Several countries across the Middle East and Asia have called on Israel to immediately allow unimpeded humanitarian aid to reach the Gaza Strip, as winter storms and heavy flooding worsen the plight of displaced Palestinians. In a joint statement on Friday, the foreign ministers of Qatar, Egypt, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Turkiye,

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Health officials in South Carolina have confirmed that the state’s measles outbreak has grown to 185 cases, an increase of nine from earlier this week. The surge comes amid growing concerns over vaccine hesitancy in the United States, as public health experts warn that declining MMR (measles, mumps, rubella) vaccination rates are fueling the spread

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New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani has been widely applauded by Palestinian rights advocates after revoking several pro-Israel municipal decrees on his first day in office, a decision immediately criticized by the Israeli government and former US President Donald Trump’s allies. The executive actions, signed by former Mayor Eric Adams in the wake of his

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A federal judge in the United States has denied pre-trial release for Brian Cole, the 30-year-old man accused of planting pipe bombs outside the Democratic National Committee (DNC) and Republican National Committee (RNC) headquarters in Washington, D.C., on the eve of the January 6, 2021 Capitol riot. Magistrate Judge Matthew Sharbaugh ruled on Friday that

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United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has called on Israel to reverse its planned ban on 37 nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) operating in Gaza and the occupied West Bank. The ban, set to take effect on March 1, 2026, targets aid groups critical to humanitarian operations in the region, raising concerns about worsening the ongoing humanitarian crisis

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Iran’s United Nations ambassador, Amir Saeed Iravani, has formally called on the UN Secretary-General and the UN Security Council (UNSC) to condemn “unlawful threats” issued by US President Donald Trump amid widespread protests in the Islamic Republic. The letter, sent on Friday, comes hours after Trump warned that the US was “locked and loaded” to

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The United States Coast Guard has officially suspended its search for survivors following a series of US military strikes on suspected drug smuggling boats in the eastern Pacific. The three-day search, conducted approximately 400 nautical miles southwest of the Mexico-Guatemala border, lasted more than 65 hours without any confirmed sightings of survivors. The strikes occurred

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The United States has carried out a large-scale military operation in Venezuela, resulting in the capture of President Nicolas Maduro and his wife, according to US President Donald Trump. The announcement, made on Trump’s Truth Social platform early Saturday, came shortly after explosions and aerial activity were reported across Caracas, marking an unprecedented escalation in

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Amid ongoing conflict in Sudan, the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) have reportedly captured more than ten South Sudanese fighters allied with the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in the North Kordofan State. Sources aligned with the SAF confirmed the arrests in the towns of Kazqil and al-Rayash on Thursday, highlighting the growing involvement of foreign nationals

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Saudi Arabia has officially welcomed a request from Yemen’s Saudi-backed Presidential Leadership Council (PLC) to host a high-level forum in Riyadh aimed at resolving escalating violence in southern Yemen. The move comes amid a surge in armed conflict between rival factions, raising concerns about regional stability and the security of Gulf nations. In an official

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