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Middle East

  • Palestinian women receive donated food at a community kitchen in Nuseirat, central Gaza, on Wednesday, December 17.
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    Gaza no longer in famine, says global hunger watchdog, after influx of aid following ceasefire
  • Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu participates in a joint news conference with U.S. President Donald Trump in the State Dining Room at the White House on September 29, 2025 in Washington, DC.
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    Israeli PM Netanyahu announces $35 billion gas deal with Egypt as US pushes for summit
  • An elderly Palestinian man shouts at Israeli military vehicles during a protest organized by residents demanding their return to their homes in the Nur Shams refugee camp, east of Tulkarm. Israeli forces have destroyed 1,414 homes in the Tulkarm and Nur Shams refugee camps in the northern West Bank.
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    UN and Palestinians warn West Bank demolitions could permanently displace hundreds
  • People look on towards Israeli settler outposts near the occupied West Bank village of Turmos Ayya on October 19, 2025.
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    Israel approves 19 settler outposts in major expansion in occupied West Bank
  • Men walk along a muddy alley at a makeshift camp sheltering displaced Palestinians after heavy rains in the Zeitoun neighbourhood of Gaza City on December 11, 2025. The United States, alongside Qatar and Egypt, secured a truce in Gaza that came into effect on October 10 and has mostly halted two years of war between Israel and Palestinian militant group Hamas.
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    Gaza storms kill 14 Palestinians, including 3 children
  • Bassem Naim, an official in Hamas' political wing, speaks in Istanbul, Turkey, on Thursday.
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    Hamas willing to discuss ‘freezing or storing’ weapons, senior official says, amid concerns over ceasefire
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  • Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa speaks as he attends the 23rd edition of the annual Doha Forum, in Doha, Qatar, December 6, 2025.
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    Syrian president says Israel is ‘fighting ghosts’ and must abide by deconfliction accord
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  • Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks to reporters at the Capitol in Washington, Friday, Feb. 7, 2025.
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    Entering election year, Netanyahu’s government targets Israel’s free press
  • Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu participates in a state memorial ceremony for the fallen soldiers of the two-year Gaza war at the Mount Herzl military cemetery in Jerusalem on October 16, 2025. Netanyahu said on October 16, that he was determined to ensure that Hamas hands back the remains of hostages still in Gaza, adding that the fight "is not over yet". (Photo by Alex KOLOMOISKY / POOL / AFP) (Photo by ALEX KOLOMOISKY/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)
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    Israeli PM Netanyahu requests pardon in ongoing corruption trial
  • Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends a joint press conference with US President Donald Trump, during Netanyahu's visit to the White House on September 29.
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    Far right coalition boycotts Knesset vote backing Trump’s Gaza plan as opposition aims to embarrass Netanyahu
  • Pope Leo XIV disembarks the papal plane upon arrival at Rafic Hariri International Airport in Beirut, Lebanon, during his first foreign trip, on November 30, 2025.
    Yara Nardi/Reuters
    Pope Leo arrives in Lebanon, bringing call for unity in crisis-hit nation
  • Israeli soldiers take position during a raid in Jenin in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, November 27, 2025.
    Mohamad Torokman/Reuters
    Israeli ​military kills two men after they appeared to surrender during operation in West Bank
  • Pope Leo XIV smiles to the faithful and pilgrims during his weekly general audience at St. Peter's Square in Vatican City, Vatican, on June 25, 2025. (Photo by Massimo Valicchia/NurPhoto via Getty Images)
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    Pope Leo takes message of peace to Middle East on first foreign visit. Here’s what to know
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  • Israeli forensic examiners have identified the remains of a deceased Israeli hostage returned from Gaza as those of Dror Or, the prime minister’s office said on November 26, 2025.
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    Israel identifies deceased hostage returned by Hamas as Dror Or. Two more hostage bodies remain in Gaza
  • Controversial Gaza Humanitarian Foundation to close aid effort
  • Israel says Hezbollah chief of staff killed in first strike on Beirut in months
  • At least one Israeli killed and three injured after attack at West Bank junction
  • Released Israeli hostage Bar Kupershtein waves to supporters as he returns to his home in the city of Holon, Israel, after completing hospitalization and treatment following his release from captivity, on November 2.
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    ‘In your head, you count every day’: Ex-October 7 hostage describes 2 years in captivity
  • Video Former Israeli hostage calls Trump ‘emissary of God’ 2:22
  • Exclusive: Iran open to resuming nuclear talks with the US but won’t shift its conditions, supreme leader’s adviser says
  • Israeli strike on a Palestinian refugee camp in Lebanon kills 13 people, Lebanon’s health ministry says
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