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Iran holds N-talks with European powers

Iranian diplomats said they held ‘frank and detailed’ nuclear talks on Friday with counterparts from Germany, Britain and France, who have threatened to trigger sanctions if Tehran fails to agree a deal on uranium enrichment and cooperation with UN inspectors.

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100 NGOs warn ‘mass starvation’ spreading across Gaza

More than 100 aid organisations and human rights groups warned on Wednesday that ‘mass starvation’ was spreading in Gaza, as the United States said its top envoy was heading to Europe for talks on a possible ceasefire and aid corridor...

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Syria launches probes into extrajudicial killings in Druze

Syria said on Tuesday that it had launched investigations into reported extrajudicial killings in the country’s Druze heartland, promising to punish perpetrators including any government-affiliated personnel after a week of sectarian bloodshed...

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21 children killed from malnutrition, starvation in Gaza

The head of Gaza’s largest hospital on Tuesday said 21 children have died due to malnutrition and starvation in the Palestinian territory in the past three days, while Israel pressed a devastating assault...

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South Syria violence deepens fears among minorities

A surge of violence in southern Syria has exacerbated fears among minority communities and exposed what analysts say is the Damascus authorities’ intent to rein in the Druze population...

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War in Gaza must end now, urge UK, 24 allies

Britain and 24 Western allies, including Australia, Canada, France and Italy, declared on Monday that the war in Gaza ‘must end now’, arguing that civilians’ suffering had ‘reached new depths’...

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Fears of escalation after Israel hits Yemen port

Israel pounded Yemen’s Huthi-held port of Hodeida with air strikes on Monday for the second time in a month, stoking fears of escalation as it warned Yemen could face the same fate as Iran...

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Israeli fire kills 57 aid seekers in Gaza

Gaza’s civil defence agency said Israeli forces opened fire on a crowd of Palestinians waiting to collect humanitarian aid in the territory’s north on Sunday, killing 57 people and wounding dozens more...

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Sectarian violence in South Syria kills 1,000 in a week

Calm returned to southern Syria’s Sweida province on Sunday, a monitor and AFP correspondents reported, after a week of sectarian violence between Druze fighters and rival groups that killed more than 1,000 people...