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EU top diplomat says Russia wants to stall US sanctions with Ukraine proposals

Russia is looking to use the U.S. proposals to end the war in Ukraine to stall sanctions from Washington and EU talks on using Moscow's frozen assets to fund Kyiv, the bloc's top diplomat said Friday.

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Indian warplane crashes at Dubai Airshow, killing pilot

An Indian fighter jet crashed during a flying display at the Dubai Airshow on Friday, killing the pilot in front of hundreds of shocked onlookers.

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Israeli army says killed five militants in south Gaza

The Israeli army said it killed five Palestinian militants in the southern Gaza Strip on Friday in an area under its control.

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Israeli forces kill two teenagers in occupied West Bank

The Palestinian health ministry said Friday that Israeli forces fatally shot two teenagers overnight in the town of Kufr Aqab in the occupied West Bank.

"The young man Amr Khaled Ahmed Al-Marbou (18) and the boy Sami Ibrahim Sami Mashayekh (16) were martyred by occupation forces gunfire in the town of Kufr Aqab near Ramallah," the ministry said in a statement.

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Lebanese army feeling US, Israeli heat over Hezbollah disarmament

Israeli and U.S. pressure on Lebanon's army to speedily disarm Hezbollah is intensifying, with the army chief cancelling a visit to Washington after officials snubbed him, a military official told AFP.

Lebanon's army has been beefing up its presence in south Lebanon near the Israeli border since a U.S.-brokered ceasefire last November sought to end more than a year of hostilities between Israel and the Iran-backed militant group.

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Paris condemns intensification of Israeli attacks in Lebanon

The French Foreign Ministry on Thursday condemned the intensification of Israeli attacks in southern Lebanon and called for Israeli withdrawal from Syrian territory.

"Israel must respect Syrian territory," the statement read.

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Youth activist turning trauma into treatment in Lebanon

Marina El Khawand was 18 when she saw her hometown of Beirut shattered by the giant 2020 port explosion and decided she needed to help.

Today, at 24, she is among five laureates at Thursday's Young Activists Summit awards at the U.N. in Geneva, and described how the trauma of that day spawned a movement that has helped provide free medication and consultation to thousands in need.

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UN nuclear watchdog calls for full cooperation from Iran

The International Atomic Energy Agency on Thursday adopted a resolution that called on Iran to provide it with access and information regarding its nuclear program, as required under U.N. resolutions.

The resolution "urges Iran to comply fully and without delay with its legal obligations under... UNSC resolutions and to extend full and prompt cooperation to the IAEA, including by providing such information and access that the Agency requests," said the text, which was adopted by a vote of 19 for, three against and 12 abstentions.

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Mediator Qatar calls fresh Israel strikes on Gaza 'dangerous escalation'

Qatar, a key mediator in the Hamas-Israel war, on Thursday condemned fresh Israeli air strikes on the Gaza Strip, saying they threatened to upend a fragile weeks-long truce.

Qatar condemned "brutal attacks by the Israeli occupation in the Gaza Strip... and considers them a dangerous escalation that threatens to undermine the ceasefire agreement," its foreign ministry said in a statement.

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Three killed in new Israeli strikes on Gaza

Gaza's civil defense agency said Israel launched fresh air strikes on the Palestinian territory early Thursday that killed three people.

The agency said there were "three martyrs and 15 wounded" after Israeli forces "bombed a residential building in the Bani Suheila area, east of Khan Younis", at around 4:00 am (0200 GMT), as Hamas and Israel accused each other of violating the fragile ceasefire that came into effect on October 10.

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