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There's still no light at the end of the tunnel
2+ hour, 15+ min ago (923+ words) Time is swiftly running out without yielding any results. It has been 80 days since the US-Iran conflict began, and no resolution has been achieved. While I believe negotiations are still occurring behind closed doors, it appears they are far from…...
Bulgaria wins Eurovision Song Contest, Israel comes second again
18+ hour, 55+ min ago (590+ words) VIENNA: Bulgaria won the Eurovision Song Contest for the first time on Saturday in a final overshadowed "by five countries" boycott over Gaza, claiming a dramatic victory despite another big public vote for Israel that again secured it "second place....
Hamas official says military chief has died after Israel says it targeted him
1+ day, 18+ hour ago (353+ words) A senior Hamas official reported the death of military wing chief Izz al-Din al-Haddad, targeted by Israeli airstrikes, making him the most senior Hamas official killed since the October ceasefire. CAIRO: A senior Hamas official told Reuters on Saturday that…...
Iran-US war: a dangerous deadlock
3+ day, 1+ hour ago (382+ words) EDITORIAL: President Donald Trump's rejection of Iran's counter-proposals " submitted in response to the terms presented by Washington in a bid to end the US-Israeli war on Tehran " and his dismissal of Iranian terms as "totally unacceptable" has once again pushed…...
Peace deal hopes fade after Trump rejects 'garbage' Iran proposal
5+ day, 22+ hour ago (609+ words) WASHINGTON/DUBAI: Hopes for a peace deal on Iran faded on Tuesday after Donald Trump said a ceasefire with Iran was "on life support" as Tehran rejected a U. S. proposal to end the conflict and stuck to a list of demands…...
Trump angrily rejects Iran's talks terms
6+ day, 3+ hour ago (681+ words) TEHRAN: Iran said Monday it had demanded the release of its frozen assets and the end of a US blockade of its ports, after President Donald Trump angrily rejected Tehran's terms for starting negotiations to halt the Middle East war....
Israeli strikes in Gaza kill three, medics say, testing fragile ceasefire
1+ week, 14+ hour ago (153+ words) CAIRO: Israeli strikes killed at least three Palestinians in Gaza on Sunday, including two members of police force, health officials said, in violence that underscored the fragility of a US-brokered ceasefire. Medics said an air strike killed one person in…...
Israel deports two activists detained over Gaza-bound flotilla
1+ week, 23+ hour ago (181+ words) Israel deported two activists, Saif Abu Keshek, a Spanish national, and Brazilian "Thiago Avila, on Sunday after arresting "them aboard a Gaza-bound flotilla in international waters, the foreign ministry said. The activists were part of a "second Global Sumud Flotilla…...
Israeli strike kills top Hamas official's son in Gaza: hospital
1+ week, 3+ day ago (315+ words) Azzam Khalil al-Hayya, son of Hamas's chief negotiator, died from wounds sustained in an Israeli strike in Gaza. GAZA CITY: A Gaza hospital and Hamas on Thursday said the son of the Palestinian Islamist movement's chief negotiator had died from…...
Gold falls nearly 2pc as ME risks support dollar
1+ week, 6+ day ago (325+ words) NEW YORK: Gold prices fell nearly 2 percent on Monday as heightened US-Iran tensions boosted the dollar and reinforced inflation concerns that kept expectations of higher interest rates alive. "The latest news clearly didn't give the market confidence that everything is…...