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CAIRO,EGYPT | Xinhua | The United States has frequently employed political maneuvers to gain credit for its role in the geopolitical landscape of the Middle East. In July 2022, prior to a visit to the region, U.S. President Joe Biden proudly asserted in a Washington Post op-ed that “The Middle …

The people of Gaza, Palestine, and the broader Middle East deserve a concerted international effort to establish a lasting peace. COMENT | Xinhua |  As the world approaches the one-year mark of the latest Gaza conflict, the Middle East is spiraling into an alarming escalation of violence, with its nations …

JERUSALEM/BEIRUT | Xinhua | The conflict between Israel and Hezbollah sharply escalated on Thursday, with both sides exchanging deadly attacks and vowing further retaliation, heightening fears of a wider regional war. In a televised speech, Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah condemned recent explosions targeting communication devices across Lebanon, calling them “an …

GAZA | Xinhua | The Palestinian death toll from the ongoing Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip has risen to 41,020, Gaza-based health authorities said in a statement on Tuesday. During the past 24 hours, the Israeli military killed 32 people and wounded 100 others, bringing the total death toll …

TEL AVIV | TASS | Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir has called on the country’s authorities not to send a delegation “to talks in Doha or Cairo” to try to make a deal on Gaza, as he made no bones about his position that the Palestinian Hamas movement should …

BEIRUT,  | TASS | At least 158 journalists have been killed in the Gaza Strip since October 7, 2023, the enclave’s authorities said. They wrote in their Telegram channel that five media workers had been killed in military operations in recent days. Gaza’s health ministry said earlier that in total, …

ROME, ITALY | Xinhua | The entire Gaza Strip is at high risk of famine, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) warned on Wednesday. The alarm was raised as a new report has shown that almost the entire population is facing “acute food insecurity, with 1 …

GAZA | Xinhua | At least 42 Palestinians were killed in Israeli airstrikes on residential houses in two areas of Gaza City, according to Palestinian security and medical sources. “About 18 were killed and dozens of others wounded in al-Shati refugee camp after the Israeli warplanes attacked a residential square,” …

DUBAI | TASS | Palestine’s radical Hamas movement announced that it responded positively to the latest proposal about ceasefire in Gaza and release of hostages, put forward by US President Joe Biden. “During all stages of negotiations, Hamas demonstrated its positive attitude, necessary for achieving a comprehensive and sustainable solution, …

The 15-member Security Council adopted the resolution in a 14-0 vote UNITED NATIONS | TASS | The UN Security Council voted to pass a US-sponsored resolution in support of the latest proposal for a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, according to a TASS reporter. The 15-member Security Council adopted the …