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Nearly 300 killed in Gaza in 24 hours as Hamas, Netanyahu trade threats
Hamas warns no captives would leave Gaza alive unless demands met while the Israeli PM asks the group to surrender.
Could an Israeli designated safe zone in Gaza become another ‘death zone’?
Rights groups criticise Israeli move to displace Palestinians to a tiny and barren area.
Iran begins trial of Swedish EU employee accused of ‘spying for Israel’
Johan Floderus, arrested at Tehran airport in April last year, charged with operating through US and European projects.
Violence escalates between Israel and Lebanon’s Hezbollah amid Gaza assault
Hezbollah fires explosive drones and missiles at Israeli positions as Israeli strikes hit several south Lebanon areas.
COP28 pledges so far not enough to limit warming to 1.5C, warns IEA
The International Energy Agency warns against lack of progress in limiting the global warming amid divisions at COP28.
‘A hand here, a head there’: Israeli warplanes kill dozens in central Gaza
About 45 members of Nisman family, who sheltered displaced relatives, targeted in latest Israeli attack.
Tensions rise as two more boats with over 300 Rohingya land in Indonesia
Since November, more than 1,500 refugees have arrived in Indonesia's Aceh province, triggering anger among the locals.
Iran’s Mohammadi slams ‘tyrannical’ regime in Nobel Prize speech from jail
Imprisoned Nobel laureate denounces Iranian government in Nobel Peace Prize acceptance speech read by her children.
Jordan’s foreign minister says Israel aiming ‘to empty Gaza of its people’
Addressing the Doha Forum, Ayman Safadi says Israel's operation in Gaza meets the 'legal definition of genocide'.
Israel cannot carry out ‘collective punishment’ of people in Gaza: Lavrov
Speaking at the Doha Forum, the Russian foreign minister calls for international monitoring of the situation in Gaza.