“We are ashamed before the people. We are obliged to serve all those who were harmed in this process. We are ready to hear the voice of the people. We are servants of the people, and we do not seek to confront the people,” he said.Pezeshkian…
Category: 3. Middle East
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Pezeshkian says Iran ‘ready to hear voice of the people’
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Gaza Humanitarian Fund tied security firm in talks for Board of Peace role
A US security firm that deployed armed veterans to guard Gaza aid sites is in talks with the Trump administration’s Board of Peace about its next role in the enclave, the company said on Wednesday, after previously facing UN criticism over…
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Rep. Jamie Raskin accuses Trump’s AG of ‘Epstein cover-up’ in stormy House hearing
Democrats in the US Congress accused US Attorney General Pam Bondi on Wednesday of engaging in a cover-up of the Jeffrey Epstein files and turning the Justice Department she leads into a weapon of retribution for President Donald…
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Greek PM Mitsotakis offers rare nod to Ataturk in Turkey amid maritime row
ANKARA — Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis on Wednesday gave a rare nod to modern Turkey’s founder, Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, after meeting President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Ankara, signaling a desire to improve ties with his country’s…
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Exclusive-US firm in Gaza aid program, criticized by UN, in talks for new role
By Pesha Magid and Rami Ayyub
JERUSALEM, Feb 11 (Reuters) – A U.S. security firm that deployed armed veterans to guard Gaza aid sites is in talks with the Trump administration’s Board of Peace about its next role in the enclave, the company said…
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Nobel Committee demands freedom of Iran activist Mohammadi
The Norwegian Nobel Committee said on Wednesday that it had called on Iran to immediately free activist and Nobel Peace Prize winner Narges Mohammadi from prison.Mohammadi, 53, who has been imprisoned repeatedly in her three-decade campaign for…
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Russia proposes running Gaza hospital
Russian ambassador to Israel Anatoly Viktorov said Moscow is in talks with Israel, the “Peace Council,” and additional countries regarding the deployment of a hospital in Gaza staffed and equipped by Russia. Speaking in an interview…
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Lebanon to decide on plan to control arms north of Litani next week, minister says
By Ahmed Hagagy
KUWAIT, Feb 11 (Reuters ) – Lebanon’s government will decide next week how to move to the second phase of a plan to extend its authority and place all arms under state control in areas north of the Litani River, its information…
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Nobel committee calls on Iran to free Peace Prize laureate Mohammadi
OSLO, Feb 11 (Reuters) – The Norwegian Nobel Committee said on Wednesday that it had called on Iran to immediately free activist and Nobel Peace Prize winner Narges Mohammadi from prison.
(Reporting by Terje Solsvik; editing by mark Heinrich)
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Donald Trump Gaza progress may stymie Gaza ground invasion
Two major possible leaks in recent days could be part of a pincer movement by the Trump administration, or elements within the administration, to make sufficient progress regarding Hamas disarmament to circumvent any Israeli attempt to return to…
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