NICOSIA (Reuters) -Egypt said on Friday it would not tolerate mass displacement of Palestinians and what it described as genocide, continuing to ratchet up its criticism of Israel’s Gaza offensive as thousands of residents of Gaza City defied…
Category: 3. Middle East
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Hamas ready to deal seriously with clear political offer, practical steps to end war – Middle East Monitor
Osama Hamdan, a senior Hamas official, said that US President Donald Trump’s remarks about ending the war through the release of Israeli captives were “just an idea and not an actual proposal”.
In comments…
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Downton Abbey star interrupts TV interview with plea for Gaza
Downton Abbey star Hugh Bonneville interrupted a red-carpet interview with a plea to stop Israel’s incursion in Gaza.
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Hamas releases video of Israeli hostages held in Gaza
TEL AVIV (Reuters) -Hamas released a video on Friday of two Israeli hostages seized from a music festival in Israel in October 2023, and one said he was being held in Gaza City, where the Israeli military has launched a major offensive to wipe…
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FAST to retain power after Samoan election victory confirmed | Elections News
While incumbent held on to power, the Polynesian island nation will have a new PM: Laaulialemalietoa Leuatea Schmidt.
Published On 5 Sep 2025
The incumbent Fa’atuatua i le Atua Samoa ua Tasi (FAST) party has been confirmed as the winner…
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Netanyahu drops West Bank annexation from government’s agenda after UAE warning – Middle East Monitor
Israeli media reported that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu removed the West Bank annexation item from the government’s agenda on Thursday, following direct warnings from the United Arab Emirates that the move…
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Jordan briefly detains Israeli soldiers for crossing border without authorisation – Middle East Monitor
The Jordanian army briefly detained several Israeli occupation soldiers who crossed into Jordanian territory in the Wadi Araba region, the Israeli daily Haaretz reported on Tuesday, citing an army source.
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Palestinians face ethnic cleansing in occupied West Bank, MSF warns – Middle East Monitor
Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) warned Thursday that Palestinians in the occupied West Bank are facing mass forced displacement at the hands of the Israeli occupation army and illegal…
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UN suspects all sides in DR Congo conflict guilty of war crimes | Conflict News
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk calls for accountability for victims of atrocities.
Published On 5 Sep 2025
Gross rights violations, possibly including war crimes and crimes against humanity, may have been committed by…
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Al-Hijri thanks trump, Netanyahu, stresses no retreat from self-determination for Sweida – Middle East Monitor
The spiritual leader of Syria’s Druze community, Hikmat al-Hijri, expressed his gratitude to the United States, Israel and European countries, stressing that the right to self-determination is a sacred right…
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