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Iran protest toll nears 6,000 dead as Tehran warns US against intervention
AFP, Published on 26/01/2026
» PARIS - A US-based rights group said on Monday it had confirmed the deaths of nearly 6,000 people during a wave of protests in Iran suppressed by security forces, as Tehran warned Washington against intervening.
New clashes in Iran as opposition urges more protests
AFP, Published on 08/01/2026
» Security forces used tear gas to disperse protesters in Iran as people angered by the economic situation in the Islamic republic kept up their challenge to the authorities and the exiled opposition Thursday urged them to step up their actions.
Israel launches fresh strikes on Gaza, Qatar warns of escalation
AFP, Published on 20/11/2025
» GAZA CITY — Gaza health authorities said fresh Israeli air strikes killed four people Thursday as Qatar, a mediator of the weeks-long ceasefire, warned that renewed attacks threatened to undermine the fragile truce between Israel and Hamas.
50 reported killed in Israeli strikes on Gaza
AFP, Published on 29/10/2025
» GAZA CITY, Palestinian Territories - Gaza’s civil defence agency said on Wednesday that overnight strikes killed at least 50 people in the Palestinian territory, as the Israeli military hit a string of targets after an attack that left a soldier dead.
UN aid chief foresees ‘massive job’ in ruined Gaza
AFP, Published on 18/10/2025
» JERUSALEM - The United Nations aid chief took stock of the monumental task of restoring basic necessities in the devastated Gaza Strip on Saturday, and Israel received the remains of another October 7 hostage as a ceasefire entered its second week.
Hezbollah says it refuses to be disarmed one year after leader's killing
AFP, Published on 28/09/2025
» BEIRUT (LEBANON) - Hezbollah chief Naim Qassem said the group would not allow itself to be disarmed on Saturday as he addressed supporters marking one year since the killing by Israel of his predecessor Hassan Nasrallah.
Israel strikes target Hezbollah in Beirut, kill 3
AFP, Published on 01/04/2025
» BEIRUT, Lebanon - An Israeli strike on Beirut killed at least three people on Tuesday, Lebanon's health ministry said after Israel announced its second strike on the country's capital in a fragile four-month truce.
Israel hits Beirut after rockets fired from south Lebanon
AFP, Published on 28/03/2025
» BEIRUT - Israel made good on its threat on Friday to strike Beirut after rockets were fired towards its territory, rattling an already fragile truce in Lebanon that had largely ended more than a year of hostilities with Hezbollah.
Deadly Israeli strikes mar fragile Gaza truce
AFP, Published on 16/03/2025
» GAZA CITY (PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES) - Gaza's civil defence agency said nine people including journalists were killed in Israeli strikes on Saturday, attacks which could further endanger the fragile truce in the Palestinian territory.
Israel attack on Gaza IVF clinic a 'genocidal act': UN probe
AFP, Published on 13/03/2025
» GENEVA - A United Nations investigation concluded Thursday that Israel carried out "genocidal acts" in Gaza through the destruction of its main IVF clinic, maternity facilities and other reproductive healthcare facilities.