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Netanyahu heads to Washington to lobby amid 'very good' US talks with Iran
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Saudi Arabia in talks with US company for AI-powered drones, sources say
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Wes Streeting privately said Israel committing war crimes, backed sanctions on 'rogue state'
Inside Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia plans to revise Vision 2030 strategy, finance minister says
Inside Israel
Israeli minister promises to pass 'allegiance' to Israel law
Western Sahara
US held secret meeting between Algeria, Morocco, Polisario and Mauritania over Western Sahara
Israel's genocide in Gaza
Australian police crack down on protests during Israeli president’s visit
Israel's genocide in Gaza
Israeli prisons 'begin preparations to apply death penalty' for Palestinians

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Israel's genocide in Gaza
US 'planned community' in Rafah will deepen Israel's financial occupation
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Epstein Files
Epstein files: Western media must stop burying the Israel connection
Mohamad Elmasry
Politics
Saudi Arabia's new regional policy has a strong potential partner in Turkey
Betul Dogan Akkas
Epstein Files
Epstein was not a conspiracy - it’s just western empire doing what it has always done
Raja Abdulhaq
Occupation
Why accusing Saudi Arabia of antisemitism is utterly absurd
Dr Ahmed Altuwaijri
Epstein Files
The criminal elite exposed in the Epstein files are burying the truth
Jonathan Cook
Iran protests
Trump's plan to force Iran to surrender is a fatal error
David Hearst
Israel's genocide in Gaza
Carney says he wants a new world order. It must start in Gaza
Ghada Ageel
Epstein Files
Epstein files: Mandelson scandal indicts the entire British establishment
Peter Oborne
Israel's genocide in Gaza
From Epstein to Gaza: The depravity of the western elite is now fully exposed
Soumaya Ghannoushi
International law
Thanks to Trump, European leaders are rediscovering international law
Hossam Shaker
Horn of Africa
Why Israel's recognition of Somaliland risks further destabilising the Red Sea
Abdiwali Sayid
Diplomacy
Could Carney's Davos speech mark a turning point towards a post-American order?
Marco Carnelos
Israel's war on Lebanon
US pressure to disarm Hezbollah is pushing Lebanon to the brink
Paul Khalifeh
Occupation
South Africa's torture of children woke up the world. Will Israel's crimes do the same?
Victoria Brittain
France
In France, the word intifada is on trial
Rayan Freschi
Yemen War
A digital war reveals full scale of UAE-Saudi rift
Mohamad Elmasry
Occupation
Israel's assault on Unrwa will never erase Palestinian right of return
Ghada Karmi
Israel's genocide in Gaza
Australia: Furore over Palestinian festival speaker highlights a deeper crisis
Antony Loewenstein
Iran Tensions
Why Trump should think twice about seeking another 'quick victory' in Iran
Marco Carnelos
International law
Is Starmer's Foreign Office shielding David Cameron?
Peter Oborne
US Politics
How western wars turned liberal democracies into police states
Joseph Massad
Iran-Israel tensions
Why the West will never accept Iranian sovereignty 
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Iran-Israel tensions
Iran's battle for survival is the Arab world's fight too
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Federal judge blocks Trump administration from detaining refugees in Minnesota
Latin America
US pressure fuels Israel's expanding influence in Latin America, experts say
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US Politics
US deported Palestinians to Israel on private jet twice: Report
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Washington Post layoffs deepen western media retreat from global reporting
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UK Politics

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Dozens of Cambridge academics urge university to divest from arms industry
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UK Politics
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UK Politics
Wes Streeting privately said Israel committing war crimes, backed sanctions on 'rogue state'
UK Politics
Review into UK protest laws failed to invite Palestine march organisers for consultation
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Gaza aftermath
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Occupation
Palestinian tycoon shot by British troops in 1943 seeks justice over Balfour
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Israel's genocide in Gaza
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Israel's genocide in Gaza
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