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Smoke rises over Gaza following Israeli airstrikes amid the ongoing genocide

Five Palestinians Killed, 30 Wounded in Israeli Strikes; Ceasefire Toll at 1,352

Israeli strikes across Gaza on Monday killed five Palestinians and wounded thirty others, the health ministry said, as the post-ceasefire death toll reached 1,352 — with 826 bodies still being recovered from

September 7, 2026

by Arab Desk

Israeli Strike Kills Father and Daughter in Gaza as Post-Ceasefire Toll Passes 1,300

An Israeli drone strike killed a Palestinian father and daughter in Gaza City on Sunday, pushing the post-ceasefire toll past 1,340 as Arab and Islamic states issued a joint condemnation of Israeli displacement proposals. UNICEF reported three children killed in

September 6, 2026

by Arab Desk

US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent at a press conference announcing Operation Economic Outcast sanctions against Iran on August 24 2026

US Targets Turkish Bank in Iran Sanctions Push as September 8 Deadline Looms

Washington sanctioned a Turkish investment bank for funnelling Iranian oil revenues as a September 8 deadline

Iranian IRGC forces after US strike on Larak Island in Strait of Hormuz

Iran Fires Back: Drones Strike Jordan and UAE After US Breaks Hormuz Pause

The United States ended a month-long ceasefire by striking IRGC forces on Larak Island; Iran retaliated

Israeli patrol boats escort Gaza-bound flotilla vessels toward Ashdod, Oct. 2025

Gaza Flotilla Grab: Israel’s Navy pounces at dawn, hundreds in custody

GAZA CITY — Under the slate light of a churning Mediterranean, gray silhouettes fanned across the water and closed in. By dawn on Thursday, most of an international flotilla carrying activists and a

October 2, 2025

Conflicts, Military and War·News

Aid flotilla vessels approach Gaza in the eastern Mediterranean as crews prepare for interception

Gaza Genocide day 665: Aid Flotilla dares blockade as toll soars

GAZA CITY — Israeli strikes again battered the coastal enclave on Wednesday even as an unprecedented civilian flotilla pressed toward the shoreline in a direct challenge to the long-running naval cordon. By

October 1, 2025

Conflicts, Military and War·News

Gaza City skyline at night as explosions light the sky during renewed bombardment, September 2025

Washington meeting sells hope as Gaza bleeds again

Tehran — The bombardment of Gaza City intensified on Monday even as Benjamin Netanyahu arrived at the White House for talks with Donald Trump over a U.S.-drafted framework to end the war.

September 29, 2025

Conflicts, Military and War·News

Donald Trump meets Benjamin Netanyahu in the Oval Office ahead of Gaza plan talks

Trump’s Gaza gamble runs into empty seats, grim reality

Tehran — Donald Trump is betting that momentum and optics can do what 21 months of grinding war, failed truces, and serial “frameworks” could not: force a pivot from siege to settlement

September 29, 2025

Conflicts, Military and War·News

Nuseirat refugee camp street filled with debris after strikes, a child walks past ruined homes in central Gaza.

Gaza’s displaced are hit again in Nuseirat as access collapses

Khan Younis — The war followed people even as they fled. Hours after families left cramped classrooms and tarpaulin tents to hunt for bread or a phone charge, blasts again tore through

September 29, 2025

Conflicts, Military and War·News

Empty UN General Assembly seats during Israel’s UN speech amid Gaza war walkouts

Gaza death toll nears 66,000 as siege starves the north

Gaza City — The arithmetic of Gaza’s war is now a ledger of mass death, hunger, and flight. This weekend, the Health Ministry in the enclave said the toll of Palestinians killed

September 28, 2025

Conflicts, Military and War·News

United Nations Security Council meets at headquarters in New York during sanctions debate

Iran tells UN the revived sanctions are null and void

Tehran — Iran’s foreign minister, Abbas Araghchi, has formally told the United Nations that any attempt to revive Security Council sanctions terminated under Resolution 2231 is illegitimate, a statement that lays bare

September 28, 2025

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Gustavo Petro speaks near the UN Headquarters during UN week after his US visa is revoked

Washington hits Petro with a petty visa snub in UN week

Bogotá — The United States chose a theatrical moment to flex its gatekeeping power. On the margins of United Nations week in New York, Washington revoked the visa of Colombia’s President Gustavo

September 28, 2025

News

UN Security Council chamber during discussions on Iran sanctions snapback

Iran defies UN snapback, recalls envoys from London, Paris, Berlin

Tehran — Iran framed the impending return of United Nations sanctions as a political ritual rather than an existential turning point, casting European capitals and Washington as the authors of an avoidable

September 28, 2025

News

Displaced families evacuate Gaza City along the coastal road after new orders

Gaza city assault widens as Trump touts deal, Hamas says no plan

Cairo — Hamas said on Saturday that it has not been presented with any formal plan from Washington to halt the war in Gaza, even as Israeli forces pushed deeper into Gaza

September 28, 2025

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Five Palestinians Killed, 30 Wounded in Israeli Strikes; Ceasefire Toll at 1,352

Israeli Strike Kills Father and Daughter in Gaza as Post-Ceasefire Toll Passes 1,300

US Targets Turkish Bank in Iran Sanctions Push as September 8 Deadline Looms

Iran Fires Back: Drones Strike Jordan and UAE After US Breaks Hormuz Pause

Gaza Flotilla Grab: Israel’s Navy pounces at dawn, hundreds in custody

Gaza Genocide day 665: Aid Flotilla dares blockade as toll soars

Washington meeting sells hope as Gaza bleeds again

Trump’s Gaza gamble runs into empty seats, grim reality

Gaza’s displaced are hit again in Nuseirat as access collapses

Gaza death toll nears 66,000 as siege starves the north

Iran tells UN the revived sanctions are null and void

Washington hits Petro with a petty visa snub in UN week

Iran defies UN snapback, recalls envoys from London, Paris, Berlin

Gaza city assault widens as Trump touts deal, Hamas says no plan

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Ahmadis in Bangladesh face fresh threat of persecution

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