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Trump’s decision on the Middle East will be the ‘fundamental gamechanger’
Sky News Australia
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August 11, 2025
Australia could move to formally recognise a Palestinian state in the wake of today's cabinet meeting in Canberra. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu singled out Australia and other European countries for their ‘shameful’ stance on...
Turkey’s Long Game
The American Conservative - Washington D.C.
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August 11, 2025
In a public meeting immediately after the Israeli attack on Iran, Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan tried to calm the nerves of the public. “The victorious army of the Ottoman Empire had a principle,” Erdoğan said. “If you want peace, you...
Israel erupts as Australia supports a Palestinian state: Netanyahu's man Down Under pens blistering letter - as details emerge about PM's blunt call to Israeli leader
Daily Mail
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August 11, 2025
Israel has accused Australia of undermining its security and helping Hamas after Anthony Albanese announced that his government will formally recognise Palestinian statehood at the UN next month. The Prime Minister made the long-awaited...
Iraq Launches $2bn Food Industry Projects in Karbala
Iraq Business News
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August 11, 2025
By John Lee. Prime Minister Mohammed Shia Al-Sudani has inaugurated five major food industry projects worth $2 billion [IQD 2.6 trillion] in Karbala, operated by Etihad Food Industries. The initiatives focus on meat production, dairy, and fish...
Arab nations criticise Netanyahu for 'new stage of genocide' in Gaza
The National News
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Arab nations have heavily criticised Israel's new plan to take control of much of Gaza, describing it as a 'new stage of genocide', in some of the strongest comments made in the United Nations chamber on Sunday night. Kuwait’s UN representative...
Iran’s PMF stance risks future Iraq clashes, Ex-diplomat
Shafaq News
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2025-08-10T13:48:26+00:00 font Enable Reading Mode A- A A+ Shafaq News – Baghdad Iran’s rejection of dismantling the Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF) could lead to future armed confrontations between Iraqi security forces and pro-Iran factions,...
Israel kills Al Jazeera journalist
BDNews24
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Israel's military said it killed a Hamas cell leader posing as an Al Jazeera journalist in a Gaza airstrike on Sunday, but rights advocates said he had been targeted for his frontline reporting on the Gaza war and Israel's claim lacked evidence....
Israel admits deliberately killing Al Jazeera team of five
The National News
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Israel has been condemned for the deliberate killing of an Al Jazeera crew of five in Gaza. Anas Al Sharif, 28, was among a group of four Al Jazeera journalists and an assistant who died in a strike on a tent near Shifa Hospital in eastern Gaza...
Syria: Chilling video shows hospital staff kneeling before gunmen, one of them executed
India Blooms
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August 11, 2025
A video has gone viral on the internet showing a group of armed men forcing staff in a Syrian hospital to kneel, and then they executed one of them who resisted. According to reports, the incident happened in Al-Suwaidaa National hospital....
Israel's Escalating Offensive In Gaza Claims Over 61,000 Lives Amid Growing International Pressure
MENAFN
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August 10, 2025
(MENAFN- Daily News Egypt) The death toll from Israel's ongoing assault on the Gaza Strip has surpassed 61,000, with over 153,000 reported injured since the conflict began on October 7, 2023, according to Gaza's Ministry of Health. In the past 24...
Israel kills Al Jazeera team in yet another attack on journalists in war-torn Gaza
GEO TV
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August 11, 2025
Anas Al Sharif among four journalists targeted by Israel. Israel alleges Al Sharif was responsible for rocket attacks. Press freedom group, UN rep deny evidence of Hamas ties. CAIRO/JERUSALEM: Israel's military said it killed an Al Jazeera...
Israeli strike on tent kills Al Jazeera journalists in Gaza
The News International
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August 11, 2025
CAIRO/JERUSALEM: In a yet another strike on media workers in Gaza, Israel's military killed an Al Jazeera journalist it accused of being a Hamas cell leader in a Gaza airstrike — however, rights advocates said he had been targeted for his...
Israel kills Al Jazeera journalist it claims was Hamas leader
Times LIVE
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A press freedom group and a UN expert previously warned Al Sharif's life was in danger due to his reporting from Gaza. UN special rapporteur Irene Khan said last month Israel's claims against him were unsubstantiated. Al Jazeera said Al Sharif had...
Israel kills Al Jazeera journalist it says was a Hamas leader
The Age
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August 11, 2025
Al Sharif, whose X account has more than 500,000 followers, posted on his account minutes before his death that Israel had been intensely bombarding Gaza City for more than two hours. Palestinian journalists’ groups and Al Jazeera denounced the...
Turkey was a conduit for jihadists to join ISIS in Syria, FBI told US court
Nordic Monitor
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August 10, 2025
Abdullah Bozkurt/Stockholm An affidavit filed in US federal court details how an American man exploited Turkey’s position as a key transit hub for jihadist fighters to attempt to join the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) in Syria, confirming...
Israel-Gaza war: Five Al Jazeera journalists killed in Israeli strike; IDF claims one of correspondents served as 'terrorist cell leader in Hamas'
The Times of India
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Five Al Jazeera journalists, including well-known correspondent Anas al-Sharif, were killed in an Israeli airstrike on a journalists’ tent in Gaza City on Sunday. The Israeli military confirmed it carried out the strike, accusing al-Sharif of...
Israel Presses Manila for Support, Cites Filipinos Killed by Hamas, Iran
Politiko
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August 11, 2025
By ROY C. MABASA JERUSALEM — A senior Israeli diplomat on Sunday urged the Philippines to take a stronger stance in support of Israel’s war against Hamas, claiming that Filipinos killed in the conflict were victims of Palestinian and Iranian...
Israel kills Al Jazeera journalist Anas al-Sharif in Gaza strike
The New Arab
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August 11, 2025
Anas al-Sharif was killed by Israel alongside four other journalists in Gaza City [Getty] Israel killed prominent Al Jazeera journalist Anas al-Sharif alongside four other journalists in a targeted strike on their tent in Gaza City on Sunday. "Al...
Iran confirms IAEA official will visit Monday, denies access to nuclear sites
India Today
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August 11, 2025
A senior official from the UN nuclear watchdog will fly to Iran for talks on Monday, but no visit to nuclear sites is planned, Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said on Sunday. Since Israel launched its first military strikes on Iran's...
Turkey welcomes strategic transit corridor after Azerbaijan-Armenia peace deal
Zawya
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ANKARA: Turkey on Saturday welcomed a peace accord between Azerbaijan and Armenia and said it hoped a planned strategic transit corridor, which could boost exports of energy and other resources through the South Caucasus, would open soon....