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The Israeli army has killed 212 Palestinian journalists in the Gaza Strip since the beginning of its genocidal war in October 2023, Anadolu Agency reports.

In a statement, the Gaza-based Government Media Office reported that the journalist death toll in Gaza has risen to 212. The latest victim was journalist Saeed Abu Hassanein, who died from wounds sustained in an earlier Israeli air strike in Khan Yunis, southern Gaza.

The statement noted that Abu Hassanein was…

Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi prepared for fresh nuclear talks with the United States in Oman on Friday after apparent progress in previous rounds.

Araghchi flew into Muscat ahead of Saturday’s meeting with US President Donald Trump’s special envoy Steve Witkoff, their third encounter in as many weeks.

Araghchi will lead Iran’s delegation of diplomats and technical experts in indirect discussions with the US side, foreign ministry spokesperson Esmaeil Baqaei posted on X.

Iran’s top…

Iran’s top diplomat Abbas Araghchi arrived in Oman on Friday ahead of fresh nuclear talks with the United States, after both sides said progress had been made in previous rounds.

Foreign ministry spokesperson Esmaeil Baqaei posted on X that “Araghchi and his accompanying delegation arrived in Muscat for the third round of Iran-US talks”.

Iran’s Mehr news agency released a brief video showing the foreign minister disembarking from an Iranian government plane in Muscat.

Baqaei said Araghchi would…

Syria’s new flag was raised alongside the flags of member states at the UN headquarters in New York on Friday morning, Anadolu Agency reports.

The flag-raising ceremony was attended by Syrian Foreign Minister, Asaad Al-Shaibani, UN Special Envoy for Syria, Geir O. Pedersen, as well as numerous UN permanent representatives and members of the Syrian civil society in the US.

The Syrian revolutionary flag was hoisted at the UN headquarters amid applause and cheers,…

A civil rights group has filed a habeas corpus petition with Israel’s High Court of Justice, challenging the military’s refusal to disclose the location of Asaad Nasasra, a Palestinian paramedic detained during a deadly attack on 23 March in which Israeli forces killed 15 emergency responders.

The petition, submitted by HaMoked, follows weeks of silence from the Israeli occupation army regarding…