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UN envoy unveils roadmap for Libya toward elections
The top UN envoy for Syria on Thursday unveiled a roadmap that would lead to general elections and unified state institutions in the country. “We are convinced that the political process should focus on guaranteeing general elections and the unification…
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The United Nations Officially Declares Famine in Gaza for the First Time Since the Outbreak of War
The international body concerned with monitoring global hunger, supported by the United Nations and known as the “Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC)”, announced today, Friday, August 22, before the Security Council, the official outbreak…
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Israeli data shows 83 percent of Gaza war dead are civilians
A classified Israeli military database shows the vast majority of Palestinians killed in Gaza are civilians, according to a joint investigation by The Guardian, +972 Magazine, and Local Call. Figures reviewed by the outlets revealed on…
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Israel orders medics to prepare for displacing Palestinians from Gaza City
The Israeli army said Thursday it began making “initial warning calls” to medical institutions and international organizations in northern Gaza to prepare for the evacuation of Palestinians from Gaza City to the south, as part…
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Netanyahu rejects Gaza deal, reviews plans to occupy Gaza City instead
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has decided not to respond to the proposal recently approved by Hamas, despite efforts by mediators to push forward a deal. US envoy to the Middle East, Steve Witkoff, has also…
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US lawmakers urge Trump administration to press Israel over killings of journalists in Gaza
A group of mostly Democratic Senators urged the Trump administration Wednesday to take action over the killing of journalists in Gaza and to push Israel to guarantee press freedoms. The lawmakers, led by Senator Brian…
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ICC strongly rejects new US sanctions against judges, deputy prosecutors
The International Criminal Court (ICC) strongly disapproves the United States’ new sanctions against four of its officials—Judges Kimberly Prost and Nicolas Guillou, and Deputy Prosecutors Nazhat Shameem Khan and Mame Mandiaye Niang. These follow…
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Trump administration imposes fresh sanctions on four ICC officials
President Donald Trump’s administration on Wednesday imposed sanctions on two judges and two prosecutors at the International Criminal Court, as Washington kept up its pressure on the war tribunal over its targeting of Israeli leaders.…
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Al-Qassam brigades launch operation in Rafah, injure Israeli soldiers
Israeli media reported on Wednesday that 14 members of the al-Qassam Brigades attempted a resistance operation to capture an Israeli soldier in Rafah, targeting an Israeli occupation force and wounding several soldiers. The incident resulted…
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