Rockets attack targets Iraqi base housing U.S. forces – sources
Anbar (Reuters) – Two rockets landed inside Iraq’s Ain al-Asad air base, which hosts U.S. and other international forces west
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Turkish parliament commission set to study Swedish NATO bid
Ankara (Reuters) – The speaker of Turkey’s parliament will send a bill approving Sweden’s NATO membership bid to parliament’s foreign
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Recent oil mega-deals show hydrocarbons are ‘here to stay’ -Saudi energy minister
Riyadh (Reuters) – Saudi Energy Minister Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman said on Tuesday that recent multi-billion dollar acquisitions by U.S.
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Malaysian PM joins thousands to condemn Israel, Western allies for ‘barbarism’ in Gaza
Kuala Lumpur (Reuters) – Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim joined 16,000 pro-Palestinian supporters to condemn Israel’s “barbaric” acts in the
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Blinken tells UN: US doesn’t want war with Iran but will defend itself
United Nations (Reuters) – The United States told the United Nations on Tuesday it does not seek conflict with Iran,
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UN organisations plead for unimpeded Gaza aid ‘on our knees’
Geneva (Reuters) – United Nations agencies called “on our knees” on Tuesday for aid to be allowed unimpeded into Gaza,
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Erdogan to Putin: Western ‘silence’ worsening humanitarian situation in Gaza
Ankara (Reuters) – Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan on Tuesday told his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin in a call that Western
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Israel’s Netanyahu, fending off critics, says there’s ‘clear unity of purpose’ with defence chiefs
Jerusalem (Reuters) – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu moved to dampen media pressure over the government’s conduct of the war
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Gaza authorities say 700 Palestinians killed in overnight Israeli strikes as calls rise for aid to stricken civilians
Gaza/Jerusalem (Reuters) – More than 700 Palestinians were killed overnight by Israeli air strikes, Gaza’s Hamas-run health ministry said on
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Freed Israeli hostage says ‘I’ve been through hell’
Tel Aviv (Reuters) – An elderly Israeli hostage who was released by Hamas overnight said she had been beaten by
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