Countries around Israel helping out for relocating Palestinians, says Trump
NEW YORK, July 08 (Reuters): US President Donald Trump, hosting Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House on Monday, said the United States had scheduled talks with Iran and indicated progress on a controversial effort to relocate Palestinians out of Gaza.Speaking to reporters at the beginning of a...
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Iran leader faces backlash over 'soft' US stance
TEHRAN, July 08 (AFP): Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian came under fire Tuesday after voicing support for renewed talks with the United States, with critics accusing him of being "too soft" in the wake of last month's attacks on the country.The backlash followed the release of an interview with US media...
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29 killed in Israeli strikes on Gaza
GAZA, July 08 (AFP): Gaza's civil defence agency on Tuesday said that 29 people were killed in Israeli strikes across the Palestinian territory devastated by 21 months of war.Among those were nine people killed in a drone strike on a camp for displaced people near Khan Yunis, in southern Gaza,...
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Minister fired by Putin kills himself
MOSCOW, July 08 (AFP): Russia's former transport minister Roman Starovoyt killed himself, Moscow announced on Monday, hours after the Kremlin said President Vladimir Putin had fired him.Starovoyt, 53, had been Russia's transport minister for a year and was previously the governor of the border Kursk region, where Russia had battled...
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