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Netanyahu says any future Palestinian state would be a platform to destroy Israel

Netanyahu described the October 7, 2023, Hamas attack on Israel from the Gaza Strip, where Hamas was in control, as evidence of what Palestinians would do with a state.

 (L-R): Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, US President Donald Trump seen near the White House (illustrative)

US revokes foreign terrorist designation for Syria's HTS, as part of terminating sanctions

 Syria's interim President Ahmed al-Sharaa attends an interview with Reuters at the presidential palace, in Damascus, Syria March 10, 2025.

'I'm all for it': Trump hopes Israel-Iran war is over, supports peace deal

 US PRESIDENT Donald Trump speaks to the media in the White House press briefing room last week. The writer asks: Will Trump work to achieve a long-term agreement that prevents a future Iranian threat?

Netanyahu tells Trump he has nominated him for Nobel Peace Prize

 US President Donald Trump speaks during a bilateral dinner with  Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, at the White House in Washington, DC, US, July 7, 2025

Netanyahu nominates Trump for Nobel Peace Prize, says Middle East peace possible

Netanyahu met with US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, envoy Steve Witkoff earlier on Monday • PM set to ask Trump to greenlight action against any Iranian nuclear activity

 U.S. President Donald Trump holds a bilateral dinner with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., July 7, 2025.

Sacked Russian transport minister found dead in his car with gunshot wound

A presidential decree published earlier on Monday gave no reason for the dismissal of Roman Starovoit, 53, after barely a year in the job.

  Russian Minister of Transport Roman Starovoit arrives at a meeting of President Vladimir Putin with Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, May 7, 2025.

Ireland experts to begin identification of 800 dead children in home for unmarried mothers

Irish forensic and archeological experts will begin the excavation of a church-run home for unmarried mothers where it's believed almost 800 children died.

 Heavy machinery is used for excavation work at the site of the Tuam graveyard, where the bodies of 796 babies were uncovered at the site of a former Catholic Church-run Bon Secours Mother and Baby Home, in Tuam, Ireland, July 7, 2025.

Karachi building collapse kills 27 as rescue operations conclude

The number of casualties rose to 27 after Pakistani authorities declared the rescue operations concluded after the collapse of a multistory residential building in Karachi.

 Imdad Hussain, 28, who narrowly escaped and survived after a five-storey residential building collapsed on Friday, July 4, walks near the pile of rubble, in Karachi, Pakistan July 7, 2025.

Pakistan confiscates 18 illegal lions after one escapes, attacks woman and children

Pakistani authorities confiscated the lions that were kept as pets illegally after one of them escaped and attacked a woman and two children in the country's Punjab province.

 A lion roars inside its enclosure at a zoo in Peshawar, Pakistan December 13, 2021.

Istanbul mayor's jailed lawyer denounces 'criminalization of the right to a legal defence'

The lawyer from Turkey's main opposition figure, who is also jailed like the mayor, denounced that he faces "entirely fabricated" charges.

 Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan reacts during a press conference at a NATO summit in The Hague, Netherlands June 25, 2025.

BRICS leaders call attacks on Iran 'violation of international law,' express 'concerns' over Gaza

The group voiced its support for Iran, as well as Ethiopia, to join the World Trade Organization, while calling to urgently restore its ability to resolve trade disputes.

 China's Premier Li Qiang, India's Prime Minister Narendra  Modi and Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, attend the BRICS Summit, at the Museum of Modern Art (MAM) in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil July 6, 2025.

Australian Erin Patterson found guilty of all counts in mushroom murders case

Patterson, who had pleaded not guilty to all charges, saying the deaths were accidental, will be sentenced at a later date.

 Erin Patterson in Melbourne, Australia, April 15, 2025.

X/Twitter suspends Reuters account in India after 'legal demand', government denies making request

The Reuters News account was suspended from X/Twitter in India after an alleged "legal demand", while other accounts were also blocked in the country.

  A 3D-printed miniature model of Elon Musk and the X logo are seen in this illustration taken January 23, 2025

Search ensues for missing Israeli-Ukrainian in Canada

His family told local authorities that he left around 5 pm local time on Tuesday for a hike toward Whistler’s MacLaurin’s Crossing, on a path he had taken many times during the day. 

 65-year-old Israeli citizen Ilya Rachitsky has been missing since Tuesday, launching a search and rescue effort nearly a week ago