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June 5, 2023

Netanyahu convenes Iran war drill, scorns UN nuclear watchdog

Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, ramped up threats to attack Iranian nuclear facilities on Sunday, convening a rare cabinet war drill after he accused UN inspectors of failing to...

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June 5, 2023

Turkiye official inflation slows to 39.6% in May after Erdogan's pledge of free natural gas

Turkish annual inflation fell to 39.59 per cent in May due to the government offsetting price rises in other goods by providing natural gas free of charge, Reuters reports. According...

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June 5, 2023

Settlement expansion is obstacle to peace, Blinken tells US Israel lobby

Secretary of State, Antony Blinken, pledged continued US commitment to both Israel’s security and a two-state solution to the Israel-Palestinian conflict on Monday, but said the expansion of Jewish...

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June 5, 2023

Egypt re-opens historic mosque after long restoration

A 13th century mosque that fell into disrepair after being used over the years as a soap factory, a slaughterhouse and a fort re-opened in Cairo on Monday after...

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June 5, 2023

Drought drives economic exodus from Iraq rivers and marshlands

On a sun-scorched shoreline in Iraq’s southern marshlands, fishermen stood shovelling a grim catch: tiny fish gathered dead from the water, fit only for use as animal fodder. Locals...

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June 5, 2023

Rights groups pushing government to ban ex-Israel PM from entering Canada

Several Canadian organisations have filed a legal brief to Canada’s government to bar former Israeli Prime Minister, Naftali Bennett, from entering the country. The application, known by its technical...

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June 5, 2023

UN body condemns US, others for treatment of Guantanamo inmate

The United States and several other countries have committed human rights violations against a Saudi man held in the Guantanamo prison and accused of organising the bombing of the...

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June 5, 2023

Palestinian toddler shot in the head by Israel, dies

Four days after being shot in the head by an Israeli soldier, 2-year-old Mohammed Tamimi died from his injuries in a children's hospital in Israel. Tamimi was in a...

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June 5, 2023

Syria expects to halve wheat imports after 'very good' harvest, Minister says

Syria will import half as much wheat in 2023 as the previous year due to an expected boost in the domestic harvest, Minister of Agriculture, Mohammad Hassaan Qatna, said...

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June 5, 2023

Palestinians bet on Erdogan to achieve reconciliation: Speaker

Palestinians pin hope on Turkish President, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, to heal the inter-Palestinian rift and achieve reconciliation, head of the Palestinian National Council (PNC), Rawhi Fattouh, said. The Palestinian...

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