Israel’s prime minister said on Thursday that a former UN Middle East envoy, Bulgarian diplomat Nickolay Mladenov, has been chosen to serve as the director-general for US President Donald Trump’s Board of Peace aimed at overseeing the peace…
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Internet, phone lines cut across Iran as thousands rally in Tehran; death toll at 45
Thousands of people in Iran’s capital shouted from their homes and rallied in the street Thursday night after a call by the country’s exiled crown prince for a mass demonstration, witnesses said, a new escalation in the protests that…
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US expresses grave concern over escalating violence in Aleppo
US Special Envoy Tom Barrack urges Syrian forces and the SDF to halt hostilities in Aleppo’s Kurdish neighborhoods and prioritize civilian protection.
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Palestine Action activist compared to suffragettes in court | UK news
A Palestine Action activist accused of taking part in a break-in at an Israeli defence firm’s UK site is a “remarkable woman”, her barrister has told jurors as he likened her to the suffragettes.
Charlotte Head, 29, is on trial at Woolwich…
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Eight people killed by Israeli air strikes, Gaza civil defence agency says
Israeli forces have killed at least 425 Palestinians in Gaza since the latest US-brokered truce took effect on 10 October, according to Gaza’s health ministry.
Earlier on Thursday, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said a projectile was launched…
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Eight people killed by Israeli air strikes, Gaza civil defence agency says
At least eight people, including four children, have been killed by Israeli air strikes in Gaza in the last 24 hours, the territory’s civil defence agency has said.
Four people, including three children, were killed when a drone struck a tent…
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Settlers wound 3 Palestinians, torch cars in latest West Bank attack; 3 arrested
Three Israelis were arrested after settlers wounded three Palestinians and set fire to cars near Nablus in the northern West Bank on Thursday, according to the Palestinian Red Crescent Society and Israeli security forces.
However, footage…
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Jewish American academic denied entry to Israel ‘for being a leftwing anarchist’
A Jewish American man who had a three-year Israel residency visa was recently refused entry to Israel by immigration authorities on the recommendation of the police for being a “left-wing anarchist” and for “nationalistic crime…
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Israeli authorities notify plan to proceed with E1 “Fabric of Life” colonization project east of Jerusalem
JERUSALEM, January 8, 2026 (WAFA) — Israeli occupation authorities have notified the lawyer representing Bedouin communities and the municipality of Al-Eizariya, east of occupied Jerusalem, of their intention to begin actual…
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Israel bars some foreign aid workers from Gaza as NGOs face suspension
Three prominent global NGOs, including Medecins Sans Frontieres, said their international staff were refused entry to Gaza this week. The refusals come after Israel announced last month that it was preventing 37 international aid organizations…
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