Two US soldiers and a US civilian interpreter have been been killed in Syria in an ambush by a lone Islamic State gunman, the US military has said.
The Pentagon said three other service members were injured in the attack, during which the gunman…
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Sheikh Qassem: Hezbollah won't disarm, state weapons monopoly is US-Israeli plot
The secretary general of Lebanon’s Hezbollah dismisses the idea of disarming the movement, saying the government’s decision on “a state monopoly on arms” is a US-Israeli demand.
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Tehran, Addis Ababa stress expanding political, economic ties
Abbas Araghchi received visiting Speaker of Ethiopia’s House of Representatives Tagesse Chafo for a meeting in Tehran on Saturday.
In a meeting with Ethiopian speaker, the Foreign Minister emphasized the position of Africa in Iran’s foreign…
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Hezbollah leader: Disarming resistance would mean Lebanon’s end
Hezbollah Secretary-General Sheikh Naim Qassem on Saturday rejected any attempts to disarm the resistance, framing such efforts as a direct extension of Israel’s strategic objectives and a threat to Lebanon’s very existence.
“Let the United…
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Lagos’ first street art festival turns city into ‘open-air gallery’
Toyin Adedokun / AFP via Getty ImagesParts of Nigeria’s biggest city, Lagos, have been turned into an “open-air gallery”, in the words of the organisers of the city’s first street art festival.
One of the featured artists, Ashaolu Oluwafemi, told…
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Lebanese foreign minister’s comments draw criticism
TEHRAN – Lebanon’s top diplomat, Youssef Raggi, has raised eyebrows inside the Arab country with his unfriendly remarks against Iran and the Hezbollah resistance movement.
In his latest remarks, Raggi, a member of the Lebanese Forces (LF)…
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Israel targets senior Hamas official in deadly Gaza strike
Israel said it killed a senior Hamas commander on Saturday in a strike on a vehicle inside Gaza.
In a statement, the Israeli military said it had “struck a key Hamas terrorist” in Gaza City.
The Hamas-run Civil Defence spokesman, Mahmoud Basal,…
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US, Ukraine to discuss ceasefire in Berlin before EU summit
A US official said President Donald Trump’s envoy Steve Witkoff and son-in-law Jared Kushner were travelling to Germany for talks involving Ukrainians and Europeans, Reuters reported.
The choice to send Witkoff, who has led negotiations with…
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US funded covert training of activists ahead of Nepal coup, leaked documents reveal
Leaked documents reviewed by The Grayzone indicate that U.S. government–funded organizations covertly supported and trained Nepalese youth activists in the years leading up to the violent overthrow of Nepal’s government in September, amid…
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Youssef Raggi’s diplomatic derailment – Tehran Times
BEIRUT—Handpicked by the Lebanese Forces (LF), Lebanon’s Foreign Minister Youssef Raggi has, since taking office, behaved less like a custodian of national diplomacy and more like a partisan activist focused only on a narrow ideological…
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