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South Africa recordsdata ICJ case accusing Israel of ‘genocidal acts’ in Gaza

South Africa launched a case on Friday at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) against Israel for what it said were "genocidal" acts in Gaza, with Israel rejecting the case "with disgust."According to a statement, the ICJ application...

Turkey’s Tremendous Cup in Saudi Arabia canceled over reported Ataturk row

ANKARA — The Super Cup final between Turkey's Galatasaray and Fenerbahce scheduled to be played in Riyadh on Friday was canceled after Saudi authorities reportedly refused to allow posters of Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, the founder of secularist modern Turkey,...

Fatal Israeli shelling reported close to Gaza clinic

Israeli shelling near a southern Gaza hospital has killed 41 people over the past two days, the Palestinian Red Crescent said, after Israel stepped up its attacks in the centre and south of the besieged territory.The UN humanitarian...

Frame of US-Israeli lady held in Gaza: kibbutz

A US-Israeli woman seized in the October 7 Hamas attack was killed on the same day and her body remains in the Gaza Strip, her kibbutz community said on Thursday. Judith Weinstein Haggai, 70, had been thought to...

Israeli embassy pulls video imagining Hamas assault in Seoul

The Israeli embassy in South Korea has removed a video showing an imaginary scenario in which Koreans are attacked by masked assailants in Seoul, a reference to Hamas, Seoul's foreign ministry said Thursday.The ministry said in a statement...

Funeral held for Iran’s IRGC commander killed via Israel as Tehran vows revenge

Funerals were held for slain Iranian commander Sayyed Razi Mousavi in Syria and Iraq on Tuesday and Wednesday, as the conflict between Israel and Iran’s regional proxies heats up.Mousavi, a senior commander in Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps...

Iranian Guards vow revenge in opposition to Israel over basic’s killing

Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps warned Israel on Wednesday that it or its allied groups would take "direct" action to avenge the killing of senior commander Razi Moussavi.The general was killed Monday in an Israeli missile strike near...

Israel military leader says struggle with Hamas will closing ‘many extra months’

Israel's army chief warned its war with Hamas will last "many more months" as the military stepped up strikes inside the Gaza Strip, where more than 20,000 people have already been reported killed.Concerns over a spiralling humanitarian crisis...

UN names outgoing Dutch minister humanitarian coordinator for Gaza

The United Nations named an outgoing Dutch minister its humanitarian coordinator for Gaza on Tuesday following last week's watered-down Security Council resolution which called for aid to be delivered to the strip "at scale."Sigrid Kaag's appointment comes as...

Iraq slams US after fatal moves on pro-Iran forces

US air strikes targeting pro-Iranian forces in Iraq claimed at least one life and drew an angry response from Baghdad Tuesday amid high regional tensions over the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza.Iraq condemned as "a clear hostile act" the...