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Centcom says 133 vessels redirected in Hormuz as it enforces Iran blockade

Centcom says 133 vessels redirected in Hormuz as it enforces Iran blockade US Central Command (Centcom) has said it redirected 133 commercial vessels as of 9 October through the Strait of Hormuz to enforce naval blockade against Iran. In a post on X, Centcom said US’s blockade against Iran was “ironclad”. A U.S. Navy MH-60S Sea Hawk takes off from the flight deck of USS John Paul Jones (DDG 53) as the guided-missile destroyer supports enforcement of America's ironclad blockade against Iran. A…

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UN: Israeli forces made 280 incursions into Syria, detain 49 Syrians

UN: Israeli forces made 280 incursions into Syria, detain 49 Syrians Israel has carried out 280 armed incursions into Syria in September and currently detains 49 Syrians, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk has said. Several released Syrian detainees have reported “allegations of torture and ill-treatment”, among other violations against them, according to a statement issued by Turk’s office on Friday. Israeli incursions into Syria in September -- marked by raids on homes, restr…

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Year later, Gaza ceasefire promises mostly unfulfilled

One year after US President Donald Trump declared the war in Gaza to be over, few of the long-term promises of the ceasefire have come to fruition. Here is a list of some of the key points of the October 10, 2025 ceasefire and where things stand: - Hostages released, calm in Israel - Three days after the agreement was announced, Hamas freed the 20 remaining living hostages seized during the group's October 7, 2023 attack, the deadliest day in Israel's history.

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Hunger and malnutrition stalk Gazans, a year on from ceasefire

Every day, Gazan mother Niyaha al-Masri spends six exhausting hours or more queueing at a community kitchen in the hope of getting some food for her family. It has been a year since a ceasefire between Hamas and Israel was supposed to allow food to flood into the ruined territory, yet widespread hunger persists there. Masri has little choice. Without the kitchen run by humanitarian groups, she and her eight children would have "nothing at all", the 35-year-old told AFP.

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Home of Jewish anti-Zionist activist set on fire in Jerusalem, Voices of Rabbis says

Home of Jewish anti-Zionist activist set on fire in Jerusalem, Voices of Rabbis says Home of a prominent Jewish anti-Zionist activist was set on fire in Mea Shearim, a Jewish neighbourhood of Jerusalem, while his family was inside the house, according to Jewish anti-Zionist group, Voices of Rabbis. "The only crime of this family was that they were religious and opposed Zionism and Israel," the group said in a post on X, posting a video that showed children being rescued from the burning house…

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