The US Central Command (CENTCOM) said on Tuesday that more than 569 metric tons of humanitarian assistance has been delivered so far across a temporary floating pier to Gaza, but not all the aid has reached warehouses. Aid deliveries began arriving at a US-built pier on Friday as Israel comes under growing global pressure to allow more supplies into the besieged and war-torn coastal enclave. Israel's unprecedented air and ground offensive has killed over 35,000 people in Gaza since October 7, mostly women and children, the territory's health ministry says. Palestinians in Gaza are growing incr...
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The sudden death of Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi has seen little response from the US, likely a sign of the two countries' tense and delicate relationship. Following the fatal helicopter crash of Raisi and seven others, including the country's foreign minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian, there have been only a handful of comments from US public officials. Several right-wing members of Congress wrote on social media celebratory send-offs to the Iranian leader, with Representative Mike Waltz posting on X, formerly Twitter, "Good riddance. Raisi was a murderous human rights abuser before and dur...
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Iraq's Prime Minister Mohammed Shia' Al-Sudani announced on Sunday that negotiations with oil companies regarding the resumption of oil exports from the Kurdistan region to Turkey have made no progress. At a press conference in Baghdad, Al-Sudani also announced that his cabinet had sent the 2024 annual budget bill to parliament for adoption. Oil exports from the Kurdistan region via the Iraq-Turkey pipeline were halted on 23 March 2023 following a ruling by a Paris-based arbitration court in favour of Baghdad against Ankara. The court determined that Ankara breached a 1973 agreement by allowin...
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The deaths of Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi and Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian in a helicopter crash on Sunday are unlikely to significantly alter the Islamic Republic's relationship with neighbouring Iraq, according to Iraqi political analysts. Iran's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei expressed his condolences on Monday following the deaths of Raisi and Amir-Abdollahian, state media reported. Khamenei declared five days of public mourning and announced that Vice President Mohammad Mokhber would assume interim duties, with 50 days to organize elections in coordination with the judiciary...
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The United States and Saudi Arabia are close to a final agreement on a bilateral defence pact after the US national security adviser made significant progress in talks with the Saudis over the weekend, the White House said on Monday. White House national security spokesperson John Kirby said the two sides are "closer than we've ever been" on a bilateral agreement that is now "near final." US and Saudi negotiators are seeking to complete work on a bilateral accord expected to call for formal US guarantees to defend the kingdom and Saudi access to more advanced US weaponry in return for halting ...
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Human rights experts working for the United Nations on Monday urged Yemen's Houthi rebels to release five people from the country's Baha'i religious minority who have been in detention for a year. The five are among 17 Baha'i followers detained last May when the Houthis raided a Baha'i gathering in the capital of Sanaa. The experts said in a statement that 12 have since been released "under very strict conditions" but that five remain "detained in difficult circumstances." There have long been concerns about the treatment of the members of the Baha'i minority at the hands of the Yemeni rebels,...
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A war monitor said at least six pro-Iran fighters were killed on Monday in Israeli strikes in Syria near the Lebanese border, in an area where Lebanon's powerful Hezbollah group holds sway. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said: "Israeli strikes targeted two positions of pro-Iran groups in the Homs region", including "a Hezbollah site in the Qusayr area" near the border where "six Iran-backed fighters were killed". The Observatory did not specify their nationalities. A Hezbollah source told AFP that at least one fighter from the group was killed in Israeli strikes in the Qusayr area. Is...
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Three former US foreign policy officials in Donald Trump's administration met with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and other public figures in Israel on Monday, according to a person with direct knowledge of the matter. The delegation was comprised of Robert O'Brien, who served as Trump's fourth and final national security adviser, as well as former Ambassador to the United Arab Emirates John Rakolta and former Ambassador to Switzerland Ed McMullen, said the person, who requested anonymity as the trip's itinerary was not public. In addition to Netanyahu, the delegation met Israeli opposition...
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US President Joe Biden on Monday slammed the International Criminal Court prosecutor's application for arrest warrants for senior Israeli officials, including Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, calling the move "outrageous". "And let me be clear: whatever this prosecutor might imply, there is no equivalence - none - between Israel and Hamas. We will always stand with Israel against threats to its security." Biden said in a statement. His top aide, Secretary of State Antony Blinken, also criticised the move, raising questions over the court's jurisdiction and process in making this application....
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