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9 September, 2024
Israel’s UN representative Danny Danon. Photo: Press Wire / dpa
Israel-Gaza war

At UN, Israel accuses Hezbollah of trying to rebuild with Iran’s help

US intelligence last month warned of such a move by the group. A senior Lebanese source close to Hezbollah denies the allegations.

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Israel-Gaza war

Final draft of Gaza truce deal presented to sides after ‘breakthrough’: official

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Israel-Gaza war

Biden pushes for immediate Gaza ceasefire in call with Netanyahu

Israel-Gaza war

Lancet study estimates Gaza death toll 40 per cent higher than recorded

UK-led group of researchers estimated that almost 60 per cent of deaths were women, children and the elderly.

Palestinians carry the body of a child at the site of an Israeli strike on a house in Nuseirat, in the central Gaza Strip. Photo: Reuters
Israel-Gaza war

Poland says won’t arrest Netanyahu if he visits for Auschwitz commemoration

The Israeli leader is subject to a warrant by the International Criminal Court for alleged war crimes in Gaza.

Africa

Attempted assault on Chad presidential complex leaves 19 dead

The events coincided with an official visit by China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi to Chad.

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Middle East

Opinion | Syria a chance for Middle East to shape its own, better future

The stability of Syria, at the heart of the Middle East, is in the interests of all. It is time for regional actors, not external ones, to lead the change.

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Syrian leader Abu Mohammed al-Golani waits to welcome a Ukrainian delegation in Damascus, Syria, on December 30. The world has been beating a path to his door. Photo: Reuters
Israel-Gaza war

Hamas official says ready to free 34 Gaza hostages under mooted deal

Israel and Hamas wrangle over the details of a deal to halt fighting in the Gaza Strip and return hostages home.

United States

New Orleans attacker wore Meta smart glasses for reconnaissance, FBI says

Shamsud-Din Jabbar, who killed 14 people in the New Year’s Day attack, made two trips to New Orleans in October and November.

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Pakistan

At least 6 killed in Pakistan suicide bombing

Baloch Liberation Army claimed responsibility for attack. Group is behind a surge in recent attacks targeting soldiers and Chinese workers.

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Pakistan’s national flags. On Saturday, at least six people including Pakistani paramilitary troops were killed in a bombing claimed by separatists in Balochistan. Photo: AFP
Prince William

Prince William ‘saddened’ at death of ex-nanny’s stepson in New Orleans attack

Edward Pettifer was stepson of Tiggy Legge-Bourke, nanny to William and Harry. Pettifer is final victim to be identified in New Year attack.

Edward Pettifer, stepson of Prince William and Prince Harry’s nanny Tiggy Legge-Bourke, died in the New Year truck attack in New Orleans. Photo: Metropolitan Police / Handout via Reuters
Pakistan

Gunmen ambush Pakistan aid convoy despite sectarian truce

The convoy was travelling to the Kurram region in the northwest, following decades of infighting, with around 200 killed since November.

United States

From US Army to Isis: FBI seeks clues into New Orleans attacker’s radicalisation

Shamsud-Din Jabbar, a 42-year-old Texas native and US Army veteran, killed 14 in New Orleans after pledging support for Islamic State.

Israel-Gaza war

Israeli strikes kill Gaza head of police, 67 others, Palestinians say

Thursday’s death toll in war-torn Gaza was among the highest of recent weeks.

Damage after an Israeli air strike targeted an internally displaced persons camp in Al-Mawasi area, west of Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip. Photo: EPA-EFE
Middle East

Israeli military says commandos raided missile factory in Syria in September

Military spokesman called nighttime raid on Iranian-led facility one of Israel’s most complex operations in years.

More than 100 Israeli special forces carried out the September 8 operation. Photo: Israeli Army via AFP
Terrorism

FBI says New Orleans truck attacker acted alone, was ‘100% inspired’ by Isis

Investigators seek clues to Shamsud-Din Jabbar’s path to radicalisation following deadly New Orleans rampage.

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United States

New Orleans attack, Las Vegas Cybertruck explosion raise US security fears

FBI investigates New Orleans truck-ramming that killed 15, Cybertruck explosion outside Donald Trump’s Las Vegas hotel that killed driver.

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United States

Isis-inspired driver expressed desire to kill before deadly New Orleans rampage

Suspect Shamsud-Din Jabbar was killed in a firefight with police, but authorities do not think he was acting alone.

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Police investigators surround a white truck after an attack in the French Quarter of New Orleans, Louisiana, on Wednesday. Photo: AFP
Middle East

Syria appoints foreign Islamist fighters, including Uygurs, to military: sources

Appointments include Uygur fighters from a group that China labels a terrorist organisation.

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Middle East

Israel, at UN, warns Houthis risk sharing same fate as Hamas, Hezbollah

Israel says it intercepted a missile launched from Yemen, following a ‘final warning’ to Houthis to halt attacks.

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Israel-Gaza war

Israel targets Gaza City hospital with missile, killing 7: Palestinian officials

Israeli said Al-Wafaa Hospital was not being used at the time of the attack and was instead functioning as a Hamas command centre.

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Damage is seen after an Israeli strike on Al-Wafaa hospital in Gaza City on Sunday. Photo: Reuters
Israel-Gaza war

Israel detains director of one of Gaza’s last functioning hospitals during raid

Gaza’s health ministry said Dr Hussam Abu Safiya, director of Kamal Adwan Hospital, was arrested on Friday along with dozens of other staff.

Dr Hussam Abu Safiya, director of Kamal Adwan hospital, shows the damage inside the hospital in Beit Lahiya, northern Gaza on December 18. On Saturday, Gaza’s health ministry said Abu Safiya had been arrested by Israeli soldiers on Friday. Photo: Reuters
Middle East

WHO chief says he escaped death in Israeli strikes on Yemen airport

The head of the World Health Organization said he narrowly escaped death in fatal Israeli strikes on the airport in Houthi rebel-held Sanaa.

Israel-Gaza war

Israeli troops forcibly remove staff, patients from Gaza hospital, officials say

Patients and staff forced to strip outside Kamal Adwan Hospital, Gaza health ministry says, but Israel denies claims it entered complex.

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Syria

Deadly fight erupts between security forces, Assad loyalists in Syria

Security forces stormed village in central Syria where remnants of former regime were holed up, leaving several dead on both sides.

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Fighters affiliated with Syria’s new administration in the coastal city of Latakia on Thursday. Syria’s new authorities launched an operation in a stronghold of ousted president Bashar al-Assad on Thursday resulting in deadly fight erupts between security forces ad Assad loyalists. Photo: AFP
Israel-Gaza war

Israel acknowledges it killed ex-Hamas leader Haniyeh in Iran

Defence chief Israel Katz admitted to killing Ismail Haniyeh in July, warning the military would ‘decapitate’ leadership of Yemen’s Houthis.

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Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh, centre, in Tehran, Iran on July 30. He was assassinated the following day. Photo: EPA-EFE
China-Middle East relations

China’s diplomatic clout in Mideast at risk as threats build around ally Iran

Trump factor and fall of Assad in Syria will force nations, including China, to reassess ties.

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Middle East

Ex-Israeli spies describe exploding devices operation against Hezbollah

The Mossad operation, spanning a decade, was executed in September when booby-trapped walkie-talkies and pagers were set off in Lebanon.

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