taiz, AFP reported on Sunday, citing sources from both sides. Sources from the Yemeni government reported that 34 troops were killed, 20 of them in neighbouring Lahj, on the edge of Taiz province. Houthi military sources said 39 of their fighters were killed in fighting across Taiz and in areas bordering Lahj. The Yemeni…

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Iran airlines resume flights to Iraq’s Najaf after US exemption

Iran airlines resume flights to Iraq’s Najaf after US exemption Iranian airlines resumed flights to Iraq ’s Najaf on Sunday after the United States granted Baghdad an exemption allowing sanctioned Iranian carriers to operate to the city holy to Shia Muslims, AFP reported. On Friday, the Iraqi government said it had secured an agreement with the US allowing Iranian airlines, except Mahan Air, to operate 40 daily flights to and from Najaf. Last month, Iraq enforced the US ban on Iranian carrier…

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Mecca pact committee to meet in Riyadh on Monday, Turkey says

Mecca pact committee to meet in Riyadh on Monday, Turkey says A committee of the Mecca defence pact between Turkey, Saudi Arabia, and Pakistan will hold talks in Riyadh on Monday, the Turkish foreign ministry said on Sunday. "The meeting will address recent developments in the region and the stage reached in the Alliance’s institutionalisation efforts," the Turkish statement said. Pakistan's foreign minister said on Friday that Iran had suggested engaging Yemen 's Houthis politically after at…

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