Human rights organizations reported that violent clashes overnight raised the death toll to 15 as Iranian authorities have reportedly restricted internet access. On Saturday, Iran’s leader distinguished between protesters and rioters while also…
Category: 3. Middle East
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Iran protest death toll reaches at least 15 as supreme leader blames 'foreign' interference
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Radio frequency loss grounds flights in Greece, stranding thousands
Jan 4 (Reuters) – Flights across Greece were grounded on Sunday after a collapse of radio frequencies crippled air traffic communication, stranding thousands of travellers and bringing airport operations to a halt.
There was little clarity on what…
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Police say they’re done with Qatargate probe, hand it over to state prosecutor
The Israel Police on Sunday handed its investigation into the Qatargate scandal over to the State Attorney’s Office, saying it has completed the probe and recommending continued sanctions against the prime suspect.
The police requested a…
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Rights group says at least 16 dead in Iran during week of protests
By Elwely Elwelly
DUBAI, Jan 4 (Reuters) – At least 16 people have been killed during a week of unrest in Iran, rights groups said on Sunday, as protests over soaring inflation spread across the country prompting violent clashes between…
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British, French warplanes strike suspected ISIS weapons stockpile in Syria
Britain and France on Sunday said they had carried out joint strikes on the Islamic State group in Syria to prevent the Islamist extremists resurging.
France said it was part of Operation Inherent Resolve, a US-led international offensive…
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Palestinian jailed for life for stabbing Holocaust survivor to death in terror attack
Ibrahim Shalhoub, from the West Bank city of Tulkarem, was sentenced to life in prison on Sunday for killing 83-year-old Holocaust survivor Ludmila Lipovsky in a terror attack in Herzliya in December 2024.
Shalhoub, a former informant for…
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Numerous teenagers among the dead in Swiss bar blaze, police say
ZURICH, Jan 4 (Reuters) – Teenagers as young as 14 and 15 years old were among those who died in the bar fire on New Year’s Eve that killed 40 people in Switzerland, police said on Sunday.
Police in Valais said they had identified 16 more of those…
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Past Iran protests show Ali Khamenei signals growing repression
Past Iran protests show Ali Khamenei signals growing repression | The Jerusalem PostJerusalem Post/Middle East/Iran NewsNow that Khamenei has spoken, the crackdown will harden. Across three defining protest waves – in 2009, 2019, 2022 – the…
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Reza Pahlavi praises Iranian youth leading protests
Reza Pahlavi praises Iranian youth leading protests | The Jerusalem PostJerusalem Post/Middle East/Iran NewsAt least 15 protesters and one security force member have been killed in seven days of nationwide protests in Iran, according to HRANA,…
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Israeli forces kill three Palestinians in Gaza, local authorities say
CAIRO, Jan 4 (Reuters) – Israeli forces shot and killed at least three Palestinians in separate incidents in the southern Gaza Strip city of Khan Younis on Sunday, local health authorities said.
Medics reported that the dead included a…
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