Iran rejects Trump call for direct talks
TEHRAN, Apr 06 (AFP): Iran's top diplomat has dismissed direct negotiations with the United States as pointless, his office said Sunday, after US President Donald Trump said he preferred face-to-face talks over its nuclear programme.Trump sent a letter to Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei last month calling for negotiations...
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Palestinian teenager who died in Israeli prison showed signs of starvation
TEL AVIV, Apr 6 (AP/BBC): Starvation was likely the leading cause of death for a Palestinian teenager who died in an Israeli prison, according to an Israeli doctor who observed the autopsy.Seventeen-year-old Walid Ahmad, who had been held for six months without being charged, suffered from extreme malnutrition, and also...
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US spl envoy discusses disarming Hezbollah
BEIRUT, Apr 06 (AFP): A Lebanese official said Sunday that US deputy special envoy for the Middle East Morgan Ortagus discussed disarming Hezbollah without setting a deadline, during her meetings in Beirut a day earlier.Ortagus met on Sunday with Finance Minister Yassine Jaber, Economy Minister Amer Bisat and new central...
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Russia increasing bombardment on Ukraine
KYIV, Apr 06 (AFP): President Volodymyr Zelensky warned Sunday that Moscow is increasing its aerial bombardment after Russia mounted a "massive" missile and drone attack on Ukraine overnight, killing two people and wounding at least seven.Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky warned that "the number of Russian air attacks is increasing", which...
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