Middle East
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UAE disputes that Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu secretly visited amid war in Iran
The office of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said a meeting with the president of the UAE resulted in important breakthroughs in relations between the two countries, but a UAE state-run news agency denied the meeting happened.
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New report details allegations of 'systemic' rape and sexual abuse in Hamas' Oct 7 terror attack
The report was gathered over the course of two years and finds that sexual violence during the terror attack was not incidental, but "deliberate, coordinated, and embedded in the attack itself."
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Israeli Parliament votes unanimous to allow death penalty for those found guilty of Oct. 7 crimes
One of the bill's cosponsors said she hoped it would enable the world to "see how the victims and their families look into the whites of the eyes of those murderers, rapists and kidnappers."
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You Vote: With Trump saying that the ceasefire is 'on life support,' what will likely happen next?
"I would say the ceasefire is on massive life support, where the doctor walks in and says, 'sir, your loved one has approximately 1% chance of living.'"
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Netanyahu says he wants to wean Israel off U.S. military aid over the next decade: 'let's start now'
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he didn't want to wait for the next Congress to begin the process of reducing the $3.8 billion the U.S. sends to Israel every year.
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Iran executes post-graduate student accused of working with CIA Israeli intelligence
Since the conflict with Iran began in February, Iran has executed five people on espionage charges.
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Trump rejects Iran regime’s response to US ceasefire proposal
"I have just read the response from Iran’s so-called 'Representatives.' I don’t like it — TOTALLY UNACCEPTABLE!" Trump wrote.
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Huckabee criticizes Megyn Kelly, Tucker Carlson for suggesting U.S. gives Israel $1.5T for defense
"Neither of these ppl are dumb. I worked w/ them at Fox. They know how to Google basic facts. The US provides $3.8 billion (NOT $1.5 trillion) but Israel spends many X over that on US. We get a huge ROI-are they too lazy to research or intentionally lying?" Huckabee wrote in response to the video.
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US military fires on, disables two more tankers trying to get through blockade in Strait of Hormuz
A U.S. Navy fighter jet from USS George H.W. Bush fired precision munitions into the smokestacks of the ships, disabling them both.
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Iran and United Arab Emirates trade fire just hours after U.S. fires on Iran in Strait of Hormuz
The UAE's Defense Ministry said that three people were wounded when the country's air defenses engaged two Iranian ballistic missiles and three drones.
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Iran seizes U.S.-sanctioned oil tanker in the Gulf of Oman, returns it to Iran
The U.S. sanctioned a tanker of the same name in February, alleging it's part of Iran's fleet of "shadow" vessels that store and ship barrels of sanctioned Iranian oil.
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Iran says it is working with US on proposal that would end hostilities for 30 days
The officials told the New York Times that both sides are looking at a one-page proposal that has three keys points: The lifting of the U.S. blockade on Iranian ships and ports, the opening of the strait to commercial traffic, and an end to the fighting.
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Iran announces formalized, do-or-die rules for vessels wanting to pass through Strait of Hormuz
The 40-question "Vessel Information Declaration" tries to make clear Iran, not US, is in control of waterway