Foreign minister says US ‘acted as the leader of the free world,’ welcomes ‘removal of the dictator’; Lapid says Iran should ‘pay close attention’ to Maduro’s fate
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Foreign Ministry advises Israelis to avoid travel to Venezuela after US strikes
Updating its general warning, Israel now advises against all travel to country, including for dual Israeli-Venezuelan citizens; Caracas broke diplomatic ties with Jerusalem in 2009
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What’s known so far about the US strikes on Venezuela
US claims military took Venezuelan President Maduro and his wife into custody, drawing widespread condemnation; unclear how many casualties in strikes on Caracas
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Russia, Iran slam Venezuela strikes as EU and UK urge respect for ‘international law’
Moscow endorses Latin American statement calling for urgent UN Security Council meeting; leftist Latin American regimes warn of regional instability, as right-wing ones celebrate
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Sudanese flee across border and back to escape overrun oil town
When paramilitary fighters closed in on the Sudanese border town and oil field of Heglig, paraplegic Dowa Hamed could only cling to her husband’s back as they fled, “like a child”, she told AFP.
Now, the 25-year-old mother of five — paralysed…
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Khamenei says rioters 'must be put in their place' as Iran protests death toll reaches at least 10
The protests over Iran’s failing economic situation show no sign of stopping, after President Trump warned Iran on Friday that if Tehran ‘violently kills peaceful protesters,’ the United States ‘will come to their rescue’
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Romi Gonen: Hamas chief offered me early release in exchange for silence on sexual assault
Former hostage Romi Gonen said that Hamas’s current commander in the Gaza Strip, Izz al-Din al-Haddad, told her at the end of the November 2023 ceasefire that she would be prioritized for release as long as she didn’t tell anyone that…
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Iran supreme leader says will not yield as protests simmer and US threatens
DUBAI, Jan 3 (Reuters) – Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei vowed not to yield after U.S. President Donald Trump threatened to come to the aid of protesters, as rights groups reported a sharp rise in arrests following days of unrest…
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Yemen presidency says Saudi-backed forces retake key province
Saudi-backed troops on Saturday retook the resource-rich Yemeni province of Hadramawt, Yemen’s presidency said, after confrontations between forces backed by Riyadh and Abu Dhabi deepened a rift between the two Gulf allies.
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Saudi-backed forces make advances in Yemen’s Hadramawt says military
Saudi-backed troops on Saturday made advances in Yemen’s resource-rich Hadramawt province, military officials said, as confrontations between forces backed by Riyadh and Abu Dhabi deepened a rift between the two Gulf allies.
The Saudis and…
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