SYDNEY, Dec 16 (Reuters) – While a Sydney shopowner is being hailed as a hero after disarming one of the gunmen shooting at a Jewish holiday event at Sydney’s Bondi Beach, a couple and another man who died after physically confronting…
Category: 3. Middle East
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Lebanon FM’s Iran criticism sparks political rift
Lebanon FM’s Iran criticism sparks political rift | The Jerusalem PostJerusalem Post/Middle East/Iran News“Iran’s role is extremely negative, and its policies are among the chief sources of instability in Lebanon and the region,” Raggi…
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Floral tributes for Australian ‘Hero’ who disarmed Bondi gunman
SYDNEY, Dec 16 (Reuters) – Flowers were laid on Tuesday in front of the shuttered shop of Ahmed al Ahmed, the 43-year-old tobacco shop owner who locals hailed as the “Bondi hero” after he wrestled a gun from one of the attackers…
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Philippines confirms visit by alleged Bondi gunmen amid terrorism concerns
MANILA, Dec 16 (Reuters) – The Philippines Bureau of Immigration said on Tuesday that the two alleged gunmen behind the mass shooting at Sydney’s Bondi Beach travelled to the Philippines on November 1 aboard Philippine Airlines Flight…
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Sudan once again tops International Rescue Committee crises watchlist
WASHINGTON, Dec 16 (Reuters) – Sudan has once again topped a watchlist of global humanitarian crises released by the International Rescue Committee (IRC) aid organization, as warring sides press on with a conflict that has killed tens of…
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Antisemitism allowed to fester in Australia, says daughter of wounded Holocaust survivor
By Christine Chen and Tom Bateman
SYDNEY, Dec 16 (Reuters) – Government authorities have not done enough to stamp out hatred of Jews in Australia, which has allowed it to fester in the aftermath of October 7, said the daughter of a Holocaust…
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Lebanon Is Flexing Its Muscles With Iran – but War With Israel Could Play Into Tehran’s Hands
Lebanese President Joseph Aoun is striving to persuade America and the other countries on the committee overseeing the cease-fire with Israel that the Lebanese army is devoting all its energy to removing Hezbollah’s arms and razing its facilities…
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Australia police says Bondi attack gunmen travelled to Philippines
SYDNEY, Dec 16 (Reuters) – Australian police said on Tuesday that the two alleged gunmen behind the mass shooting at Sydney’s Bondi Beach travelled to the Philippines last month, and that the reasons for their trip were under…
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Famed Jerusalem stone still sells despite West Bank economic woes
Despite the catastrophic state of the Palestinian economy, Faraj al-Atrash, operator of a quarry in the occupied West Bank, proudly points to an armada of machines busy eating away at sheer walls of dusty white rock that stretch into the…
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Exiled in Moscow, toppled Syrian dictator said to make quiet return to ophthalmology
Over a year since he fled to Moscow after his regime was toppled by rebel forces, former Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad is taking ophthalmology lessons and enjoying a luxurious lifestyle with his family in Russia, according to a Monday…
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